MysteriesLost Colony of RoanokeArtifactsJohn White's account of the 1590 return to Roanoke (letter to Richard Hakluyt, 1593)
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The only eyewitness record of what the colony left behind; everything about the agreed sign of a cross comes from it.
Internet Archive (from the MacLehose edition), 1593. Public domain
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ScanInternet Archive (from the MacLehose edition) · archive.org · 1904 · Public domainPrimary source: A letter of M. John White to M. Richard Hakluyt written in February 1593, with The fifth voyage to Virginia made by master John White in the yeere 15902 steps from the original
John White's account of the 1590 return to Roanoke (letter to Richard Hakluyt, 1593):…Internet Archive · archive.org · Public domain2 steps from the original
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Mysteries Department. (2026). John White's account of the 1590 return to Roanoke (letter to Richard Hakluyt, 1593) [Artifact ART0CQCCQ7P3ZNZ]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0CQCCQ7P3ZNZ
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