Is this Walter Raleigh’s 'lost colony' drawn in invisible ink?..

UK Daily Mail ^ | May 3, 2012 | Simon Tomlinson

[C19fan]

t is a mystery that has perplexed historians for more than 400 years - what ever became of the 120 settlers who tried to establish England's first colony on the north-east coast of America? Queen Elizabeth I and famed explorer Sir Walter Raleigh had hoped the expedition in the 1580s would create a capital in the New World, but something went terribly wrong. The men, women and children simply vanished - possibly massacred by native American Indians - any evidence of a settlement disappeared and the infamous 'lost colony' became rooted in American folklore. But solving the centuries-old mystery may have come a step closer this week after experts identified a tantalising clue hidden in a map drawn by a man on that fateful voyage.

[C19fan]

If the map is true the colony would be at the western end of Albermarle Sound.

[bkepley]

Why don’t we just go see if they’re there?

[mkboyce]

Yep, the peninsula is bisected longitudnally by a stream. on the north is a housing development...on the south is a farm.

[Lurker]

Is it on the back of the Declaration of Independence?

[Adder]

Maybe it was supposed to be but never made it there?

The legend says White returned and found “croatoan” carved on a tree on Roanoke Island, not where the map shows.

Unless it was all a sleight of hand...a feint...hmmmm...sneaky ‘lizabethans :D

[Kartographer]

Is it on the back of the Declaration of Independence?

No only a clue to it's whereabouts is on the back of the Declaration of Independence, that clue leads you to the Liberty Bell, which sends you to the Old North Church, which sends you to Mount Rushmore and then.....

[BipolarBob]

Yes, the location is known and all that remains is the mysterious word “Croaton” carved on a tree.

[Sacajaweau]

I lived in Williamsburg Va doing historical research. They sure missed a lot of stuff in their map reading.

I'm looking at a book This id what it says on the cover.

"A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia by Thomas Harriot. The complete 1590 edition with the 28 engravings by Theodor de Bry after the drawings of John White and other illustrations."

[Ditter]

Cool, I love stuff like this! I would love to hunt for artifacts but I'll bet they would be really hard to find.

We lived in Yorktown VA and I roamed the York riverbank and the battlefield. I never found much but I bought a flintlock pistol that had been found somewhere around the area. It is not all there and I picked it up for $5. at a yard sale. I wouldn't take any amount of money for it.

[Graewoulf]

Thanks for bringing this article to our attention!

[Sacajaweau]

http://www.outerbanks.com/fortraleigh/

[Scoutmaster]

No only a clue to it's whereabouts is on the back of the Declaration of Independence, that clue leads you to the Liberty Bell, which sends you to the Old North Church, which sends you to Mount Rushmore and then.....

This Texan appreciates you leaving the chapel of the Alamo mission out of the nonsense. He also appreciates the nonsense.

[rwfromkansas]

Hmmmm. Interesting.

[Sacajaweau]

Wonder how much grant money they got for this one. You can dig just about anywhere in Va. Heck...we walked through the woods near my “project” and found the copper fixings for a still.

[Kartographer]

I didn't complete things. After Mount Rushmore clues leads you to Louisiana Purchase Statue, then you go to the Linclon Boyhood Memorial, then to Grants Tomb which then sends to to the Texas Monument in the Vicksburg Battlefield,



which sends you to Stone Mountain, which leads you to.....

[Theoria]

Lost colony ping. Adding this article, for more info.

Early map of Virginia reveals plans for a fort: did Lost Colonists head there?

May 3, 2012 by John Blythe

A portion of John White's map "Virgenia Pars." A patch on the map covers a symbol for a fort. © The Trustees of the British Museum

Researchers from the U.S. and U.K. announced earlier today that a 16th century map of coastal Virginia and North Carolina reveals the location of a planned fort or settlement. And, they suggest, that spot, at the confluence of the Roanoke and Chowan rivers, may be where settlers from the Lost Colony headed.

The lozenge shape on John White’s “Virgenia Pars”, which researchers suggest represents a fort, was discovered when experts at the British Museum used lights and other techniques to study details hidden by a patch on the map.

from Examination of patches on a map of the east coast of North America by John White ("La Virginea Pars";1906,0509.1.3), CSR ANALYTICAL REQUEST NO. AR2012-21 . © The Trustees of the British Museum

A panel of historians and archaeologists assembled by the First Colony Foundation discussed their findings and theories this morning at Wilson Library in Chapel Hill. Panelist James Horn, an historian and author of A Kingdom Strange: The Brief and Tragic History of the Lost Colony of Roanoke, says that before John White left his fellow colonists in 1587, the settlers had already discussed moving about 50 miles inland. That distance roughly compares to the location of the fort depicted on the map. Additional details of the First Colony Foundation’s research and theories are here.

White’s “Virgenia Pars” map is considered relatively accurate in its depiction of the region’s geography. And The News and Observer reports that the site of the planned fort or settlement is “near Scotch Hall Preserve, a golf course and residential community just across the Albemarle Sound from Edenton.”

Although archaeologists expect to study the area of the planned fort or settlement, a timeline for such work has yet to be disclosed.

[Pharmboy]

Thanks for the post, C19fan...I was about to post a story on this, but searched and found yours.

The RevWar/Colonial History/General Washington ping list...

[bert]

I would prefer to believe the effort under discussion is the Elizabethen version of whiteout. That is, there was a plan to locate the fort inland but it was instead built on Roanoke Island where they were landed and comfortable.

The patch covers an error

[SunkenCiv]

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[BenLurkin]