Roanoke: Solving the Mystery of the Lost Colony
by Lee Miller
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 1559705841
- ISBN 13
- 9781559705844
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"Roanoke Island, North America - July 1587. A mystery is unfolding. One hundred and seventeen people have landed on a remote island off the North American coast. The men, women, and children sent out by Sir Walter Raleigh, are the first English colonists in America. Despite the care taken for their safety, the explicit instructions, the plans for provisions, all will vanish. The only known survivor will be their Governor, John White - an artist and veteran of Raleigh's previous Roanoke expeditions. He had known, from the moment they landed, that they could not survive on Roanoke Island...." - Chapter One from Roanoke: Solving the Mystery of the Lost Colony
Synopsis
In November of 1587, a report reached London claiming Sir Walter Raleigh's expedition to land English settlers in America had foundered. The colony on Roanoke Island off of the coast of North Carolina-115 men, women, and children-had disappeared without a trace. For four hundred years, the question of what became of the doomed settlers has remained unanswered. Where did they go? What really happened? Why were they on Roanoke Island in the first place, as that was not their destination? Using her consummate skills as an anthropologist and ethnohistorian, Lee Miller casts new light on the previously inexplicable puzzle of Roanoke, unraveling a thrilling web of deceit that can be traced back to the inner circle of Queen Elizabeth's government to finally solve the lasting mystery of the Lost Colony.
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- Bookseller
- Revue & Revalued Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 541
- Title
- Roanoke
- Author
- Lee Miller
- Format/Binding
- The binding is tight and solid.
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First United States
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1559705841
- ISBN 13
- 9781559705844
- Publisher
- Arcade Publishing
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- June 8, 2001
- Keywords
- Roanoke, Island, Colony, History, American, Mystery
- Bookseller catalogs
- British History; United States of America; American History;
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