ABANDONMENT AT ROANOKE
Karen Ordahl Kupperman’s Roanoke: The Abandoned Colony relates the eventssurrounding the attempt to colonize the Americas by English settlers, particularly focusing on thefirst expeditions to the island of Roanoke. In this particular reading, Kupperman addresses theattempt to establish a genuine colony at Roanoke Island following two initial campaigns. Thelatter expedition was led by John White, a painter who had been part of the second expedition,and […]