# Hakluyt 1904: The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation, vol. 8 (Glasgow: MacLehose, 1904) > Richard (ed.) Hakluyt, John (narratives of 1587 and 1590) White, 1904. 24 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The primary record of the colony and… Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CQCBW4G4EQT/the-principal-navigations-voyages-traffiques-and-discoveries Publisher: Mysteries Department Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page) --- [Sources](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources)[Lost Colony of Roanoke](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/lost-colony-roanoke)Hakluyt 1904 **0** # The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation, vol. 8 (Glasgow: MacLehose, 1904) Richard (ed.) Hakluyt, John (narratives of 1587 and 1590) White, 1904. _James MacLehose and Sons, Glasgow (reprint of the 1598–1600 edition)_. Contains John White's narrative of the 1587 voyage (landing at Roanoke on 22 July instead of the intended Chesapeake Bay, the birth of Virginia Dare on 18 August, the colonists' request of 25 August that White return to England for supplies, his departure on 27 August), the list of men, women and children who stayed, and his account of the 1590 return, introduced by his letter to Hakluyt of February 1593 (p. 404; the voyage pp. 406–422): "CRO" carved on a tree and "CROATOAN" on a palisade post without the agreed cross of distress (p. 416–417), houses taken down, a palisade built, chests dug up, and storms that prevented the voyage to Croatoan. **Lost Colony of Roanoke** BookChecked against the original0 ## What it's used for here The primary record of the colony and its disappearance. ## Cited by on this site 24 records [That some had gone to Croatoan, while others had already moved inland as planned.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/lost-colony-roanoke/answers/ANS0CQCCDF62PTR/that-some-had-gone-to-croatoan-while-others-had-already) Answer ANS [That the whole colony had moved to Croatoan.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/lost-colony-roanoke/answers/ANS0CQCCCZJ3G2D/that-the-whole-colony-had-moved-to-croatoan) Answer ANS [The colonists, or most of them, went to Croatoan (Hatteras Island) and in time merged with the Croatoan…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/lost-colony-roanoke/answers/ANS0CQCC83A308F/the-colonists-or-most-of-them-went-to-croatoan-hatteras) Answer ANS [The colony split; a small party went to Croatoan to watch for ships and the main body moved inland.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/lost-colony-roanoke/answers/ANS0CQCCC0A61NB/the-colony-split-a-small-party-went-to-croatoan-to-watch-for) Answer ANS [John White's account of the 1590 return to Roanoke (letter to Richard Hakluyt, 1593)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/lost-colony-roanoke/artifacts/ART0CQCCQ7P3ZNZ/john-whites-account-of-the-1590-return-to-roanoke-letter-to) ART [White's narratives of 1587 and 1590 and the colonist list (Hakluyt, 1904 edition, vol. 8), OCR text](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0CQCCKAP0HQ4/whites-narratives-of-1587-and-1590-and-the-colonist-list) Dataset DAT [The colonists said they planned to move fifty miles into the mainland, not to the Chesapeake, which is…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/lost-colony-roanoke/evidence/EVD0CQCCB125SX5/the-colonists-said-they-planned-to-move-fifty-miles-into-the) Evidence EVD [The colonists told White in 1587 that they planned to move fifty miles into the mainland.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/lost-colony-roanoke/evidence/EVD0CQCC9J63GPG/the-colonists-told-white-in-1587-that-they-planned-to-move) Evidence EVD [The colony's instructions were to settle on the Chesapeake Bay.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/lost-colony-roanoke/evidence/EVD0CQCCAS861GQ/the-colonys-instructions-were-to-settle-on-the-chesapeake) Evidence EVD [The houses were taken down and no cross of distress was carved, implying an orderly departure.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/lost-colony-roanoke/evidence/EVD0CQCCBRG3N0A/the-houses-were-taken-down-and-no-cross-of-distress-was) Evidence EVD [The plan to move fifty miles inland was made before White left; Croatoan is not fifty miles into the mainland.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/lost-colony-roanoke/evidence/EVD0CQCCDQ01AV7/the-plan-to-move-fifty-miles-inland-was-made-before-white) Evidence EVD [White found CROATOAN carved without the cross of distress and read it as a token of their safe being at…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/lost-colony-roanoke/evidence/EVD0CQCC8B46WSR/white-found-croatoan-carved-without-the-cross-of-distress) Evidence EVD [White took it as a certain token of their safe being at Croatoan.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/lost-colony-roanoke/evidence/EVD0CQCCD7C1EVG/white-took-it-as-a-certain-token-of-their-safe-being-at) Evidence EVD [White's account gives both a planned inland move and the CROATOAN token.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/lost-colony-roanoke/evidence/EVD0CQCCC8443GW/whites-account-gives-both-a-planned-inland-move-and-the) Evidence EVD [The colonists are landed on Roanoke Island instead of the Chesapeake](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/lost-colony-roanoke/events/EVT0CQCC3723E3Q/the-colonists-are-landed-on-roanoke-island-instead-of-the) EVT [Virginia Dare, White's granddaughter, is born on Roanoke Island](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/lost-colony-roanoke/events/EVT0CQCC3EW1Q3C/virginia-dare-whites-granddaughter-is-born-on-roanoke-island) EVT [White finds the colony gone and CROATOAN carved on a palisade post](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/lost-colony-roanoke/events/EVT0CQCC46A0R82/white-finds-the-colony-gone-and-croatoan-carved-on-a) EVT [White leaves for England at the colonists' request](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/lost-colony-roanoke/events/EVT0CQCC3PP1VSK/white-leaves-for-england-at-the-colonists-request) EVT [John White](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/lost-colony-roanoke/people/FIG0CQCC1R6181C/john-white) FIG [Virginia Dare](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/lost-colony-roanoke/people/FIG0CQCC2005719/virginia-dare) FIG [The Lost Colony of Roanoke](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/lost-colony-roanoke) The mystery article MYS [What did the carved word CROATOAN tell White?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/lost-colony-roanoke/questions/QST0CQCC7426TA8/what-did-the-carved-word-croatoan-tell-white) Question QST [What happened to the colonists left on Roanoke Island in 1587?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/lost-colony-roanoke/questions/QST0CQCC6W858JF/what-happened-to-the-colonists-left-on-roanoke-island-in) Question QST [John White: Found "CRO" carved on a tree and "CROATOAN" on a palisade post five…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/lost-colony-roanoke/accounts/WIT0CQCC6ME78TH/john-white-found-cro-carved-on-a-tree-and-croatoan-on-a) WIT ## Cite it ``` Hakluyt, R. (., & White, J. (. o. 1. a. 1. (1904). The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation, vol. 8 (Glasgow: MacLehose, 1904). James MacLehose and Sons, Glasgow (reprint of the 1598–1600 edition). https://archive.org/details/principalnavigat08hakl ``` [Read it free at archive.org](https://archive.org/details/principalnavigat08hakl) Key **SRC** 0CQCBW4G4EQT Kind Book Rights public-domain Kept 27 Oct 2026 Checked Against the published original Added by [apollo](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo) The record Bibliographic records are CC0. Take this one as CSL-JSON, BibTeX or RIS. [CSL-JSON](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CQCBW4G4EQT/the-principal-navigations-voyages-traffiques-and-discoveries/csl.json)