Talk:Roanoke Colony

First sentence

Shouldn't the first sentence end with something like "... to establish a permanent English settlement in North America"? Otherwise an "English settlement" could be just about anywhere... --Aeonblue158 (talk) 22:49, 18 August 2015 (UTC)

Confusing reference to geographical location

This phrase: " at the site of the ancient Croatoan capital, 50 miles (80 km) from the old Roanoke colony", should have an indication of the actual location. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.221.18.82 (talk) 14:24, 27 November 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 4 February 2016

Mommy bubbles (talk) 17:35, 4 February 2016 (UTC)

Can you clarify what you're requesting? —♦♦ AMBER^(ЯʘCK) 17:58, 4 February 2016 (UTC)

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Colony Name?

Roanoke is a native American word for white beads make from shell (origin- From Powhatan rawrenock "things rubbed smooth by hand")so using that word would be after the colony was already in place I would think. Did Elizabeth/Raleigh have a English name for the new colony or was it just formed and sent without one? It wouldn't be under the Virginia Company would it as that wasn't formed until James I was in power in 1603 (Jamestown 1607)? I do know the Virginia charter was vast ("sea to sea") and covered most of Carolina and overlapped the Plymouth charter founded later. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.126.193.15 (talk) 16:29, 15 March 2016 (UTC)

Dead reference

Reference #27 seems to no longer link to a paper or an article - It seems rather important, too. Does anyone know of other sources?--92.243.251.196 (talk) 01:15, 30 April 2016 (UTC)

updated with http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/9244947/Ancient-map-gives-clue-to-fate-of-Lost-Colony.html Meters (talk) 01:28, 30 April 2016 (UTC)

Tobacco and potato in Europe

The sentence "the Roanoke colonists introduced tobacco, maize, and potatoes to Europe" is planinly wrong, as those were introduced in Spain almost 80 years before.

The source says those items were introduced to England, so I've edited the sentence accordingly. Thanks for finding that. —howcheng {chat} 18:03, 17 December 2016 (UTC)

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Why is there no reference to the obvious?

And vastly more probable. That, like many early colonies, they were massacred by natives? There's zero reference to mass murder or killing by natives within the article besides one single reference to the first colonist murdered whilst fishing for crabs. Why would the most obvious conclusion not be listed, even in passing? 121.210.33.50 (talk) 11:04, 18 February 2018 (UTC)