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13 Colonies

PBL. Mayflower Compact Video — History.com. John White searches for the colonists. John White drew this map of the coast of North Carolina and Virginia in 1585 and 1586.

John White searches for the colonists

(Note that west, not north, is up.) Although his efforts to map the coast helped him find Roanoke Island, the colonists he left behind had disappeared. (Map by Theodor de Bry. More about the map) This page has comments. Ushistory.org.