<p>What happened to the lost colony of Roanoke?</p><p>In the 1580s Sir Walter Raleigh set about establishing a permanent English colony on Roanoke Island, off the coast of North Carolina. But within a few years the settlement and its colonists had mysteriously vanished. Ever since, historians and archaeologists have tried to piece together what really happened to the colonists.</p><p>Professor Suzannah Lipscomb is joined by archaeologist Professor Mark Horton to explore one of history's great unsolved puzzles.</p><br><p>For more information on the terms used in this episode:</p><p><a href="https://americanindian.si.edu/nk360/informational/impact-words-tips" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://americanindian.si.edu/nk360/informational/impact-words-tips</a></p><br><p><strong>MORE:</strong></p><p><strong>Walter Raleigh’s Quest for El Dorado</strong></p><p><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/walter-raleighs-quest-for-el-dorado/id1564113869?i=1000651191999" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Listen on Apple</a></p><p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/5Lf4epHan5UKz45vwVIA1j" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Listen on Spotify</a></p><br><p><strong>The Dark Side of Sir Francis Drake</strong></p><p><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-dark-side-of-sir-francis-drake/id1564113869?i=1000704769514" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Listen on Apple</a></p><p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/4xd5GLN9a8M3lutbzZNc8B" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Listen on Spotify</a></p><br><p>Presented by Professor Suzannah Lipscomb. The researcher is Max Wintle, audio editor is Amy Haddow and the producer is Rob Weinberg. The senior producer is Anne-Marie Luff.</p><p>All music courtesy of Epidemic Sounds.</p><p><em>Not Just the Tudors is a History Hit podcast</em></p><br><p><strong>Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week. Sign up at </strong><a href="https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong><u>https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe</u></strong></a><strong>.</strong> </p><br><p>You can take part in our listener survey <a href="https://insights.historyhit.com/history-hit-podcast-always-on" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a><strong>: </strong></p><p><a href="https://insights.historyhit.com/history-hit-podcast-always-on" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://insights.historyhit.com/history-hit-podcast-always-on</a></p>
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