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Archaeologists May Have Finally Solved The Mystery Of What Happened To RoanokeWhen the settlers at Roanoke vanished in 1590, they left behind one piece of evidence: the word "Croatoan" carved into a ...
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Key clue to fate of early American colonists found in Governor John White's 400-year-old mapThe 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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Historic Map Shines Light On America's Great 400-Year-Old MysteryThe fate of the settlers who founded the "Lost Colony of Roanoke" in what is now North Carolina remains unknown.
“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 ...
An illustration depicting John White and others finding a tree carved with the words “Croatoan” on Roanoke Island, North Carolina, in 1590. Getty Images Their whereabouts baffled historians ...
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.
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