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 ...

Clues hiding in the details of a 400-year-old map could solve the mystery of the lost colony of Roanoke, which scholars have spent hundreds of years searching for.

The 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, ...

Their whereabouts baffled historians for centuries until 2012 when experts with the British Museum analysed the 400-year-old “La Virginea Pars” map drawn by one of the colonists named John White, ...

The caper concerns a group of some 100 British settlers who landed on Roanoke Island off North Carolina in the 16th ... 400-year-old “La Virginea Pars” map drawn by one of the colonists ...

who'd established the colony and later discovered their disappearance upon his return in 1590 - finding only the word 'CROATOAN' carved in a tree, according to National Park Service. The map depicts ...