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MysteriesLost Colony of RoanokeArtifactsJohn White's map "La Virginea Pars", with its two paper patchesJohn White's map "La Virginea Pars", with its two paper patches: scan
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John White's map "La Virginea Pars", with its two paper patches: scan

DocumentCC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (museum standard; confirm)Drawn after the 1585 voyageCopy of John White's map "La Virginea Pars", with its two paper patches
Not kept here. This copy isn't ours to show. See it where it's published.

In 2012 the museum examined the patch at the head of Albemarle Sound and found a fort symbol beneath it; the museum's technical report was not located in this pass.

British Museum, 1585. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (museum standard; confirm)

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ScanBritish Museum · britishmuseum.org · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (museum standard; confirm)Primary source: La Virginea Pars (map of the east coast of North America from Chesapeake Bay to Cape Lookout), John White, 1585–15931 step from the original

Where it was made

AtlantaVirginia BeachRaleighCharlotteLouisvilleRichmondNashville1Albemarle500 kmWashington, D.C.PhiladelphiaAtlantaCincinnati1500 km

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Mysteries Department. (2026). John White's map "La Virginea Pars", with its two paper patches: scan [Copy CPY0CQCCMSJ2QXM]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/CPY0CQCCMSJ2QXM
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