Charles River Editors
ASIN: B00GAGU18Y
Publisher: Charles River Editors
Pages: 36
*Includes pictures depicting important people, places, and events.*Includes excerpts from firsthand accounts of explorers and colonists associated with Roanoke.*Discusses the theories and evidence about what happened to the lost colony.*Includes a bibliography for further reading.*Includes a table of contents."The first Discovery and Settlement of this Country was by the Procurement of Sir Walter Raleigh, in Conjunction with some publick-spirited Gentlemen of that Age, under the Protection of Queen Elizabeth; for which Reason it was then named Virginia, being begun on that Part called Ronoak-Island, where the Ruins of a Fort are to be seen at this day, as well as some old English Coins which have been lately found; and a Brass-Gun, a Powder-Horn, and one small Quarter deck-Gun, made of Iron Staves, and hoop'd with the same Metal; which Method of making Guns might very probably be made ...