The fate of the settlers who founded the "Lost Colony of Roanoke" in what is now North Carolina remains unknown.

Their whereabouts baffled historians for centuries until 2012 when experts with the British Museum analyzed the 400-year-old ...

The plume from Roanoke Island “put us in good hope ... 17th century the new global economy encompassed even isolated Croatoan Island. “I would never argue that they all end up here,” Horton ...

John White depicted finding a tree carved with ‘Croatoan ... into it — which was the name of another island situated just south of Roanoke, as well as the name of a Native American tribe ...

An ancient map from 400 years ago, known as "La Virginea Pars," may hold the key to solving the mystery of the lost Roanoke ...

An ancient map from 400 years ago, known as "La Virginea Pars," may hold the key to solving the mystery of the lost Roanoke ...

The only trace of the settlers he found was the word 'CROATOAN' carved into a wooden post, which was the name of another island just south of Roanoke and a Native American tribe that lived there.