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May 4th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
The American and British scholars believe the fort symbol could indicate where
the settlers went. The British researchers joined the Thursday meeting via
webcast.
In a joint announcement, the museums said, “First Colony Foundation
researchers believe that it could mark, literally and symbolically, ‘the way
to Jamestown.’ As such, it is a unique discovery of the first importance.”
White made the map and other drawings when he travelled to Roanoke Island in
1585 on an expedition commanded by Sir Ralph Lane. In 1587, a second colony
of 116 English settlers landed on Roanoke Island, led by White. He left the
island for England for more supplies but couldn’t return again until 1590
because of the war between England and Spain.
When he came back, the colony was gone. White knew the majority had planned to
move “50 miles into the marine,” as he wrote, referring to the
mainland. The only clue he found about the fate of the other two dozen was
the word “CROATOAN” carved into a post, leading historians to
believe they moved south to live with American Indians on what’s now
Hatteras Island.
But the discovery of the fort symbol offers the first new clue in centuries
about what happened to the 95 or so settlers, experts said Thursday. And
researchers at the British Museum discovered it because Brent Lane, a member
of the board of the First Colony Foundation, asked a seemingly obvious
question: What’s under those two patches?
Researchers say the patches attached to White’s excruciatingly accurate map
were made with ink and paper contemporaneous with the rest of the map. One
corrected mistakes on the shoreline of the Pamlico River and the placing of
some villages. But the other covered the possible fort symbol, which is
visible only when the map is viewed in a light box.
The map was critical to Sir Walter Raleigh’s quest to attract investors in his
second colony, Lane said. It was critical to his convincing Queen Elizabeth
I to let him keep his charter to establish a colony in the New World. It was
critical to the colonists who navigated small boats in rough waters.
So that made Lane wonder: “If this was such an accurate map and it was so
critical to their mission, why in the world did it have patches on it? This
important document was being shown to investors and royalty to document the
success of this mission. And it had patches on it like a hand-me-down.”
Researchers don’t know why someone covered the symbol with a patch, although
Horn said the two drawings could indicate the settlers planned to build more
of a settlement than just a fort.
The land where archaeologists would need to dig eventually is privately owned,
and some of it could be under a golf course and residential community. So
excavating won’t begin anytime soon. But it doesn’t have to, said Nicholas
Luccketti, a professional archaeologist in Virginia and North Carolina for
more than 35 years.
Archaeologists must first re-examine ceramics, including some recovered from
an area in Bertie County called Salmon Creek, he said.
“This clue is certainly the most significant in pointing where a search
should continue,” Lane said. “The search for the colonists didn’t
start this decade; it didn’t start this century. It started as soon as they
were found to be absent from Roanoke Island … I would say every generation
in the last 400 years has taken this search on.”
But none have had today’s sophisticated technology to help, he said.
“None of them had this clue on this map.”
Source: agencies
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