The Lost Colony: Roanoke Colony

Roanoke Colony is also often referred to as the Lost Colony because the colonists disappeared during the Anglo-Spanish War, never to be heard from or seen again. The expedition reached Roanoke Island on July 4th, 1584. In April 1585 some of the expedition members returned to England for supplies. When the supplies were extremely late, the colonists on Roanoke Island took an offer from a Sir Francis Drake to return them to England. After they left, the relief supplies arrived to an empty fort. Again some men were left behind on Roanoke Island. Colonists continued to experience hardship and eventually the island was deserted, but the fate of the last group of colonists is