History's Greatest Mysteries
The Lost Colony of Roanoke
Season 4 Episode 4
Actor Laurence Fishburne explores the possible fate of 117 men, women and children who, in 1587, came ashore on Roanoke Island intending to establish a permanent English settlement in the New World. Their loss came to light in 1590, when English ships returned to bring supplies and found the island deserted
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