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 ... One side displays the sign of the cross — a symbol of emergency– and the ...

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, ...

One of the greatest mysteries in American history is the Lost Colony of Roanoke, a small settlement of more than […] ...

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, ...

John White depicted finding a tree carved with ‘Croatoan’. Picture ... One side displays the sign of the cross — a symbol of emergency — and the phrase “Ananias Dare & / Virginia ...

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.

Experts believe they may have finally solved the centuries-old mystery of America's lost Roanoke colony through hidden details discovered in a 400-year-old map. A blank spot on the historic "La ...