In Sweden it is common to learn a third language later in school (it is pretty much a requirement if you do not have special reason), usually between spanish, french and german
It was either because of biblical references, for example like John the Baptist who baptized Jesus, people wanted to name their sons after kings who were named John, or both. The king one could apply to a lot more common names like William or George.
We got ourselves an answer to the question folks! Madeline, we now need you to make it into a 15 minutes or so video with a good thumbnail, Scandinavian accent, and stock footage. Then you have to send it to LEMMiNO and have him upload it.
Bro imagine leaving your family somewhere across the ocean, come back, and they left. Then you figured out they left to a island nearby, but because of the anchor snapping you can't go there, and never will ever again. Bro I honestly feel horrible for John.
Me reading that they feel bad for John, knowing damn well half of that colony shared that name: *"Do you have any idea how little that narrows it down?"*
@@commanderjason7786 to be fair which John left his family members on Roanoke? only one, and that's uhhh ahh ummm uhhb whatever I forgor the surname but it's definitely John
I like the idea that the first tree only said “Cro” because they started writing it and ran out of room. “Oh dang, that tree by the fort was bigger, I should go over there” lol
And Ahoy!! Honestly some of the best documentaries to go around!! Also some ARG channels like Night Mind and Reign Bot and Nexpo. They're pretty consistent with quality over quantity for the most part.
My question is if we had all this information why weren't we taught any of it? All we were taught in school was "there was a colony on Roanoke here, and John White left for 3 years, came back, it's gone and Croatoan is on a tree" We got no context to the Croatoan islands, and when I was in school, all the information discussed in the video was available, so why didnt we learn it and were just told it's a mystery?
Alex Kalaitzis trust me, you get funding for anything, you’ll be indebted to them, and that doesn’t even mean making the money back, it means giving some amounts of creative control.
So you’re telling me.. this story could’ve been made a whole hell of a lot clearer (or at least prevented so many possibilities) if the anchor didn’t malfunction on the ship.
On the other hand if they had tried to go back to Croatoan with the broken anchor the ship might have been destroyed in a storm and we'd have even more missing from the puzzle.
But if the anchor didn't break and they had gone and cleared everything up there and then, then most likely this story would have faded into obscurity only to be known by the utmost enthusiasts along with the thousands of other tales of that time that you don't know anything about. The mystery of it is exactly what makes this story interesting and so I'm glad the anchor broke.
@@vitalik38815 I'm not entirely sure, but it could be because the people who originally described the eyes just...didn't have a word for that type of blue yet. It's surprisingly common- like how in the typical poem "roses are red, violets are blue" The color of violets wasn't specifically named at the time of writing, so they just went with blue.
It was 2006. I was 11. I was in my History class reading through the textbook. My eyes read over a section about Roanoke and how all that was left was a note. I was so pissed there was no more information or some sort of resolution. It stuck with me forever, I remember my brain going through all these different ways they could have disappeared. I’m almost 26 now.
Same for my textbook. And I vividly remember the only photo they had was a VERY badly airbrushed "crotoan" superimposed onto a black and white image of a regular, obviously non-inscripted tree.
I recall being about 11 in 2016 and hearing about this as well, I thought it was so interesting hearing that no one knew what happened to them. I’m now 17. Or maybe it was earlier, I can’t remember.
@Xen nah, I'd watch this even if the humor wasn't there. it just makes the videos more lemmino and less "documentary", which as someone who has followed this channel for a while is amusing.
The Content Creator receives twice the ad revenue if you let the commercials run all the way through; don’t “skip”. At least let the two ads at the beginning, before the video starts, run through (just turn the sound down). Then skip the rest.
The poor man had to spend the rest of his days helplessly wondering what became of his own next of kin and the dozens of other people entrusted to his care, never to see his daughter nor newborn granddaughter ever again. May you have found your lost colony in the next world, John White.
I don’t understand why didn’t he just sail back to England, repair the anchor (and maybe bring a couple spare, and then head to croatoan? Like you said, it’s his his daughter and granddaughter why would he never return?? There is something so off about that he must’ve been lying. They probably were all dead and he didn’t want to admit it
@@BreakingWhiteJohn White died in 1593, the anglo-Spanish war lasted from 1585-1604. the fact he managed to get a boat out to America is dangerous enough. Keep in mind, Rule Britannia wasn’t a thing back then, it was Rule Hispania. England couldn’t just waltz in and out of Europe as they pleases, especially when at war with the premier colonial-naval power that was Spain.
Tisumida i guess if it was education, youtube might take that as being aimed towards kids? With the new thingy about videos aimed towards kids, it’d be smarter to list the video as entertainment.
Yeah but just like a good tv series, the wait is worth it. He does his homework very well. Imagine if Bill Wurtz did "history of the entire world, i guess" 2 weeks after "history of Japan" . It would have been funny, but probably 30 seconds and with none of the painstakingly long details we love about it.
The thing that confuses me most about this whole thing is the fresh footprints that were found as if someone was watching White look for the colony he left behind
maybe the natives inhabited it for a while and that would explain the smoke, cause tbh I don't think there would be a natural fire like that that wouldn't spread. That might also explain the CRO like they put one Croatoan then wanted there to be more evidence but were captured in the process, although there was no cross, maybe they were too rushed, but if they were too rushed they would have put a Cross instead of 2 Croatoan signs. We will probably never know. I agree that the colony split up, one went to the mainland then the others went to Croatoan and were successful in surviving at least, but the mainland people were just slaughtered. I just think the footprints were due to Natives living on the island or just hunting or something (fire), and when cannons went off they just bolted out of there real fast. Or as the @Tr1bal said it could have been just a Native Scout, and I mean that's pretty similar anyway.
