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Key clue to fate of early American colonists found in Governor John White's 400-year-old map
In 1587, a group of English settlers established the Roanoke Colony on ... had stumbled upon a previously unknown English settlement. The First Colony Foundation of North Carolina conducted further ...
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An ancient map could unlock the mystery of Roanoke's lost settlers
An ancient map from 400 years ago, known as "La Virginea Pars," may hold the key to solving the mystery of the lost Roanoke colony, a topic that has intrigued researchers for centuries. In 1587, 115 ...
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It Was America’s First English Colony. Then It Was Gone.
Two decades before Jamestown, settlers arrived in what is ... Archaeologists from the First Colony Foundation, a North Carolina nonprofit devoted to Roanoke-related archaeology, set out to ...
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Historic Map Shines Light On America's Great 400-Year-Old Mystery
The fate of the settlers who founded the "Lost Colony of Roanoke" in what is now North Carolina remains unknown.