When the settlers at Roanoke vanished in 1590, they left behind one piece of evidence: the word "Croatoan" carved into a ...

The only trace of the settlers he found was the word "Croatoan" carved into a wooden post - the name of another island just south of Roanoke the home of a Native American tribe. Over the years ...

John White depicted finding a tree carved with ‘Croatoan’. Picture: Stock Montage/Getty Images White subsequently returned to England on what was supposed to be a quick supply run but was ...

Their whereabouts baffled historians for centuries until 2012 when experts with the British Museum analysed the 400-year-old “La Virginea Pars” map drawn by one of the colonists named John White, ...

The only clue left behind was the word Croatoan carved on a wooden post. An ancient map dating back 400 years, titled La Virginea Pars and exhibited at the British Museum, was examined by experts ...

When White returned two years later, the entire settlement was abandoned. All White found were the words “CRO” and “CROATOAN” carved into an entrance post. Unfortunately, her mysterious disappearance ...

The fate of the settlers who founded the "Lost Colony of Roanoke" in what is now North Carolina remains unknown.