August 18, 2020 07:59 pm GMT
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The mystery behind the "lost colony" of Roanoke has finally been answered, disappointingly.
The first attempts to form a permanent English settlement on modern-day North America began in the late 1500s. Here's the Wikipedia summary of events: The English, led by Humphrey Gilbert, had claimed St. John's, Newfoundland, in 1583 as the first North American English colony by royal prerogative of Queen Elizabeth I. Roanoke was second. The […]Original Link: https://boingboing.net/2020/08/18/the-mystery-behind-the-lost.html
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