The lost colony of Roanoke

== foundation ==
The Roanoke colony was founded in 1585 and all the settlers disappeared in 1590, the settlers traveled on the Tiger and it took 4 months to sail there. 
=== settlers ===
Many of the settlers are or would be famous, some of them include Native American Manteo, Governor John White, first English person born in America Virginia Dare, captain Simon Fernandes, and Eleanor Dare of of Westminster.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colonists_at_Roanoke
=== Disappearance ===
John White later left on August 25, 1587 and returned in August of 1590 to discover everyone missing, he discovered the word “CRO” engraved on a tree and the word “CROATOAN” on a piece of fencing, over the centuries many people led investigations on the Roanoke colony, such people were Bartholomew Gilbert in 1603 who was killed by the natives, John Smith from 1607-1609, William Strachey from 1610-1612, Samuel Purchas in 1625, and John Lawson from 1701-1709. In the 1800s archeologist dug up the site to look for evidence of what might have happened which continued into the 2000s with the site later renamed to Site X, not only were there expeditions and archeology dig ups but also genetic analysis, and climate research along with investigations into native tribes.
=== theories ===
There are many theories about what might have happened like that Natives attacked them, they left and lived on a different island, they tired to travel back to England and drowned, they were marooned by Simon Fernandes along with two others, the Spanish attacked them and that  it was a secret operation from Beechland.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roanoke_Colony#Backgroundhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roanoke_Colony#Background