It's funny, we put so much meaning into anything and everything that's unknown. Do you think if an archaeologist found some trace or evidence from our, or more precisely, your past they'd try to put a meaning to it even if it really wasn't something all that important to you in the first place
"fresh" isnt a precise description anyway. Which is litered through the whole examples of the document from White. In an age where everything just takes so much longer, fresh can mean "30 minutes ago", "a few days ago" up to "only a week old". The fire or smoke also was unprecise in description, could have been anything and no combat indicators were to be found (so its not like the fort was burning down indicating that a fight just had happened when they arrived). Also imagine this, he needs 3 years plus travel time and arrives at the location just to witness the attack of the natives against the fort? Come on. Yeah just in time the natives decided to burn the colonists so the english guys can take note. These footprints mean nothing but mostly because the report of these events are unclear, unprecise/vague and leave a lot of room for interpretation. In short, they arent reliable information for anything. The only clear hint are the carvings.
Reminds me of how my friend and I were playing Minecraft and we discovered an underwater temple a day earlier so he spent some time making underwater potions for us. We traveled to the location and right as we got there i go "shit i forgot the potions" and just travel all the way back to our house to collect.
I grew up near Roanoke Island, my family and I used to go on vacation there and the rest of the outer Banks of course! It's very beautiful! But every time I've been on Roanoke Island I've always gotten an eerie feeling! Especially where they found remnants of the colony! It's really cool if you're ever in North Carolina I recommend checking it out!
@@samsplinter68 Actually, Native Americans prefer being called Indians. Seriously, most of them don't even care. It's not racist, really; although confused for the native people of India at first, the term 'Indians' is never used to describe actual Indians anymore, and is thus a label for only Native Americans. It's also easier to say than Native Americans, as it's easier to say 'white' than caucasian.
I wish they had written a diary or something, woulda been some damn fine historical reading material (even tho they probably just starved after a few weeks so it wouldn't be long)
Grey eyes(which are basically blue eyes nowadays) is interesting, but the blonde hair was further inland not on cro and is most likely attributed to albinos
So what i learned: - every man was named John and had the last name either Smith or White - every John just "disappeared" or never popped into the story again - every sailor was just like "fk it just lets get the hell outta here and leave the people here" and returned always for some reason
Imagine being this dedicated and talented and passionate about your art and it actually paying off with millions recognizing your hard work. This guy is literally living everyone's dream.
15:40 "... they were prepared to remove from Roanoak 50 miles into the maine." You interpret this as meaning "... into the mainland" but one meaning of the word "main" is the open sea (often, in poetry, "the watery main"). That meaning is entirely consistent with moving 50 miles to Croatoan.
@@magatmilan8925 They did, obviously use it, when they arrived back at Britain. Do you have to be so rude? The spare anchor was there as a redundancy, and without the redundancy, they had to return to England, in case the spare anchor broke as well.
Wow, this is really interesting. Virginia resident here, and the topic of the Lost Colony of Roanoke is a part of required Virginia history courses in primary school. Except they leave it at "Everyone was gone, Croatoan was written on a tree, and the rest is a mystery." This was very intersting, well done and wonderful video as always!
As a high schooler in VA, I was wondering the same thing! It’s weird considering I live in Richmond and you’d think you would learn more about it in High School
When I was in High School in Virginia in the 60's, we had a Virginia history textbook, in addition to a world history textbook. IIRC, the Virginia history textbook started its account with the Jamestown colony, first settled in 1607. This was about 20 years after John White first landed on Roanoke Island, which was to became part of North Carolina. While there was mention of the Roanoke Colony in the Virginia textbook, it was footnoted as a failed first attempt to colonize North America. Emphasis was instead placed on Jamestown as the first permanent colony established in the "New World".
I had to watch this in class for a project on the lost colony and what we thought happened to the colony. Our teacher gave us the link afterwards and I fell down a rabbit hole of these videos that I love. Thank you for making these.
UA-cam really tags any other videos like this if they want to have more trending spots in other tags (like late night tv shows). So you can only see other gaming videos from top creators. Sad truth.
Nice to have a video about Roanoke that retells the entire history of the colony and doesnt overdramatise this. Also everytime I hear about the story it's always about how John White had no idea what could've happened and didn't know about Croatoan being a nearby tribe and just went "ghosts must've dun it". Also I like to imagine that someone started to chisel "Cro" into a tree and then either realising that the word was too long for the tree, or someone else was like "no don't write it there, write it on this post here" and they had to start all over.
Update: on November 2020 (I too am confused as to why they're still searching during a pandemic, but that's irrelevant), a search attempt resulted in the findings of a trove full of English potteries located 50 miles west of Roanoke Island. A few months prior, another archaeologist claimed to have found similar objects on the Hatteras Island, 50 miles _south_ of Roanoke. I found sources saying that if both findings were acurrate, it would strengthen the theory that the group of colonists had splitted up into two or more survivor camps, some of them assimilating with native tribes just like Lemmino suggested. Which is crazy wtfff
@@Meofcourse2319i wouldn't say solved, but at least we have a vague idea of what could have happened, which is a lot better than other misteries in history.
@@darklex5150 assuming the first stone is real, the location was 5 miles away from site X. The stone's engraving states it was placed with the bodies on a hill 4 miles east of the site, not hard to imagine their estimated 4 was actually 5 miles, especially when traveling over the estuary. Surely this helps confirm the story also.
Lost colony: *Carves name of the Island they went to into a tree so they could be found.* Sailors who found it: "Guess it's a mystery 🤷♂️. Let's go home"
They didn't think it was a mystery. As stated in the video, the ship had lost its anchor so the captain decided it was too dangerous to go the the other island and sailed back to England.
