The creators of Leonardo's Horse describe the English colony of Roanoke, which was founded in 1585, and discuss the mystery of its disappearance in four parts--Looking, Settling, Lost, and Clues.
Discusses the attempts by English colonists to establish a settlement on Roanoke Island and describes the disappearance of the entire colony.
"In August 1587, a group of about 115 English settlers arrived on Roanoke Island near North Carolina.
In this spine-tingling book from the nonfiction An Unsolved Mystery from History picture book series, journey to colonial America and discover the enduring mystery of the missing Roanoke Colony.
Once John White stepped onto Roanoke Island in 1590, he discovered the English colony he had helped found 3 years earlier completely abandoned.
Drawing on extensive knowledge of Native American history, the author of From the Heart: Voices of the American Indian searches for the truth about the four-hundred-year-old disappearance of England's first colony in North America and the ...
The Lost Colony of Roanoke: Its Fate and Survival
T. H. Breen , Northwestern University In . IS n telling the tragic and heroic story of Roanoke , the " lost colony , " awardwinning historian Karen Ordahl Kupperman recovers the earliest days of English exploration and settlement in ...
Uses primary source documents to provide an in-depth look into the history of the Lost Colony of Roanoke and includes a timeline, glossary, and primary source image list.
Briefly describes the two failed attempts by English colonists to establish a settlement of Roanoke Island at the end of the sixteenth century.
Drawing on newly discovered documents, several recent archaeological finds and a re-examination of contemporary writings, this book brings a fresh perspective to the story.