Researchers believe they might have cracked the case of the lost colony of Roanoke — a great American mystery that has eluded historians for centuries. The caper concerns a group of some 100 ...

Clues hiding in the details of a 400-year-old map could now solve the mystery of the lost colony of Roanoke - an island between North Carolina and the Outer Banks. The map, titled 'La Virginea ...

I ask her about the link to the Roanoke settlers. “We were the Lost Colony,” she responds. “Our surnames, like ‘Berry,’ appear on the colonists’ list. We are the original melting pot.” ...

Followed categories will be added to My News. Researchers believe they might have cracked the case of the lost colony of Roanoke — a great American mystery that has eluded historians for centuries.

Married to Ananias Dare, Eleanor gave birth to Virginia—the first English child born in the New World—shortly after the English colonists landed on Roanoke ... of the Lost Colony’s ordeal ...

The inhabitants of the Lost Colony of Roanoke could have perished, they could have been assimilated into local native tribes, ...

Based on real events, the story of an isolated island colony called Roanoke. When its governor John White leaves for a trip to England he puts his pregnant daughter Eleanor in charge, but his return ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. The legend of the Lost Colony of Roanoke has haunted American history for centuries. In July 1587, a British colonist named John White ...

The 16th-century map provides insights into the fate of the settlers who formed the so-called Lost Colony of Roanoke. This small settlement of more than 100 English colonists was founded on ...

In 1587, a group of settlers land off the coast of North Carolina on Roanoke Island to establish the first English colony in America. But only a few years later, the 115 men, women and children ...