John Smith Document ADAPTED. Jobs in Jamestown. Jamestown Founded in 1607. Mystery at Roanoke — History.com Video. New clue to mystery of lost Roanoke colony. A map named "La Virginea Pars" painted by explorer John White between 1585-1586 shows a patch stuck to the map -- which could be a clue to understand what happened to the Roanoke settlement that disappeared after White sailed back to England.AP Photo/British Museum A patch stuck to a map painted by explorer John White between 1585-1586,when enhanced with ultraviolet light, shows a faint image that could be a clue to understand what happened to the Roanoke settlement that disappeared after White sailed back to England.AP Photo/British Museum CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Has the Lost Colony of settlers been found?
In 1585, explorer John White traveled to Roanoke Island, and made a map and other drawings of the island. In 1587, a colony of 116 English settlers landed on Roanoke Island, led by White. He left the island for England for more supplies but couldn't return again until 1590 because of the war between England and Spain. The Story of Us — Life in Jamestown. Researchers Find Clue in Map to Where the ‘Lost Colony’ Went. CHAPEL HILL, N.C.
(AP) — A new look at a 425-year-old map has yielded a tantalizing clue about the fate of the Lost Colony, the settlers who disappeared from North Carolina’s Roanoke Island in the late 16th century. Experts from the First Colony Foundation and the British Museum in London discussed their findings Thursday at a scholarly meeting on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Their focus: the “Virginea Pars” map of Virginia and North Carolina created by explorer John White in the 1580s and owned by the British Museum since 1866.
"La Virginea Pars", a map of the east coast of North America (c. 1585-87) produced by the Elizabethan artist and gentleman, John White (P&D 1906,0509.1.3, c. British Museum,) © Trustees of the British Museum (Photo and caption via First Colony Foundation) HORRIBLE HISTORIES - The Wives of Henry VIII (Terrible Tudors) Plymouth Primary Source Letter. 13 Colonies. Jamestown.