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John White's account of the 1590 return to Roanoke (letter to Richard Hakluyt, 1593):…

PhotographPublic domainLetter dated 4 February 1593; printed 1600Copy of John White's account of the 1590 return to Roanoke (letter to Richard Hakluyt, 1593)
John White's account of the 1590 return to Roanoke (letter to Richard Hakluyt, 1593):…
John White's account of the 1590 return to Roanoke (letter to Richard Hakluyt, 1593):…

The only eyewitness record of what the colony left behind; everything about the agreed sign of a cross comes from it.

Internet Archive, 1593. Public domain

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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

Where it was made

Virginia BeachRaleighCharlotteGreensboroFayettevilleRoanokePetersburg1Roanoke Island200 kmVirginia BeachRaleighCharlotteRichmond1200 km

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