I agree with that conclusion. The colony were short on supplies and sought out more inhabitable land. I think the majority of the colony went to Site X, while a small band of men left the engraved Croatoan message. I believe they purposely ravaged the Roanoke colony and left a subtle message in an effort to not bring unwanted attention to the colonies survival from potential future Spanish scouts. The engraved message would be understood by John White and lead him to the ‘small band of men on Croatoan’. They alone held the new secret location of the colony, now known as Site X. If the Spanish scouts found these brave men first on this exposed outer island, then they would’ve died with the secret.
Imagine being those three colonists left on the island while everyone else was evacuated John1: hey John2 where’s everyone John2:idk John3:so we’re screwed
Straight lie the anchor was fine he had a chill run threw his bones if they set off there they would never return it's on my great great great geanfathers letters James Pike
It’s amazing how quickly LEMMINO debunks the popular myth that the message “CROATOAN” is at all mysterious. This just goes to show how thorough LEMMINO’s research is.
Anthony Ramsey literally the first youtube video that popped up when I searched “Croatoan” was about how mysterious the inscription is. Also, there’s an entire episode of Supernatural that centers around an otherworldly explanation of the inscription. Just because you didn’t think it was mysterious doesn’t mean popular media isn’t flooded with it.
Anthony Ramsey if you paid attention to my comment, you’d notice that I never used an absolute statement like “everyone” to describe the myth. I simply said it was a popular myth (clickbait definitely qualifies). You, on the other hand, immediately suggested that literally no one thinks it’s mysterious. And now, you accuse me of making an absolute statement based on a few examples.... which I did not do, but you did. You are arguing with yourself.
I adore his channel because there's no bullshit in his videos. He's not here to tell you that they were abducted by aliens, or that the Illuminati kidnapped them. He does thorough research, and he gives the most logical explanation that he can, honestly making his videos all the more fascinating.
I don't normally rewatch videos (because I already remember what they said in the video) but Lemmino's videos, I have rewatched them multiple times! I can never get enough of it! Great video! c:
The broken anchor is pretty sketch. Sounds like the colony might have been wiped out and Smith not wanting to return to England and say "my bad they all died" was able to save face by saying "We have proof they are safe and moved location. I wasn't able to check tho, anchor problems".
Indeed an Interesting theory, but the only problem is John white didn’t want to leave in the first place, for both professional and personal reasons involving his family. He had to be convinced to go. Why would he want to cover up the whereabouts of the people he originally wanted to stay with? It seems more likely he just wanted to believe that his daughter and granddaughter were still alive, and that he wasn’t unwittingly forced to abandon them to a potentially grim fate. After all, who would want to live with the guilt and grief from assuming the worst? As for the anchor, John white proved before that he was a bit of a pushover when it came to dealing with experienced naval officers during the Chesapeake Bay dilemma. So it seems reasonable to assume that returning to England after the anchor cable snapped was not originally his decision either, but he went along with it just as before.
It will forever amaze me that it was a long, arduous, dangerous journey across the Atlantic not that long ago. Now as I type this there are tens if not hundreds of thousands of people traversing the entire globe by sea, land, and air. It’s wild!
It's fascinating to see how well the English kept record of everything. Also their cartography was and still is amazing. My ancestors (Turk) kept records of literally nothing. We learn about our pre-migration history from Chinese and pro-migration history from Europeans. More than half of the Turkish history is missing. Turkish history is even more of a mystery than why everyone was named John.
@@mikhailiagacesa3406 yes I assume so. Ottoman had records and documents. Maybe he is talking about ancient history of Turks when they migrated from xiongnu to Central Asia and anatolia
@@mikhailiagacesa3406 If i recall, most traditions that rely on being orally passed down tend to have huge gaps because the oral history by virtue of getting longer as history continues becomes harder and harder to pass down without forgetting parts of it. Now factor in the fact that known Turkish history has obscene amounts of warfare in it and remembering orally passed history becomes even harder to do when everyone is killing each other.
@@joshuakim5240 Whereas written records also have huge gaps and presents most of "Civilized" history as propaganda. Also, Jews (both historically and in lore) catalogue their wars and conflicts rather completely. Nez Perce (native Americans) can tell you, in detail, how to hunt Mammoth, despite their extinction 10,000 yrs. ago. I'm not saying the Civilized always lie (Maps and Science have to be accurate) and Pastoral/Gatherer/Hunters always tell the truth (they have good reasons to be deceptive, on occasion), just that all evidence shouldn't be ignored just because it's handed down orally (something the Civilized find convenient for their own purposes).
@@mikhailiagacesa3406 yes we do, It’s mostly stories about great khagan’s who fought against the chinese. The birth of the turks is a also a major tale/lore. The Ergenekon legend tells about a great crisis of the ancient Turks. Following a military defeat, the Turks took refuge in the legendary Ergenekon valley where they were trapped for four centuries. They were finally released when a blacksmith created a passage by melting the mountain, allowing the gray wolf Asena to lead them out. The people led out of the valley found the Turkic Khaganate, in which the valley functions as its capital. This is a story not only told by Turks but also the Mongols. There is some major parts that we know that are true. Such as the turks being good blacksmiths it was also stated in Chinese records.
interesting coincidence that just as white was returning... after THREE years, that smoke could be seen w FRESH footprints as he was arriving... he could have been there sooner bruh. and croatoan was RIGHT there... smh
The fire and footprints were the most fascinating and overlooked aspects of the mystery. What, or who, caused the fire? Why was there a fire? Who was running away from an abandoned village, and why didn't they return after White's crew made their presence known as peaceful inspectors? If it was the Roanokes, they likely would have attacked as they did the fifteen crewmen. So many questions, so few answers.
Man your videos already were made with a crazy high quality, but with this one you really nailed it. In the top 3 highest quality video in all UA-cam for sure, even higher than many UA-cam sponsored professional videos.
