What was lost is now found. Researchers believe they might have cracked the case of the lost colony of Roanoke — a great American mystery that has eluded historians for centuries. The caper concerns a group of some 100 British settlers who landed on Roanoke Island off North Carolina in the 16th century to establish an English foothold in the New World,

The mystery of what happened to the Roanoke settlers has plagued researchers for hundreds of years, however, the John White map could help with that answer.