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Lost Colony Center for Science and Research: Current Research
This website presents recent research undertaken to investigate what may have happened to the Roanoke Colony. Other areas of the site provide maps, photos, archaeological discoveries, news articles, and a list of the people traveling...
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National Park Service: Fort Raleigh: The Roanoke Voyages: A Mystery Story for Young People
The history of the Lost Colony of Roanoke Island is told in story form. It tells of the conflict between England and Spain to establish a foothold in the New World, the voyages arranged by Sir Walter Raleigh, the establishment of a...
New York Times
New York Times: The Roanoke Island Colony: Lost, and Found?
[Free Registration/Login Required] The mystery of what happened to the Lost Colony of Roanoke has gripped imaginations for centuries. Now archaeology may be able to provide answers before long. This article describes the history of the...
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Lost Colony Center for Science and Research: Lost Colony Dna Project
Explains the Lost Colony DNA Project which is attempting to find genetic links between people living today and the lost colonists of Roanoke Island. Also provides a list of family names of colonists and of descendant families that may be...
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Lost Colony Center for Science and Research: The Lost Colony of Roanoke [Pdf]
A fascinating overview of the history of the colonists of Roanoke Island and the theories about what may have happened to them.
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Wall Street Journal: Is This Stone Linked to the Lost Colony of Roanoke?
The Dare Stones have long been a thorn in the mystery surrounding the Lost Colony of Roanoke Island. The first stone was found in 1937 and had an inscription that was originally thought to have been carved by Eleanor Dare, daughter of...
University of North Carolina
Carolina Alumni Review: Where the Colony Went: This Could Be a Big Clue
This article describes how the patches on a map drawn by John White, Governor of the lost Roanoke Colony, came to inspire someone's curiosity and were discovered to hide a location that the colony may have relocated to. This map is known...
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Totally History: Virginia Dare
Explains the history of the lost Roanoke Colony and the various theories about what may have happened to the colonists. Virginia Dare was the first English child born in the New World, yet no one knows what eventually happened to her.
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Ncfl: Wonderopolis: Wonder of the Day #1324: What Happened to the Lost Colony?
A video and article about the Lost Colony of Roanoke. Has an audio feature that highlights text as the article is read aloud. As well, individual highlighted words link to pop-up definitions and are used in a word definition game. [1:59]
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First Colony Foundation: The Roanoke Colonies
The First Colony Foundation is an organization that conducts research into the English colonies that Sir Walter Raleigh sought to establish on Roanoke Island in North Carolina. This page presents a history of what is known about the...
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The Independent: Carolina's Lost Colony
The mystery of what happened to the Lost Colony on Roanoke Island has endured over the centuries. A clue has, until recently, lain hidden in a map created by John White that is housed in the British Museum. Archaeologists began digging...
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Herald Tribune: Venice Man Told He's a Descendant of 400 Year Old 'Lost Colony'
An interesting article that discusses a possible genetic link between a man named Lawrence Berry who could be a descendant of the lost Roanoke Island colonists. It explains some history of the colony, possible theories about the...
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Shadowlands: The Lost Colony of Roanoke, 1588
Presents five popular theories of what may have happened to the colonists at Roanoke. Useful as a starting point.