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"The Roanoke Colony: America's First Mystery" presents a compelling, firsthand account of one of history’s most enduring enigmas, told through the voices of Manteo and Wanchese—members of the Croatan people. Written and illustrated by Chris Schweizer, with coloring by Liz Trice Schweizer and cover art by Chris Schweizer, this issue brings the 1587 Roanoke settlement to life with thoughtful detail and emotional depth, exploring the colony’s ill-fated founding and its mysterious disappearance.
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Manteo, a Croatan, and Wanchese, a Roanoke, narrate the history of the lost Colony of Roanoke. Sir Walter Raleigh is granted a patent to found an English colony, but ignores the more hospitable Chesapeake Bay in favor of a colony on Roanoke Island, not far from Spanish shipping lanes, hoping it would make a good base for privateering. Poorly located, without a decent harbor, and managed by governors who develop poor relations with the natives, the first colony fails within a year. A second colony is immediately established, but three years later is found to have completely disappeared.
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