Lost Colony of Roanoke found, book says [View all]
OUTER BANKS, N.C. (WAVY) – It’s one of America’s oldest unsolved mysteries: What happened to the Lost Colony of Roanoke?
The puzzle draws experts from all over the world to the remote Outer Banks of North Carolina. After a decade of research, a group of researchers believe they know what happened.
Twenty years before Jamestown, Sir Walter Raleigh made two attempts at founding the first permanent English colony in North America. The first in 1585 ended in failure. The second attempt two years later is clouded in mystery.
In August of 1587, 115 people crossed the Atlantic, settling on Roanoke Island in present-day Manteo. This voyage was the first to bring women and children. A very pregnant Eleanor Dare made the journey. Her daughter, Virginia Dare, was the first English child born in the “New World.” She’s the namesake for Dare County.
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