Idk man my ad blockers still work, and skipping "paid promotions" is not possible on conventional TV. (Though i am getting tired of hearing about some of the most agregious offenders *cough* raidshadowlegends)
@@Alex-uz3fb It's a fifty-fifty on whether that's good or bad. Half the time, a tragedy. The other half, they were eating their neighbors at the time so whatever, good riddance.
Lmao US schools still teach history? I thought they were still too busy brainwashing people with gender studies and how bad white people are. Number 1 point of most history is that everyone is equally guilty and nothing can be explained with a simple "yes" or "no" answer. I'm surprised people still think the native americans were massacred when in reality everyone massacred eachother lmao colonists and indians vs colonists and indians, everyone one is human and tons of natives sided with the british to massacre their "own" even though natives somehow being united is wrong in itself, each tribe was literally a small nation.
Maybe because Teachers don’t have the equipment to teach like he does? I mean this is animated and has images and shit and teachers only teach by talking and point at images. Not really interactive
How funny that a UA-cam channel that begun making videos weekly animating rage comics and memes. Now produces stuff like this. If that isn't a transition I don't know what is 😳
@@melisandre4362 Ive been watching this channel when it was called 'Top 10 Memes' now it's called Lemmino a reference to "lemme know in the comments below"
After watching dozens of explanation videos on UA-cam regarding the lost colony this is by far the best, including the backstory and all the pertinent information. Great job!
So many times throughout this I thought: "Ok, that is the end of the story" then he brings up some other thing that manages to make the mystery deeper.
That story about the colonists/natives initially being friendly with each other and trading, only for starvation and paranoia leading to utter disaster, is awful.
The Sir Walter Raleigh thing was very interesting and way more complicated than it initially seems. First during Elizabeth’s reign: He fought in Ireland against the Desmond rebellion and he was rewarded a load of land. He couldn’t find many people to go there and he wasn’t good at managing. Then he went to Roanoke and did the colonies. They failed. Raleigh became popular with the queen, despite the failed colonisations. Although, the failed colonies were seen negatively, due to the loss of resources and the fact that they failed. He became an MP and chief of the yeomen of the guard too. Then it was discovered that Raleigh had been secretly married to one of Elizabeth’s ladies in waiting. This was a big no no, since the marriage was unauthorised, it was against the lady-in-waiting’s duty and it undermined Elizabeth’s influence. They were thrown in the Tower of London (a more extravagant, less diseased prison for nobility). He was however released in 1592 to attack the Spanish coast and got lucky, capturing a key trading ship and very large amounts of gold; however, some was lost. Then in 1594, after being released again, he went to find El Dorado, that’s right, golden city!.. He failed. He came back with little to show for the large investment and was looked down upon. He did right a book that claimed he discovered some cool stuff, but he probably just lied. He managed to sustain his position and regain favour of the Queen, by being part of the famous raid on Cadiz and defending against the third armada. During James I’s reign: However, Raleigh’s luck was running out. In 1603 the queen died and he was implicated in a plot to bring money into England to promote sedition that same year. He was charged and convicted with treason, sentenced for death, but wasn’t executed for it. Why? Because he’d never actually faced the person accusing him in court. The guy was probably exaggerating his involvement to try and get off the hook a bit (which he did). James I realised there was no real evidence, but he was still imprisoned in the tower for 13 years. Raleigh was then pardoned and given permission to go to South America. Why? You guessed it! To look for El Dorado… again…. During his stay there he attacked a Spanish outpost/ town and his son died. Big embarrassment because they didn’t even get much. The Spanish king demanded that the treason charge was renewed and for him to be executed. He was executed in 1618.
I was born and raised in North Carolina and this story is one that has been drilled into me since childhood. You did a fantastic job here. Thank you for telling this story.
This channel is criminally underrated in my opinion. Lemmino has consistently put out documentary-tier videos to the public for free and I really don't think he gets enough credit. Huge props to you man, hope you're doing well. Your videos are super interesting and captivating!
@@WobblesandBean I agree and i've seen a bit of what you're talking about. I still think it's good though because it means we get more content like this which is always welcome.
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Big fan of your channel!!!
Love the vids
I love your video's !
Sorry if im being a bit intrusive for asking, but what's with the recent comments on a lot of your vids? Im curious
@@Laika4895 They're quality, fun, and informative vids
“Why was everyone named John?” He doesn’t make jokes often in these videos, but he hits every single one.
It’s a very famous religious name :)
There really were a lot of johns
“So like me but without a soul” absolutely devastated me in another video🤣
when you want to call your husband but every one in the street looks at you ( also yes replied to a comment 4 months ago)
That's what I miss most from the old top ten videos, his humour.
I bet this guy was absolutely fire at writing essays in highschool.
I mean he's swedish but I get ur point
@@WilliamMohamad-uv5fi Swedes are required to take english classes in high school, so your comment is dumb.
Most countries in the world have English as a compulsory subject in school, so yeah ...
@@WilliamMohamad-uv5fi How do you think he learned English presuming his first language is Swedish
In Sweden it is common to learn a third language later in school (it is pretty much a requirement if you do not have special reason), usually between spanish, french and german
"why was everyone named john"
these are the real questions
this made me confused throughout the entire video since I coundn't understand who was who. lmao
We all know why everyone was named ((John))......don't we??
Because it’s a biblical name?
@@sunnysweet4183 it's a british thing
opfs which... was a Christian place
500 km North "Why was everyone named Jean" ?
500 km South "Why was everyone named Juan" ?
There's a pattern chief
5000 km east "Why is everyone named Juon?"
5000 km south east
Why is everyone names Rahul?
Why is everyone named Mohammad?
Why do so many people have the last name "Khan"? That Genghis fellow must have been full of love - having so many kids!
"Why was everyone named John?"
