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Es ist eines von Amerikas ältesten historischen Mysterien: Die englische Kolonie Roanoke verschwand 1590 spurlos. Neue Funde deuten auf das Schicksal der Siedler hin.
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- John White's Departure and the Spanish Armada
- Was the 'Lost Colony' of Roanoke Ever Found?
- HISTORY Vault: Roanoke: A Mystery Carved in Stone
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How could 115 people just vanish?
The origins of one of America’s oldest unsolved mysteries can be traced to August 1587, when a group of about 115 English settlers arrived on Roanoke Island, off the coast of what is now North Carolina. Following an earlier, failed attempt at settlement on Roanoke two years earlier, these colonists intended to form the first permanent English outpost in the New World.
Later that year, it was decided that John White, governor of the new colony, would sail back to England in order to gather a fresh load of supplies. But just as he arrived, a major naval war broke out between England and Spain, and Queen Elizabeth I called on every available ship to confront the mighty Spanish Armada.
In August 1590, White finally returned to Roanoke, where he had left his wife and daughter, his infant granddaughter (Virginia Dare, the first English child born in the Americas) and the other settlers three long years before. He found no trace of the colony or its inhabitants, and few clues to what might have happened, apart from a single word—“Croatoan”—carved into a wooden post.
Investigations into the fate of the “Lost Colony” of Roanoke have continued over the centuries, but no one has come up with a satisfactory answer. “Croatoan” was the name of an island south of Roanoke that was home to a Native American tribe of the same name. Perhaps, then, the colonists were killed or abducted by Native Americans.
Other hypotheses hold that they tried to sail back to England on their own and got lost at sea, that they met a bloody end at the hands of Spaniards who had marched up from Florida or that they moved further inland and were absorbed into a friendly tribe.
For centuries, the disappearance of 117 colonists from Roanoke Island has been this country's oldest mystery. Now, stonework experts Jim and Bill Vieira will use cutting-edge technology to take a deeper look at the evidence left behind.
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Learn about the disappearance of 115 English settlers from Roanoke Island in 1587, and the possible explanations for their fate. Find out how DNA analysis and archaeology have tried to solve the 'Lost Colony' of Roanoke.
Roanoke Colony (/ ˈ r oʊ ə n oʊ k / ROH-ə-nohk) was an attempt by Sir Walter Raleigh to found the first permanent English settlement in America. The colony was founded in 1585, but when it was visited by a ship in 1590, the colonists had inexplicably disappeared.
6. Nov. 2020 · New evidence suggests that the survivors of the 1587 disappearance splintered into multiple camps and assimilated into the Indigenous population. The article explores the clues from a secret map, a Spanish jar, and a rapier hilt found at different sites.
10. Aug. 2015 · The web page reports on recent excavations at two sites in North Carolina that may shed light on the fate of the Roanoke colonists who vanished in 1590. It suggests that some of them may have survived and assimilated into Native American communities, based on the discovery of European artifacts and a map by John White.
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The lost colony of Roanoke is one of the most-notorious mysteries in American history; the cryptic clues left at the abandoned settlement and the lack of any concrete evidence make it the focus of wild speculation and theories.
9. Nov. 2020 · Archaeologists claim to have found evidence of Roanoke colonists' settlement at a site near the Chowan River, 50 miles west of their original home. The discovery challenges the idea that the colony was a "Lost Colony" and supports the theory that it dispersed into smaller groups.
