page_title: Roanoke Colony
section_title: What might have happened
hierarchical_section_title: Roanoke Colony / What might have happened
caption_attribution_description: The Francis Nelson, or "Zuniga", Map.
context_page_description: The Roanoke Colony was a British colony in North America that disappeared mysteriously. It is called the "Lost Colony." It was on Roanoke Island in what is today Dare County, North Carolina, in the United States. It was started in 1585 by Sir Walter Raleigh. It disappeared sometime between 1587 and 1590. Today, nobody knows what happened to the people who were living there.
context_section_description: The colony was called the "Lost Colony" because no one knows what happened after 1587. There are many ideas about what might have happened. There is no proof that any of these ideas are right. It is still a mystery today.
caption: The "Zuniga Map", 1607. Near the bottom it says "here remaineth four men clothed that came from roonock." Some historians think it may be talking about men from Roanoke.
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