_No, no. He's got a point_
Probably biblical reasons
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@@DngruPopl no it is the most common name
@CarbonCopy _yeah but why would we be talking about now?_
People were really unoriginal back then.
colonist1: "oh shit gotta re route to the mainlands."
colonist2: "oh fk, already wrote croatoan on the tree."
colonist1: "oh fk."
Lol fk
That would explain the half written Cro
lol, this is THE comment
Hi There right!
@@megetu2942 yeah like mid writing they were like 'oh shit'
“Why was everyone named John” should have its own video lol
It was either because of biblical references, for example like John the Baptist who baptized Jesus, people wanted to name their sons after kings who were named John, or both. The king one could apply to a lot more common names like William or George.
We got ourselves an answer to the question folks! Madeline, we now need you to make it into a 15 minutes or so video with a good thumbnail, Scandinavian accent, and stock footage. Then you have to send it to LEMMiNO and have him upload it.
Vlacoosiano Damn looks like I got some work to do.
@@Soaring_lizzard lol, wouldn't have been named after King John: he was the most despised English king of all.
There are more pressing subjects that must be discussed
Bro imagine leaving your family somewhere across the ocean, come back, and they left. Then you figured out they left to a island nearby, but because of the anchor snapping you can't go there, and never will ever again. Bro I honestly feel horrible for John.
which john lol
@@abandonedaccount123 beat me to it
@@abandonedaccount123 john mama
Me reading that they feel bad for John, knowing damn well half of that colony shared that name:
*"Do you have any idea how little that narrows it down?"*
@@commanderjason7786 to be fair which John left his family members on Roanoke? only one, and that's uhhh ahh ummm uhhb whatever I forgor the surname but it's definitely John
I like the idea that the first tree only said “Cro” because they started writing it and ran out of room. “Oh dang, that tree by the fort was bigger, I should go over there” lol
Yeah i think so too
My guess is they started and some guy was like "you think he's gonna spot that one tree in the woods? Just carve it into the post at the entrance?"
@@RogueAstro85 yeah exactly they legit just went to a different island
Honestly? I think that's legit the right answer. They just looked at it, went "oh" and gave up.
@@WobblesandBean I didn’t realize so many people would vibe with this XD
This channel is truly the definition of quality over quantity
And Ahoy!! Honestly some of the best documentaries to go around!! Also some ARG channels like Night Mind and Reign Bot and Nexpo. They're pretty consistent with quality over quantity for the most part.
This is top comment on another vid. *TUT TUT*
Emplemons "there will never be another ___" videos are also really good.
Joel Coulon and WonderWhy
Nah that’s kurzgezagt
I must say, they hid so promisingly from Spain that even their own country and the whole world can't find them.
This deserves more likes lol
The legendary game of hide and seek
Lol this comment's so good😂
DJ Khaled: Suffering from success
@@youwanagethi
I am suffering from success.
I remember we had to learn this in school but it was hair-pulling boring. Now I am stuck to my screen watching this. Good work!
you foole you're a year and a half late
Better late than never.
My question is if we had all this information why weren't we taught any of it? All we were taught in school was "there was a colony on Roanoke here, and John White left for 3 years, came back, it's gone and Croatoan is on a tree"
We got no context to the Croatoan islands, and when I was in school, all the information discussed in the video was available, so why didnt we learn it and were just told it's a mystery?
@@mrscechy8625 because textbooks be old lol
Maybe your school just sucked or you didn’t pay attention in class. Idk.
Lemmino should have his own Netflix show
Alex Kalaitzis yeah and it should be called something like: Solved Mysteries
OR Mysteries never solved
Hell no Netflix ruins everything
More like nebula
Alex Kalaitzis trust me, you get funding for anything, you’ll be indebted to them, and that doesn’t even mean making the money back, it means giving some amounts of creative control.
Why? He already has it on youtube?
So you’re telling me.. this story could’ve been made a whole hell of a lot clearer (or at least prevented so many possibilities) if the anchor didn’t malfunction on the ship.
On the other hand if they had tried to go back to Croatoan with the broken anchor the ship might have been destroyed in a storm and we'd have even more missing from the puzzle.
damn that anchor
But if the anchor didn't break and they had gone and cleared everything up there and then, then most likely this story would have faded into obscurity only to be known by the utmost enthusiasts along with the thousands of other tales of that time that you don't know anything about. The mystery of it is exactly what makes this story interesting and so I'm glad the anchor broke.
@@TheLeapist Remind me never to leave you alone with an anchor.
No, any number of different decisions would've changed this story. Big accidents don't result from one error, but an error chain.
One thing I would like to add. The "grey eyes" is actually how people used to refer to people with blue eyes up until fairly recently.
Why?
Jared Garbo thanks I was wondering how they had grey eyes
Jared Garbo whoever referred too blue eyed people as grey eyed, needs a slapping
@@vitalik38815 I'm not entirely sure, but it could be because the people who originally described the eyes just...didn't have a word for that type of blue yet. It's surprisingly common- like how in the typical poem "roses are red, violets are blue" The color of violets wasn't specifically named at the time of writing, so they just went with blue.
Same with orange.
It was 2006. I was 11. I was in my History class reading through the textbook. My eyes read over a section about Roanoke and how all that was left was a note. I was so pissed there was no more information or some sort of resolution. It stuck with me forever, I remember my brain going through all these different ways they could have disappeared. I’m almost 26 now.
Same for my textbook. And I vividly remember the only photo they had was a VERY badly airbrushed "crotoan" superimposed onto a black and white image of a regular, obviously non-inscripted tree.
i hate unsolved mysteries. Just the thought of me not knowing it pains me. Roanoke was the worst of them all.
You would not believe how much of history you do not learn in schools.
26 he says. I came across this bit of history in 1969 and had to wait 52 years to get the full details.
