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Ncdcr: Birth of a Colony: North Carolina: The Roanoke Voyages, 1584 1590 [Pdf]
This is a teaching guide that accompanies the third section of the UNC-TV film, Birth of a Colony: North Carolina. This section looks at the history of the Lost Colony of Roanoke Island.
State Library of North Carolina
N Cpedia: First English Colonies: Roanoke Island
A comprehensive resource dealing with the first and second attempts to found a colony at Roanoke, its mysterious end, and the people involved. From the State Library of North Carolina.
Virginia History Series
Roanoke Voyages and Sir Walter Raleigh's "Virginia" (1584 1603) [Pdf]
A slideshow explaining the history of Sir Walter Raleigh's expeditions to the New World, beginning with a 1578 voyage with his half-brother on a search for the Northwest Passage, followed by several expeditions to try to establish a...
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National Park Service: John White Colony
This site from the National Park Service details John White and the colony of Roanoke.
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North Carolina History Project: Roanoke Island
Describes the three expeditions organized by Sir Walter Raleigh to establish an English colony on Roanoke Island. The last group of colonists who settled there in 1587 disappeared and their fate is still not known for certain.
State Library of North Carolina
N Cpedia: Virginia Dare and the Lost Colony: Fact and Legend
Summarizes the history of the Lost Colony of Roanoke Island and the legend of Virginia Dare that emerged later. She was the first English child born in the New World.
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North Carolina History Project: Virginia Dare (1587 ?)
Tells the story of Virginia Dare, the first English child born in the New World. She was the granddaughter of John White, Governor of the colony established on Roanoke Island in 1587. While White was on a trip to England to replenish the...
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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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 Colony at Roanoke by Ralph Lane 1586
A first-hand account written in 1586 by Ralph Lane of the settlement at Roanoke.
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Lost Colony: England's Expeditions to the New World 1584 1590
A short history of the attempt to establish a British colony on Roanoke Island which ended with the mysterious disappearance of the colonists.
Smithsonian Institution
National Postal Museum: Art of the Stamp: Roanoke Voyages
View the artwork for a U.S. postage stamp issued in 1984 to commemorate the voyages to Roanoke Island. Includes a short passage on Sir Walter Raleigh's commissioning of the famous expedition that represents the beginning of English life...
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Class Flow: The Mystery of Roanoke
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart can be a great springboard for discussion about the lost colony of Roanoke.
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North Carolina Ghost Stories and Legends: Virginia Dare, the White Doe
Describes the establishment of the Roanoke Island Colony and the story of Virginia Dare, the first English person born in the New World. After the colonists vanished, a legend developed around Virginia Dare, that she would appear as a...