The Lost Colony of Roanoke

Retired educator Brandon Fullam has been researching and writing for over a decade about England’s first attempts to establish a permanent colony in present-day North Carolina. Much of his work has focused on the disappearance of what has become known as the 1587 Lost Colony. He has published two previous books on this topic. His work has also appeared in Lost Colony Research Group and Sampson County Historical Society publications. He is a member of the Virginia Historical Society and the Chesterfield Historical Society of Virginia and lives in Midlothian, Virginia.

Table of Contents


Introduction

Part I: The Raleigh Years

 1. Setting the Stage: 1496–1586

 2. Planning the Cittie of Ralegh: July 27, 1586–July 22, 1587

 3. Simon Fernandez and the Aborted Chesapeake Plan: July 22–August 27, 1587

 4. Decisions at Roanoke: August 28–September 30, 1587

 5. The Colonists Select a Mainland Settlement Site: October–November 1587

 6. Pivotal Events in England and Virginia: January–June 1588

 7. The Legend of the CORA Tree and the Outpost at Croatoan: July–September 1588

 8. A Critical Gamble at Sea: September 1588–August 1589

 9. The Great Hurricane and the Final Collapse of the Colony: September 1589

10. The “Legend of the Coharie” and the Hurricane’s Aftermath: October 1589–January 1590

11. John White’s Final Voyage; Roanoke and Croatoan Abandoned: February–October 1590

12. Raleigh and Guiana; Rumors of Survivors: 1594–1606

Part II: The Jamestown Intelligence

13. John Smith’s A True Relation and the “Zúñiga Map”: 1607–1608

14. The “Men Cloathed” at Ocanahonan and Pakrakanick: 1607–1608

15. The “Men Apparalled” at Pananiock/Panawicke: 1607–1608

16. John Smith and the ­Powhatan-Slaughter Myth: 1608–1609

17. The Francisco Fernández de Écija Reconnaissance: 1609

18. William Strachey and the “Slaughter at Roanoke”: 1609–1611

19. The “Slaughter at Roanoke” Solved: 1610–1611

20. Lost Colony Clues and Powhatan Oral Tradition: 1611–1612

Part III: Lost Colony Survivors and Descendants

21. Survival Possibilities: 1612–1711

22. The Search for Descendants: 18th Century and Beyond

Summation

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index