One of his jobs was to find out what happened to the Roanoke Colony.

"If the Roanoke colony vanished, he would be the likely culprit."

English attempts to settle the Roanoke Colony in 1585-1587 failed.

Ostensibly, it is based on the disappearance of the third Roanoke Colony.

James believed that a lumber industry would help the Roanoke colony grow and become economically self-sufficient.

Early efforts were failures, most notably the Roanoke Colony, which vanished about 1590.

In this world, the Roanoke Colony did not disappear in the 1580s.

They didn't think it was the Roanoke Colony.

Little is known of White's life after the failure of the Roanoke Colony.

The Roanoke colony failed and is known as the lost colony, after it was found abandoned on the return of the late arriving supply ship.