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Roanoke to Jamestown: Lost Colony to Permanent Settlement

Dr. Larry L. Burriss, Ph.D., J.D.

School of Journalism

Dr. Kathleen G. Burriss, Ed.D. Department of Elementary Education

European Settlements in North America

St. Augustine Spanish 1565 Roanoke English 1585 Jamestown English 1607 Plymouth English 1620

English Settlements in North America

Queen Elizabeth I

Sir Walter Raleigh

Sir Richard Grenville

Letters of Marque and Reprisal

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John White’s Map of Roanoke (1585)

Contemporary sketch of earthworks in Guyanailla Bay, Puerto Rico. Similar to fort constructed at Roanoke

Baptism of Virginia Dare

(Aug. 18, 1587 - ?)

Postage Stamp Honoring Birth of Virginia Dare

John White drawings of Native Americans and village

The Spanish Armada (1588)

John White Returns To Roanoke

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Roanoke Island

The Francis Nelson, or “Zuninga” map, c. 1607

Current exploration sites Current Research

•  Lost Colony Research Group •  Lost Colony Center for Science and

Research •  Lost Colony Y-DNA and MT-DNA

projects at Family Tree DNA

Reconstructed earthwork fortifications at Fort Raleigh National Historic Site

Jamestown

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The Voyage to Jamestown

Original Jamestown Landing Site 350th Anniversary Plaque

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Captain John Smith

John Rolfe and Pocahontas

The Baptism of Pocahontas

Roanoke to Jamestown: Lost Colony to Permanent Settlement

Dr. Larry L. Burriss, Ph.D., J.D.

School of Journalism

Dr. Kathleen G. Burriss, Ed.D. Department of Elementary Education