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Clue to the Fate of the “Lost Colony”
May 8, 2012 | New York Times

In the late 16th century over 100 English colonists vanished without a trace from what was hoped to become a permanent English settlement in present-day North Carolina. The use of technology to examine a 16th century map may have revealed clues of their fate.


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