Raleigh and the Lost Colony of Roanoke

<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="americanindian.si.edu/nk360/informational/impa…; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">americanindian.si.edu/nk360/informational/impa… Raleigh’s Quest for El Dorado</strong></p><p><a href="podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/walter-raleighs-…; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Listen on Apple</a></p><p><a href="open.spotify.com/episode/5Lf4epHan5UKz45vwVIA1…; 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="podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-dark-side-of…; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Listen on Apple</a></p><p><a href="open.spotify.com/episode/4xd5GLN9a8M3lutbzZNc8…; 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="historyhit.com/subscribe"; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong><u>historyhit.com/subscribe</u></strong&…; </p><br><p>You can take part in our listener survey <a href="insights.historyhit.com/history-hit-podcast-al…; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a><strong>: </strong></p><p><a href="insights.historyhit.com/history-hit-podcast-al…; rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">insights.historyhit.com/history-hit-podcast-al…;

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