In 1587, over 100 English settlers established a colony on Roanoke Island, but when Governor John White returned three years later in 1590, the entire settlement had vanished without a trace, leaving only the word 'CROATOAN' carved into a wooden post as a clue to their fate, which remains one of history's greatest unsolved mysteries.
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Over 100 settlers vanished without a trace and nobody knows what happened.
[music] In 1587, more than 100 English colonists settled on Roanoke Island hoping to build a new life in the new world.
When Governor John White returned to England [music] for supplies, war delayed his return for 3 years. When he finally came back in 1590, the colony was deserted. Every settler had disappeared. The only clue was a single word carved into a post, Croatoan.
[music] More than 400 years later, the lost colony of Roanoke remains one of history's greatest mysteries.
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