The plume from Roanoke Island “put us in good hope ... As the men climbed a sandy bank, they encountered a tree with the carved letters “C R O.” This was, the governor explained, a ...

In 1587, an English expedition set out to colonise Roanoke Island on the eastern coast of North America…only for the ...

Archaeologists could have finally solved the 435-year mystery of America's first English settlement, known as the "lost ...