Key clue to fate of early American colonists found in Governor John White's 400-year-old map
The only clue left behind was the word Croatoan carved on a wooden post. An ancient map dating back 400 years, titled La ...
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.
Secret in 400-year-old map may have finally solved the mystery of Roanoke
Their whereabouts baffled historians for centuries until 2012 when experts with the British Museum analyzed the 400-year-old ...
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Researchers link John White's 400-year-old map to early Britain's first American colony
The only clue left behind was the word Croatoan carved on a wooden post. An ancient map dating back 400 years, titled La Virginea Pars and exhibited at the British Museum, was examined by experts ...
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It Was America’s First English Colony. Then It Was Gone.
“It remains a bit of an enigma.” Searchers found the word “CROATOAN” carved on a post—a possible clue to the colonists’ intended destination. Excavations at a Native American village ...