The Lost Colony of Roanoke

Everything Everywhere Daily

Gary Arndt

History, Education

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2023

⏱️ 14 minutes

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In 1585, Sir Walter Raleigh established an English colony on an island in what is today the state of North Carolina. After a slow start, over 100 people moved to the island to start a new life and establish this English outpost at the edge of the new world. When a ship returned to the colony in 1590, what they found shocked them and began a mystery that remains unsolved to this day. Learn more about the Lost Colony of Roanoke and the puzzle that still challenges historians on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors BetterHelp is an online platform that provides therapy and counseling services to individuals in need of mental health support. The platform offers a range of communication methods, including chat, phone, and video sessions with licensed and accredited therapists who specialize in different areas, such as depression, anxiety, relationships, and more. Get 10% off your first month at BetterHelp.com/Everywhere ButcherBox is the perfect solution for anyone looking to eat high-quality, sustainably sourced meat without the hassle of going to the grocery store. With ButcherBox, you can enjoy a variety of grass-fed beef, heritage pork, free-range chicken, and wild-caught seafood delivered straight to your door every month. Visit ButcherBox.com/Daily to get 10% off and free chicken thighs for a year. InsideTracker provides a personal health analysis and data-driven wellness guide to help you add years to your life—and life to your years. Choose a plan that best fits your needs to get your comprehensive biomarker analysis, customized Action Plan, and customer-exclusive healthspan resources. For a limited time, Everything Everywhere Daily listeners can get 20% off InsideTracker’s new Ultimate Plan. Visit InsideTracker.com/eed. Subscribe to the podcast! https://link.chtbl.com/EverythingEverywhere?sid=ShowNotes -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Peter Bennett & Thor Thomsen Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Update your podcast app at newpodcastapps.com Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	In 1585, Sir Walter Raleigh established an English colony on an island in what is today the state of North Carolina.
0:07.0	After a slow start, over a hundred people moved to the island to start a new life and established this English outpost at the edge of the new world.
0:14.5	But when a ship returned to the island in 1590, what they found shocked them and began a mystery
0:19.6	that remains unsolved to this day.
0:22.4	Learn more about the Lost Colony of Roanoke
0:25.0	and the puzzle that still challenges historians
0:27.0	on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. The The first colonies established by Europeans in North America were the 16th century
0:49.4	equivalent of lunar bases. A bunch of people were sent to live in a place they didn't know or understand,
0:55.4	where they were often unprepared for the weather and surrounded by native people who didn't particularly
0:59.9	want them there. Just like with space travel, there were several failures before there was success.
1:06.2	Many people are aware of the first permanent English settlement in North America in Jamestown,
1:10.5	Virginia established in 1607. Jamestown, Virginia, established in 1607.
1:13.4	Jamestown may have been the first success,
1:15.8	but it was hardly the first attempt.
1:18.5	The English claims to North America
1:20.0	were first made by Sir Humphrey Gilbert in 1578.
1:23.6	He was given a very vague charter by Queen Elizabeth
1:26.4	the first to explore and colonize
1:28.7	any, quote, unclaimed Christian kingdoms.
1:31.9	He claimed everything north of Spanish
1:33.9	Florida for England. However he died sailing back to England in 1583. Gilbert's
1:40.1	charter was then split between his brother Adrian Gilbert and his half-brother, the English
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