I recall being about 11 in 2016 and hearing about this as well, I thought it was so interesting hearing that no one knew what happened to them. I’m now 17. Or maybe it was earlier, I can’t remember.
I love how no matter how high quality Lemmino's content get, his humor isn't discarded.
@Xen oh, missed that. Thanks.
fixed.
@Xen nah, I'd watch this even if the humor wasn't there. it just makes the videos more lemmino and less "documentary", which as someone who has followed this channel for a while is amusing.
“Why was everyone named Jo-“
*cough* Pocahontas *cough"
Damn it _JOHN_
I almost feel like I don't deserve this kind of quality content for free.
There are 3 commercials it's not for free
The Content Creator receives twice the ad revenue if you let the commercials run all the way through; don’t “skip”.
At least let the two ads at the beginning, before the video starts, run through (just turn the sound down). Then skip the rest.
He has Patreon for a reason, Jesus.
It makes ya feel like you should pay 9.99$ a month for lemmino Streaming service
TathD don’t give UA-cam any ideas.
Imagine how much clearer this whole thing would’ve been if they wrote “We’re going to Croatoan lmao” on the tree instead
Not that easy
not that easy
not that easy
not easy that
that not esay
The poor man had to spend the rest of his days helplessly wondering what became of his own next of kin and the dozens of other people entrusted to his care, never to see his daughter nor newborn granddaughter ever again. May you have found your lost colony in the next world, John White.
passed into obscurity yikes
I don’t understand why didn’t he just sail back to England, repair the anchor (and maybe bring a couple spare, and then head to croatoan? Like you said, it’s his his daughter and granddaughter why would he never return??
There is something so off about that he must’ve been lying. They probably were all dead and he didn’t want to admit it
@@BreakingWhite i think because the video stated that they were at war and no ships not for war effort were to be used, maybe this was a one off
@@BreakingWhiteJohn White died in 1593, the anglo-Spanish war lasted from 1585-1604. the fact he managed to get a boat out to America is dangerous enough. Keep in mind, Rule Britannia wasn’t a thing back then, it was Rule Hispania. England couldn’t just waltz in and out of Europe as they pleases, especially when at war with the premier colonial-naval power that was Spain.
@@evilofparadise my bad
John White: "I need to find my family and my colony!"
Anchor: No.
Anchor: Well shit
Yeah seriously it's hard to believe
Poor guy, I bet the place where his daughter was could be seen from a distance
All this happened because of that anchor smh
;'( feels bad man
"why was everyone named John"
_I don't need sleep_
*_I need answers_*
😂😂😂
biblical reasons most likely
It was a common name back then
Plot twist: It all was the same John
If I get 1000 subs I will find a cure for cancer John is one of the most popular names and John is the most popular name for males in the UK
"Why was everybody named John?"
Finally, the questions we SHOULD be asking.
Because the name Thomas had finally gone out of fashion.
@@RJ-xl2cd That doesn't make sense.
biblical references.
@@mooganify but why were the people in the bible named John?!
thank you, Cranium Sex Burger
This is a legendary island with a dark past and now there is a fucking CVS on the island.
CVS?
@@sherlockmaverick Pharmacy chain
lmao, real america hours
The tree is still there though, still has the words "Cro" so they tried their best, as best Americans can do.
Well someone has to administer the vaccine.
I’m amazed that this video is categorized as “Entertainment” and not “Educational”. I feel like I learn so much from these.
Just learn things and stop making those people demons, you cant fool us Muzan
Tisumida i guess if it was education, youtube might take that as being aimed towards kids? With the new thingy about videos aimed towards kids, it’d be smarter to list the video as entertainment.
@@gilbertVAL_ Agreed. I think the youtube algorithm/policies have changed lately.... again.
To be fair, he left out all the pedophilia stuff.
Are you not entertained!?!
I'm sad because LEMMINO probably won't upload again for the next 4 months
Must be even sadder to not be able to post this same exact comment for another 4 months.
I know, it sucks.
Yeah but just like a good tv series, the wait is worth it. He does his homework very well. Imagine if Bill Wurtz did "history of the entire world, i guess" 2 weeks after "history of Japan" . It would have been funny, but probably 30 seconds and with none of the painstakingly long details we love about it.
Dont take the Pain in advance, Enjoy the content
Hope you got your castle in four months
They clearly forgot to place their beds and place torches.
you can’t sleep now, there are monsters nearby
_You can't sleep now, there are Indians nearby_
No
Funny dank memes reddit Keanu wholesome breathtaking Minecraft 100 Moment
@@ulisesr614 *savages
Imagine how it must have felt when they realized that everyone had abandoned them, those 3 people, all because they were tardy.
They'd have freaked, then quickly had an orgy and promptly died.
@@ttv_mrjack6749 Ah, the three Fs. They freaked, fucked, and fell.
that’s why school teaches to be on time i guess😅
@@crae_zi4543If you are on time you are late, it’s always best to be early
Imagine if they went fishing and told someone but that person just forgot about them lol
the three people left behind on the island were probably named john
John, Johnnie, and Johnny.
John bean
John Lennon, John Cena and John Stamos
John Day, John Die, John Doe.
Watching LEMMiNO is not just entertainment or education, it's an experience.
wow that's so true
Entertainment and education are experiences.
He is very good at what he does.
If everyone told history the way he did, a lot more people would take interest in it.
OP is just trying to sound woke
Lemmino in 40 years: the lost colony of Mars One.
Elon Musk would've censored the media to coverup their failed Mars colony
@@polandballspace lol
@@memories163 sad part is that would actually happen
@man with square mustache that's assuming CNN and cable news is still relevant in 50 years
@@polandballspace mainstream media is silenced even now. To know the real news look at the conspiracy theorists
16:25 looks like the second guy on the left is casually throwing a peace sign lmaooo
I had to do a double take on that. So glad I'm not the only one who noticed lmfaooo
Dammit you're right hahahahalmfao
LMAOO 😭😭
"peace, bitches!"
