1492 : Christopher Columbus -> early colonisation of central and south america
1587 : First british colony in North America -> Roanoake
1687 : Jamestown settlement
Geographical markers in this map shows the wildly diverse terrain and features of North American continent
⭢ first surviving colony was in Northeast ⭢ Jamestown
- weather, desert, swamps, moutains, Native Americans tribes CONSIDERABLY slowed the process towards the West
1) The lost colony of Roanoke
A retenir :
- a stay : une requisition
- the brinke of war : aux portes de la guerre
- to be dismartled : être démonté
- dead-ends : impasses
- hoax : un subterfuge
- the bulk of the information : la majorité des info
- to decipher : déchiffrer
- carving : gravure
- to dwindle down : être réduit à
The first expedition was led by explorer called JOHN WHITE in 1587 after failed attempt in 1585
⭢ travelled with 115 men, women and children to modern-day North Carolina on the island of Roanoake
⭢ they quickly realized they would not have enough provisions to last through winter
The governor is help up in England bc they are on the verge of war : Spanish Armada attacking shores
consequence : White’s ship is mobilised for war effort and ends up staying 3 full years
Theories as to what happened to them :
- were attacked by Northen American tribes (i.e the Powhatan)
- tried to flee to the South to find food
- attempt to sail back to England
We know so little bc there was NOTHING left (ie clothes, houses, papers, weapons, boxes or bodies)
John White wrote a travel diary, except he wasnt there so we have no written account of the following events
November 1937 : Dare stone is found in Georgia ⭢ written by Eleanor Dare and she says that they moved and lost more than 100 people since he left
⭢ confirms theory #2
Other stones were found but none of those were authenticated ⭢ they were a hoax
consequence : people are still searching for the last colony ⭢ using mapping/scanning of the land, of the sea and even DNA
