Many researchers have gone in depth trying to find the lost colony of Roanoke, but haven’t yet found it. The quest to discover the colony has continued throughout the years, and several clues have been uncovered. Each clue itself is one step closer to finding the lost colony. Archaeologists investigate every clue found with great care in hopes that it will be the one to lead them on the search for the disappearing colony. While there are many theories about what happened to the lost Roanoke colony, none have yet been proven true or false.
The Roanoke Colony, known today as the Lost Colony, was established in today’s Dare County, North Carolina in the late 16th-century. It was an attempt by Queen Elizabeth to create a permanent English settlement. Nearly four hundred years ago, a baby girl was born on Roanoke Island, off what is now the North Carolina coast. She was the first child of English parents to be born in the New World, named Virginia Dare. Within a year, Virginia Dare, along with over one hundred other colonists, disappeared. Still today no one knows exactly what happened, or what is true about the disappearance.
A man by the name of Sir Walter Raleigh took possession of thousands of acres of land in the New World, naming it ‘Verginia’ in honor of Queen Elizabeth, who had been nicknamed the ‘Virgin Queen” because she had …show more content…
Were the colonists killed off by disease? Did the natives get angry over their land being taken advantage of? Or did the colonists just get tired of their new world? Several clues have been discovered in the search of the lost colony. In 1998, archaeologists from East Carolina University stumbled upon a unique find from early British America, a 10-carat gold signet ring engraved with a lion or a horse. Again in 2009, a small piece of slate and a lead pencil was discovered, said to have once been used as a writing tablet, perhaps in a schoolhouse. In the same year, part of the hilt of an iron rapier was
The Roanoke Colony, known today as the Lost Colony, was established in today’s Dare County, North Carolina in the late 16th-century. It was an attempt by Queen Elizabeth to create a permanent English settlement. Nearly four hundred years ago, a baby girl was born on Roanoke Island, off what is now the North Carolina coast. She was the first child of English parents to be born in the New World, named Virginia Dare. Within a year, Virginia Dare, along with over one hundred other colonists, disappeared. Still today no one knows exactly what happened, or what is true about the disappearance.
A man by the name of Sir Walter Raleigh took possession of thousands of acres of land in the New World, naming it ‘Verginia’ in honor of Queen Elizabeth, who had been nicknamed the ‘Virgin Queen” because she had …show more content…
Were the colonists killed off by disease? Did the natives get angry over their land being taken advantage of? Or did the colonists just get tired of their new world? Several clues have been discovered in the search of the lost colony. In 1998, archaeologists from East Carolina University stumbled upon a unique find from early British America, a 10-carat gold signet ring engraved with a lion or a horse. Again in 2009, a small piece of slate and a lead pencil was discovered, said to have once been used as a writing tablet, perhaps in a schoolhouse. In the same year, part of the hilt of an iron rapier was