Hahaha I already wanted this painting, now I want it more
This will remain... UNSOLVED.
*Soft creepy music fadeout*
The spook bois are back
@@ItsJustIvan956 that's why I was thinking about aswell
Dude, they're literally the backbone of Buzzfeed
They trusted Simao Fernandes more then White because he wasn't named John
Can you explain this reference?
@@Surya-sd9ty There are 3 Johns in this video.
@@aeriushox4675 the guy who showed me this channel is also named john. Hence in my experience there are 4 johns involved in this video
Facts lol
There's a conspiracy among the John's of the world to ruin everything.
A true Christmas Present when Lemmino posts
Seth honestly. Lemmino is a god tier UA-camr
EXACTLY
For real
This a greatest game of hide and seek ever, still going on 5 centuries later.
I think they lost
“case closed-?”
* sees that there are 10+ minutes left *
probably not quite
Good guess but actually no
The thing that confuses me most about this whole thing is the fresh footprints that were found as if someone was watching White look for the colony he left behind
Probably the natives. Maybe a scout was watching, and when a group of men got ashore he took off in fear of being shot.
maybe the natives inhabited it for a while and that would explain the smoke, cause tbh I don't think there would be a natural fire like that that wouldn't spread. That might also explain the CRO like they put one Croatoan then wanted there to be more evidence but were captured in the process, although there was no cross, maybe they were too rushed, but if they were too rushed they would have put a Cross instead of 2 Croatoan signs. We will probably never know. I agree that the colony split up, one went to the mainland then the others went to Croatoan and were successful in surviving at least, but the mainland people were just slaughtered. I just think the footprints were due to Natives living on the island or just hunting or something (fire), and when cannons went off they just bolted out of there real fast. Or as the @Tr1bal said it could have been just a Native Scout, and I mean that's pretty similar anyway.
It's funny, we put so much meaning into anything and everything that's unknown. Do you think if an archaeologist found some trace or evidence from our, or more precisely, your past they'd try to put a meaning to it even if it really wasn't something all that important to you in the first place
"fresh" isnt a precise description anyway. Which is litered through the whole examples of the document from White. In an age where everything just takes so much longer, fresh can mean "30 minutes ago", "a few days ago" up to "only a week old".
The fire or smoke also was unprecise in description, could have been anything and no combat indicators were to be found (so its not like the fort was burning down indicating that a fight just had happened when they arrived).
Also imagine this, he needs 3 years plus travel time and arrives at the location just to witness the attack of the natives against the fort? Come on.
Yeah just in time the natives decided to burn the colonists so the english guys can take note.
These footprints mean nothing but mostly because the report of these events are unclear, unprecise/vague and leave a lot of room for interpretation. In short, they arent reliable information for anything. The only clear hint are the carvings.
They actually did a circle on the island and saw their own footprints.
"guys i forgot the food and stuff sorry"
"YOU WHAT?!"
Me every other *******-ing time I play a survival game.
"Finally here, oh, I forgot this important thing and now I need to go all the way back".
Reminds me of how my friend and I were playing Minecraft and we discovered an underwater temple a day earlier so he spent some time making underwater potions for us. We traveled to the location and right as we got there i go "shit i forgot the potions" and just travel all the way back to our house to collect.
Hi I'm from the future
I grew up near Roanoke Island, my family and I used to go on vacation there and the rest of the outer Banks of course! It's very beautiful! But every time I've been on Roanoke Island I've always gotten an eerie feeling! Especially where they found remnants of the colony! It's really cool if you're ever in North Carolina I recommend checking it out!
I had an ancestor disappear at Roanoke!
!
@@bad-bunnyblogger8171 if your ancestor disappeared at Roanoke, how are you here? lol
@@idhatemet00 Very easy: they disappeared after having had children.
@@AhavaMathlol I jusg imagine some guy getting forced to go to a family vacation to roanoke and abandoning his family.
Imagine being the three people left behind on the island
@Thomas Cochrane lmao seems like the person who wrote the comment is also named john
Its seems abandon to me. It happened.
john broskey “why do I hear boss music?”
I hope one was a woman
Trev so iconnor can clap cheeks before he dies
You think the Indians did an autopsy and were like, “DAMNIT! This is the fourth case of invisible bullets this month.”
Oof Oof funny
Damn that was funny. 🤣
It’s not indians it’s native Americans
@@samsplinter68
You must be fun at parties
@@samsplinter68 Actually, Native Americans prefer being called Indians. Seriously, most of them don't even care. It's not racist, really; although confused for the native people of India at first, the term 'Indians' is never used to describe actual Indians anymore, and is thus a label for only Native Americans. It's also easier to say than Native Americans, as it's easier to say 'white' than caucasian.
This channel Proves to me that quality is way better than quantity.
JarJar Binks ok boomer very original
Thats the Swedish way.
JarJar Binks this guy upload once every 6 months I wouldn’t care a decrease in quality honestly
grawnut ok wojak
@@filiph2958 Where do you see a wojak
Imagine being the 3 people who got left behind on a completely foreign continent. I wish we got their names... that’s actually fascinating.
At least two of them were probably named John
I wish they had written a diary or something, woulda been some damn fine historical reading material (even tho they probably just starved after a few weeks so it wouldn't be long)
Deserved. Colonisers shouldn't exist. @@kohlcooke8789
That'd be John White, John J. Johnson, and Johnny "John-john" Johnstar Shabadoo.
On that list of survivors was a John Wright. Is it possible that whoever took down the names simply misheard?
Or a miscommunication somewhere in the story elsewhere
John was an incredibly popular British name at the time. As you can see by the video.
