Oct 26, 2021
4 min read
The Lost Colony of Roanoke: the 1590 British Settlement That Was Abandoned
A secret project got out of hand
The Roanoke Colony was an attempt by the Englishman Walter Raleigh to establish a colony on the coast of North America. The colony was founded on Roanoke Island, off the coast of North Carolina. In 1584, Raleigh received permission from Queen Elizabeth I of England to undertake such a…
