Lost Colony
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Lost Colony
First recorded in 1800–05
Example Sentences
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The Lost Colony stemmed from an 1587 expedition.
From Washington Times • Aug. 22, 2020
It is called ‘The Lost Colony and Hatteras Island,’ and echoes many of the sentiments he has voiced for years.
From Fox News • Aug. 19, 2020
Lawler, a journalist, explores in his latest book the haunting real-life mystery of a lost English settlement in the New World: “The Secret Token: Myth, Obsession and the Search for the Lost Colony of Roanoke.”
From Seattle Times • Jul. 27, 2018
Lawler also does a good job conveying the strangeness of one of the central figures of the Lost Colony mystery: the wayward governor, John White.
From Washington Post • Jul. 19, 2018
Little Virginia Dare and the Lost Colony of Roanoke had already passed out of history, leaving no clew to their fate except the single word "CROATAN" inscribed on the bark of a tree.
From The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 From Discovery of America October 12, 1492 to Battle of Lexington April 19, 1775 by Hawthorne, Julian
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