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 ...

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 ...