A Primary Source History of the Lost Colony of RoanokeDescribes the two failed attempts by English colonists to establish a settlement on Roanoke Island at the end of the 16th century, and the mysterious disappearance of this area. |
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... CROATOAN , a clue presumably left by residents of his Roanoke colony . At the request of Roanoke's colonists , White had left the settlement to return to England for supplies but was unable to immediately return due to England's war ...
... CROATOAN , a clue presumably left by residents of his Roanoke colony . At the request of Roanoke's colonists , White had left the settlement to return to England for supplies but was unable to immediately return due to England's war ...
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Contents
Introduction The Mystery of Roanoke | 4 |
England Challenges Spain | 6 |
Scouting the New World | 12 |
The Military Colony | 21 |
John Whites Colony | 31 |
The Lost Colony | 41 |
An Unsolved Mystery | 49 |
Timeline | 52 |
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116 colonists According to White Amadas and Barlowe Art Library Arthur Barlowe attack back to England boat Brave Briefe and True Bry created captain Chesapeake Bay Choanoke coast Colony of Roanoke commodities corn crew Croatoans Dasemunkepeuc drack East Carolina University English Explorer Englishmen expedition Fernandez fish flagship fleet Found Land Gilbert Granganimeo's wife harbor near Roanoke Harriot's A Briefe Hawkins Hendrik Cornelisz Vroom historians believe homes Hopewell Indians John White king of Spain Land of Virginia left Roanoke Lost Colony Majesty Manteo Menatonon Native American villages North Carolina omitted word Outer Banks painted Philip Amadas Primary Source Queen Elizabeth reach Roanoke reign return to England Richard Hakluyt Roanoac Roanoke colony Roanoke Island scouting sea dogs Sir Francis Drake Sir Richard Grenville Sir Walter Raleigh sixteenth-century soldiers Spanish Armada Spanish ships supplies Theodor de Bry Thomas Harriot Transcription tribes True Report voyage Wingina World