Lost Colony

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Lost Colony, Roanoke Island (now in North Carolina, U.S.)

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Facts

Also Known As	Roanoke Island colony
Date	1587 - 1590

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Lost Colony, Roanoke Island (now in North Carolina, U.S.)

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Topics

Massachusetts Bay Colony Cahaba Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historical Site Babylon Chichén Itzá Troy American colonies Sodom and Gomorrah Mohenjo-daro Taxila

United States

North Carolina: flag

North Carolina

state, United States

Key People

Sir Walter Raleigh

Sir Walter Raleigh

English explorer

White, John; Lost Colony

John White

British artist and explorer

Virginia Dare

English colonist

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