Lectures in History: Gettysburg College’s Timothy Shannon on the Mystery of Roanoke
October 19, 2025
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as posted by the channelThis week on the Lectures in History podcast:
The mystery of the Roanoke Colony’s disappearance. In 1587, English settlers established a colony on Roanoke Island, off the coast of present-day North Carolina — only to vanish without a trace soon after. Gettysburg College Professor Timothy Shannon explores what we know about the lost colony, the people who lived there, and the theories behind one of early America’s greatest mysteries.
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