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When Governor John White sailed for England from Roanoke Island in August 1587, he left behind more than 100 men, women and children. They were never seen again by Europeans. For more than four centuries the fate of the Roanoke colony has remained a mystery, despite the many attempts to construct a satisfactory, convincing explanation.
New research suggests that all past and present theories are based upon a series of erroneous assumptions that have persisted for centuries. Through a close examination of the early accounts, previously unknown or unexamined documents, and native Algonquian oral tradition, this book deconstructs the traditional theories. What emerges is a fresh narrative of the ultimate fate of the Lost Colony.
List of contents
Table of ContentsIntroduction
Part I: The Raleigh Years
¿1.¿Setting the Stage: 1496-1586
¿2.¿Planning the Cittie of Ralegh: July 27, 1586-July 22, 1587
¿3.¿Simon Fernandez and the Aborted Chesapeake Plan: July 22-August 27, 1587
¿4.¿Decisions at Roanoke: August 28-September 30, 1587
¿5.¿The Colonists Select a Mainland Settlement Site: October-November 1587
¿6.¿Pivotal Events in England and Virginia: January-June 1588
¿7.¿The Legend of the CORA Tree and the Outpost at Croatoan: July-September 1588
¿8.¿A Critical Gamble at Sea: September 1588-August 1589
¿9.¿The Great Hurricane and the Final Collapse of the Colony: September 1589
10.¿The "Legend of the Coharie" and the Hurricane's Aftermath: October 1589-January 1590
11.¿John White's Final Voyage; Roanoke and Croatoan Abandoned: February-October 1590
12.¿Raleigh and Guiana; Rumors of Survivors: 1594-1606
Part II: The Jamestown Intelligence
13.¿John Smith's A True Relation and the "Zúñiga Map": 1607-1608
14.¿The "Men Cloathed" at Ocanahonan and Pakrakanick: 1607-1608
15.¿The "Men Apparalled" at Pananiock/Panawicke: 1607-1608
16.¿John Smith and the Powhatan-Slaughter Myth: 1608-1609
17.¿The Francisco Fernández de Écija Reconnaissance: 1609
18.¿William Strachey and the "Slaughter at Roanoke": 1609-1611
19.¿The "Slaughter at Roanoke" Solved: 1610-1611
20.¿Lost Colony Clues and Powhatan Oral Tradition: 1611-1612
Part III: Lost Colony Survivors and Descendants
21.¿Survival Possibilities: 1612-1711
22.¿The Search for Descendants: 18th Century and Beyond
Summation
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the author
Retired educator Brandon Fullam has been researching and writing for over a decade about England's first attempts to establish a permanent colony in present-day North Carolina. Much of his work has focused on the disappearance of what has become known as the 1587 Lost Colony. He has published two previous books on this topic. His work has also appeared in Lost Colony Research Group and Sampson County Historical Society publications. He is a member of the Virginia Historical Society and the Chesterfield Historical Society of Virginia and lives in Midlothian, Virginia.
