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North Carolina: 'Lost Colony' at last found? Fort clue on historic map examined
January 20, 2015 6:07 PM MST
North Carolina: 'Lost Colony' discovered right here in US? Search commences
Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Is North Carolina home to a historical “Lost Colony?” A clue found only several years ago on an ancient map is being examined, and has experts looking to a new location that might very well yield a big discovery in our nation’s past. WRAL News reports this Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015, that if this map’s indication proves correct, it might be the area where many families settled years ago.
Are answers arriving at last? An investigative team member has stated that because this is "new" territory being explored, it raises a few serious questions. After all, this is not necessarily Roanoke itself. "If we were finding this evidence at Roanoke Island, which is the well-established site of Sir Walter Raleigh's colony, we would have no hesitation to say this is evidence of Sir Walter Raleigh's colonies," said Phil Evans, president of the First Colony Foundation. "But because this is a new site and not associated with Sir Walter Raleigh, we have to hesitate and ask questions and learn more. It's not Roanoke Island. It's a new thing, and a new thing has to stand some tests."
Back in early 2012, scholars associated with the British Museum and the First Colony Foundation confirmed news of this interesting historical clue. According to News Oxy, the antique North Carolina map is believed to possibly hold secrets on the fortunes of the Lost Colony. This mystery might include answers explaining just what happened to the settlers who vanished toward the end of the 1500s from Roanoke Island.
The clue revolves around a “Virginia Pars” map that highlights North Carolina and Virginia. John White, traveler and explorer, is credited with helping shape the map in the late 16th century. His work has since been featured in the British Museum since the mid 1800s, adds the source site. The area itself was named in honor of the Carolina Algonquians who dwelled there in the burgeoning years of English expansion. The territory measures nearly eight miles long and a couple miles wide. The fate of its eventual settlers remain unknown, with some people thinking they moved, others saying they died, and still others under the assumption they were abducted by extraterrestrials.
Numerous symbols on the freshly examined map are still in the process of being inspected by researchers. Noticeable are two distinct patches, with one point seemingly fixing a previous error on the plots of land. The second — set in the Bertie County region of North Carolina — showcases what looks like a fort. This fort image may play a key role in uncovering the “Lost Colony” of the settlers.
In fact, both British and American experts think this map's mark could designate the settlers’ location at one time. Based on this map’s clues and the potential for big discovery within those boundaries, archaeologists are taking a closer look at land situated on the site. Nicholas Luccketti, one of the team's leading excavators, has been supporting the organization for almost a decade now, and been involved in Virginia-based digs since 1974.
"It's fair to say it's a site of very great interest to us," said Luccketti. No fort has been found in the region, but many artifacts from the era nonetheless have historians thrilled. Though the items themselves are quite commonplace, they could be a clue to something much more from the time of this “Lost Colony” in North Carolina. "That's why domestic wares are interesting to us," Evans added. "It tells us people were there long enough to break stuff. ... We're getting these types of [historic wares] in sufficient numbers that we think people are there and they're doing something and they're there for a good bit of time.”
The man did acknowledge that it is likely no breakthrough discovery serving as concrete evidence of the settlers will be made right away. Nonetheless, little steps can yield great results over time. Finding real verification would encompass "taking lots and lots of little pieces of information, analyzing and evaluating them against other colonial sites, the history we know, the map evidence we know and then building it piece by piece," Evans concluded. "I'd be very surprised if we hit any one thing and said, 'This is it.'" Researchers will continue to scrutinize what evidence they can find, and slowly but surely, it is hopeful more secrets of the past Roanoke people will be brought to light.
North Carolina: 'Lost Colony' at last found? Fort clue on historic map examined
January 20, 2015 6:07 PM MST
North Carolina: 'Lost Colony' discovered right here in US? Search commences
Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Is North Carolina home to a historical “Lost Colony?” A clue found only several years ago on an ancient map is being examined, and has experts looking to a new location that might very well yield a big discovery in our nation’s past. WRAL News reports this Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015, that if this map’s indication proves correct, it might be the area where many families settled years ago.
Are answers arriving at last? An investigative team member has stated that because this is "new" territory being explored, it raises a few serious questions. After all, this is not necessarily Roanoke itself. "If we were finding this evidence at Roanoke Island, which is the well-established site of Sir Walter Raleigh's colony, we would have no hesitation to say this is evidence of Sir Walter Raleigh's colonies," said Phil Evans, president of the First Colony Foundation. "But because this is a new site and not associated with Sir Walter Raleigh, we have to hesitate and ask questions and learn more. It's not Roanoke Island. It's a new thing, and a new thing has to stand some tests."
Back in early 2012, scholars associated with the British Museum and the First Colony Foundation confirmed news of this interesting historical clue. According to News Oxy, the antique North Carolina map is believed to possibly hold secrets on the fortunes of the Lost Colony. This mystery might include answers explaining just what happened to the settlers who vanished toward the end of the 1500s from Roanoke Island.
The clue revolves around a “Virginia Pars” map that highlights North Carolina and Virginia. John White, traveler and explorer, is credited with helping shape the map in the late 16th century. His work has since been featured in the British Museum since the mid 1800s, adds the source site. The area itself was named in honor of the Carolina Algonquians who dwelled there in the burgeoning years of English expansion. The territory measures nearly eight miles long and a couple miles wide. The fate of its eventual settlers remain unknown, with some people thinking they moved, others saying they died, and still others under the assumption they were abducted by extraterrestrials.
Numerous symbols on the freshly examined map are still in the process of being inspected by researchers. Noticeable are two distinct patches, with one point seemingly fixing a previous error on the plots of land. The second — set in the Bertie County region of North Carolina — showcases what looks like a fort. This fort image may play a key role in uncovering the “Lost Colony” of the settlers.
In fact, both British and American experts think this map's mark could designate the settlers’ location at one time. Based on this map’s clues and the potential for big discovery within those boundaries, archaeologists are taking a closer look at land situated on the site. Nicholas Luccketti, one of the team's leading excavators, has been supporting the organization for almost a decade now, and been involved in Virginia-based digs since 1974.
"It's fair to say it's a site of very great interest to us," said Luccketti. No fort has been found in the region, but many artifacts from the era nonetheless have historians thrilled. Though the items themselves are quite commonplace, they could be a clue to something much more from the time of this “Lost Colony” in North Carolina. "That's why domestic wares are interesting to us," Evans added. "It tells us people were there long enough to break stuff. ... We're getting these types of [historic wares] in sufficient numbers that we think people are there and they're doing something and they're there for a good bit of time.”
The man did acknowledge that it is likely no breakthrough discovery serving as concrete evidence of the settlers will be made right away. Nonetheless, little steps can yield great results over time. Finding real verification would encompass "taking lots and lots of little pieces of information, analyzing and evaluating them against other colonial sites, the history we know, the map evidence we know and then building it piece by piece," Evans concluded. "I'd be very surprised if we hit any one thing and said, 'This is it.'" Researchers will continue to scrutinize what evidence they can find, and slowly but surely, it is hopeful more secrets of the past Roanoke people will be brought to light.