Excavating the Lost Colony mystery the map, the search, the discovery / edited by Eric Klingelhofer.
| Other author | Klingelhöfer, Eric C. |
| Other author | First Colony Foundation (Durham, N.C.) |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2023] |
| Description | xi, 131 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 28 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from JSTOR University of North Carolina Press Publisher Collection (Backlist) |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Map, the search, the discovery |
| Contents | The search for Raleigh's colony / Phillip W. Evans -- Paper patches: La Virginea Pars map in the British Museum / Kim Sloan -- John White's maps and Tudor cartography / Peter Barber -- Images and absences: interpreting John White's maps / Eric Klingelhofer -- Science in the search / Eric Klingelhofer -- The prima facie case for Site X / Nicholas M. Luccketti -- The Carolina Algonquians and Mettaquem / Edward Clay Swindell -- Knowledge-seeking through collaboration in Roanoke / Karen Ordahl Kupperman -- Everything but the kitchen sink: packing for the New World / Beverly A. Straube -- Into the Maine: why they went west / James Horn -- The English on the Chowan / Phillip W. Evans. |
| Abstract | "The fate of Sir Walter Raleigh's 1587 "Lost Colony" on Roanoke Island has been one of the most enduring mysteries in the history of European settlement in North America. For generations, writers, scholars, and others have speculated about the disappearance of more than one hundred colonists, whose only obvious clue left behind was the word "CROATOAN" carved on the palisade of the settlement. But in the early 1990s, archaeologists at Roanoke opened fresh lines of inquiry, and in 2012 the search for evidence gained new momentum when a reexamination of an Elizabethan map revealed a hidden symbol. The symbol seemed to indicate the location of a Renaissance-style fort some distance from Roanoke Island, starting the quest for "Site X." After leading a team to explore multiple lines of research, Eric Klingelhofer here draws together the fullest possible account of what can be known today about the colony. The book features authoritative research by historians, archaeologists, and other experts, and it is richly illustrated with maps and photographs, including never-before-seen artifacts recovered in recent excavations. While some of the Lost Colony's mysteries may never be solved, readers will enjoy this informative and accessible account of efforts to reconstruct events more than four centuries ago. Contributors include: Peter Barber, Phillip Evans, James Horn, Karen Ordahl Kupperman, Nicholas Luccketti, Kim Sloan, Beverly Straube, and Clay Swindell. Published in association with the First Colony Foundation"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-126) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2023017144 |
| ISBN | 9781469673752 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |