# Artifacts: The Lost Colony of Roanoke

> The 13 artifacts of The Lost Colony of Roanoke: photos, scans, transcriptions and documents, each with its own catalog key.

Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/lost-colony-roanoke/artifacts  
Publisher: Mysteries Department  
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page)  

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**MYS** 0CQCC09A7F6G·[The Lost Colony of Roanoke](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/lost-colony-roanoke)

# Artifacts 13

Every copy this mystery rests on, each with its own key and its distance from the original.

Photo1 step from object

[Photograph: The Lost Colony of Roanoke](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/lost-colony-roanoke/copies/CPY0CQCC01G3FK2/photograph-the-lost-colony-of-roanoke)

National Park Service · Public domain

Scan1 step from object

[John White's map "La Virginea Pars", with its two paper patches: scan](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/lost-colony-roanoke/copies/CPY0CQCCMSJ2QXM/john-whites-map-la-virginea-pars-with-its-two-paper-patches)

British Museum · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (museum standard; confirm)

Scan1 step from object

[John White's map "La Virginea Pars", with its two paper patches: scan](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/lost-colony-roanoke/copies/CPY0CQCCN960H40/john-whites-map-la-virginea-pars-with-its-two-paper-patches)

British Museum · Public domain (PD-art, PD-old)

Photo1 step from object

[Signet ring with a lion seal, Hatteras Island: photo](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/lost-colony-roanoke/copies/CPY0CQCCNRT28CF/signet-ring-with-a-lion-seal-hatteras-island-photo)

Smithsonian magazine · publisher; linked, not copied

Photo1 step from object

[Lead cloth seal from Augsburg, Site X: photo](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/lost-colony-roanoke/copies/CPY0CQCCP8E28QQ/lead-cloth-seal-from-augsburg-site-x-photo)

First Colony Foundation · publisher; linked, not copied

Photo1 step from object

[John White's map "La Virginea Pars", with its two paper patches: picture](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/lost-colony-roanoke/copies/CPY0CQCCP8E3J6E/john-whites-map-la-virginea-pars-with-its-two-paper-patches)

John White · Public domain (PD-art, PD-old)

Photo1 step from object

[Copper earring, Elizabethan Gardens, Roanoke Island: photo](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/lost-colony-roanoke/copies/CPY0CQCCPR267W1/copper-earring-elizabethan-gardens-roanoke-island-photo)

First Colony Foundation · publisher; linked, not copied

Scan2 steps from object

[John White's account of the 1590 return to Roanoke (letter to Richard Hakluyt, 1593): scan](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/lost-colony-roanoke/copies/CPY0CQCCQFG7FZD/john-whites-account-of-the-1590-return-to-roanoke-letter-to)

Internet Archive (from the MacLehose edition) · Public domain

Photo2 steps from object

[John White's account of the 1590 return to Roanoke (letter to Richard Hakluyt, 1593):…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/lost-colony-roanoke/copies/CPY0CQCCRPJ2AJA/john-whites-account-of-the-1590-return-to-roanoke-letter-to)

Internet Archive · Public domain

Scan2 steps from object

[John White's narrative of the 1587 voyage and the list of the colonists: scan](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/lost-colony-roanoke/copies/CPY0CQCCRPJ42CY/john-whites-narrative-of-the-1587-voyage-and-the-list-of-the)

Internet Archive (from the MacLehose edition) · Public domain

Scan2 steps from object

[John White's narrative of the 1587 voyage and the list of the colonists: scan](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/lost-colony-roanoke/copies/CPY0CQCCRYC0NW2/john-whites-narrative-of-the-1587-voyage-and-the-list-of-the)

Internet Archive (from the MacLehose edition) · Public domain

Photo2 steps from object

[John White's narrative of the 1587 voyage and the list of the colonists: picture](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/lost-colony-roanoke/copies/CPY0CQCCSE05RG1/john-whites-narrative-of-the-1587-voyage-and-the-list-of-the)

Internet Archive · Public domain

Photo2 steps from object

[John White's narrative of the 1587 voyage and the list of the colonists: picture](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/lost-colony-roanoke/copies/CPY0CQCCSXM1RYT/john-whites-narrative-of-the-1587-voyage-and-the-list-of-the)

Internet Archive · Public domain