The Lost Colony of Roanoke: New Perspectives

✍ Scribed by Fullam, Brandon

• Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 1019 KB
• Edition: Illustrated
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN: 1476667861

✦ Synopsis

Introduction -- Part I. The Raleigh years. Setting the stage : 1496-1586 -- Planning the Cittie of Ralegh : July 27, 1586-July 22, 1587 -- Simon Fernandez and the aborted Chesapeake plan : July 22-August 27, 1587 -- Decisions at Roanoke : August 28-September 30, 1587 -- The colonists select a mainland settlement site : October-November 1587 -- Pivotal events in England and Virginia : January-June 1588 -- The legend of the CORA tree and the outpost at Croatoan : July-September 1588 -- A critical gamble at sea : September 1588-August 1589 -- The great hurricane and the final collapse of the colony : September 1589 -- The "legend of the coharie" and the hurricane's aftermath : October 1589-January 1590 -- John White's final voyage; Roanoke and Croatoan abandoned : February-October 1590 -- Raleigh and Guiana; rumors of survivors : 1594-1606 -- Part II. The Jamestown intelligence. John Smith's A true relation and the "Zúñiga Map" : 1607-1608 -- The "men cloathed" at Ocanahonan and Pakrakanick : 1607-1608 -- The "men apparalled" at Pananiock/Panawicke : 1607-1608 -- John Smith and the Powhatan-slaughter myth : 1608-1609 -- The Francisco Fernández de Écija reconnaissance : 1609 -- William Strachey and the "slaughter at Roanoke" : 1609-1611 -- The "slaughter at Roanoke" solved : 1610-1611 -- Lost Colony clues and Powhatan oral tradition : 1611-1612 -- Part III. Lost Colony survivors and descendants. Survival possibilities : 1612-1711 -- The search for descendants : 18th century and beyond -- Summation.;"When Governor John White sailed for England from Roanoke Island in August 1587, he left behind more than 100 men, women and children. They were never seen again by Europeans. For more than four centuries the fate of the Roanoke colony has remained a mystery, despite the many attempts to construct a satisfactory, convincing explanation. New research suggests that all past and present theories are based upon a series of erroneous assumptions that have persisted for centuries. Through a close examination of the early accounts, previously unknown or unexamined documents, and native Algonquian oral tradition, this book deconstructs the traditional theories. What emerges is a fresh narrative of the ultimate fate of the Lost Colony.;"For more than four centuries the fate of the Roanoke colony has remained a mystery. Through a close examination of the early accounts, previously unknown or unexamined documents and native Algonquian oral tradition, this book deconstructs the traditional theories. What emerges is a fresh narrative of the activities, challenges, disappointments and ultimate fate of the Lost Colony"--