The fate of the settlers who founded the "Lost Colony of Roanoke" in what is now North Carolina remains unknown.
An illustration depicting John White and others finding a tree carved with the words “Croatoan” on Roanoke Island, North Carolina ... “La Virginea Pars” map drawn by one of the colonists ...
The only clue left behind was the word Croatoan carved on a wooden post. An ancient map dating back 400 years ... the Roanoke Colony on an island between what is now North Carolina and the Outer Banks ...
A local organization, the Croatoan Archaeological Society ... Among these is a colorful map of eastern North Carolina, gaily decorated with English ships and Indian canoes. The chart, based ...