| Contents |
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. |
| Abstract |
"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"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-251) and index. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2017009138 |
| ISBN | 9781476667867 paperback ; alkaline paper |
| ISBN | 1476667861 paperback ; alkaline paper |
| ISBN | electronic book |
