Human history is full of mysteries, from the Ark of the Covenant to the story of Atlantis. But some, like the lost colony of Roanoke, are truly eerie. In the late 1500s, a group of colonists vanished ...

From the English ship Hopewell anchored off the ... I ask her about the link to the Roanoke settlers. “We were the Lost Colony,” she responds. “Our surnames, like ‘Berry,’ appear on ...

Married to Ananias Dare, Eleanor gave birth to Virginia—the first English child born in the New World—shortly after the English colonists landed on Roanoke ... of the Lost Colony’s ordeal ...

English colonists arriving on Roanoke Island in 1587 find the fort ... spirits from their earthly captivity before the entire colony is lost.

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. The legend of the Lost Colony of Roanoke has haunted American history for centuries. In July 1587, a British colonist named John White ...

After crossing the Atlantic, his ship stopped ... unable to get back to Roanoke until 1590. By then, the English settlers had vanished, and the mystery of the "Lost Colony" was born.