Still popular now lol 😆
@@johnhardy3225 I didn't wanna make any assumptions 😂
I reckon the writer was called John and someone just told him to write and he got confused
That’s crazy how the Croatoan Natives began to mysteriously get blonde hair and blue eyes
Wot
Grey eyes(which are basically blue eyes nowadays) is interesting, but the blonde hair was further inland not on cro and is most likely attributed to albinos
@@meta6504 ahh thots hot
And Hitler was then attracted to them even when unborn
@@ravioliperson4836 CRINGE
The moment when you realize your name is John too.
Luckily my fake internet name is John and not my actual name.
bruh
"Whenever I come out... The people always shout...." 🎶
You are the resistance
The plot thickens.
So what i learned:
- every man was named John and had the last name either Smith or White
- every John just "disappeared" or never popped into the story again
- every sailor was just like "fk it just lets get the hell outta here and leave the people here" and returned always for some reason
Imagine being this dedicated and talented and passionate about your art and it actually paying off with millions recognizing your hard work. This guy is literally living everyone's dream.
Medium D Speaks and he does it so well
Well unfortunately he haven’t gotten millions but he deserves it
And yet, he deserves so much more
Moral of the story:
If you hide your lunch-money so the bullies can't steal it from you,
make sure you don't hide it so well you can't find it later.
Imagine his presentations in high school. I’d be going to class every time it was presentation day 😂😂
You clearly haven't seen his earlier videos
Dayzik I seen a whole lot of em. Even if I haven’t it, what are you gon do about it ?
Clout machine broke teachers be like: aw shit, here we go again
no you wouldn't
@@essence7779 go back 7 years
15:40 "... they were prepared to remove from Roanoak 50 miles into the maine."
You interpret this as meaning "... into the mainland" but one meaning of the word "main" is the open sea (often, in poetry, "the watery main"). That meaning is entirely consistent with moving 50 miles to Croatoan.
Great catch! And underrated comment
My best Christmas gift so far.
I love my christmas gift to be depressing
@@cadr0ne I love when my Christmas gift goes missing for hundreds of years.
Same
I love when my Christmas present is so vague and mysterious that it might not even exist
sounds like you are having a crap christmas lol
A lesson to always bring a spare anchor with you.
Lemmino : *am I a joke to u*
@@gomahklawm4446 There was a backup. When the main one broke, they didn’t want to go without a spare.
Can confirm. Bring two anchors.
@@alfredkc Then why tf do they even have a spare if they're not going to use it???
@@magatmilan8925 They did, obviously use it, when they arrived back at Britain. Do you have to be so rude? The spare anchor was there as a redundancy, and without the redundancy, they had to return to England, in case the spare anchor broke as well.
Wow, this is really interesting. Virginia resident here, and the topic of the Lost Colony of Roanoke is a part of required Virginia history courses in primary school. Except they leave it at "Everyone was gone, Croatoan was written on a tree, and the rest is a mystery." This was very intersting, well done and wonderful video as always!
That's cool to hear from a Virginian on this topic, I was wondering what current day resident think about all this while I was watching it.
As a high schooler in VA, I was wondering the same thing! It’s weird considering I live in Richmond and you’d think you would learn more about it in High School
Baby Virginia, lost her life at such a young age without even knowing who is her granpa, bless her heart
When I was in High School in Virginia in the 60's, we had a Virginia history textbook, in addition to a world history textbook. IIRC, the Virginia history textbook started its account with the Jamestown colony, first settled in 1607. This was about 20 years after John White first landed on Roanoke Island, which was to became part of North Carolina. While there was mention of the Roanoke Colony in the Virginia textbook, it was footnoted as a failed first attempt to colonize North America. Emphasis was instead placed on Jamestown as the first permanent colony established in the "New World".
I had to watch this in class for a project on the lost colony and what we thought happened to the colony. Our teacher gave us the link afterwards and I fell down a rabbit hole of these videos that I love. Thank you for making these.
You’re teacher let you watch this? My teacher would never
See u guys next year same time same place.
Sure thing :)
see ya :)
5
see ya whahhaah lol
Do you mean next decade lol
Fun Fact: Sir Walter Raleigh was the man who brought potatoes to Ireland.
Good man
He was also a stupid git according to John Lennon
Aly Marwan but lennon was also a junkie so his opinions cant really be taken seriously
@@vespergraph9048 Another John is added to the story now
He also tried to look for El Dorado once, which went as poorly as you would expect it to go.
#40 ON TRENDING FOR GAMING doesn't seem like much of an achievement, but this isn't even a gaming video.
That’s what makes it an achievement!!!
UA-cam really tags any other videos like this if they want to have more trending spots in other tags (like late night tv shows). So you can only see other gaming videos from top creators. Sad truth.
That was confusing me too
Boshua Borman Probably because of Roanoke Gaming channel
Excellent work, youtube algorithm. Nailed it.
Nice to have a video about Roanoke that retells the entire history of the colony and doesnt overdramatise this. Also everytime I hear about the story it's always about how John White had no idea what could've happened and didn't know about Croatoan being a nearby tribe and just went "ghosts must've dun it".
Also I like to imagine that someone started to chisel "Cro" into a tree and then either realising that the word was too long for the tree, or someone else was like "no don't write it there, write it on this post here" and they had to start all over.
Update: on November 2020 (I too am confused as to why they're still searching during a pandemic, but that's irrelevant), a search attempt resulted in the findings of a trove full of English potteries located 50 miles west of Roanoke Island. A few months prior, another archaeologist claimed to have found similar objects on the Hatteras Island, 50 miles _south_ of Roanoke.
I found sources saying that if both findings were acurrate, it would strengthen the theory that the group of colonists had splitted up into two or more survivor camps, some of them assimilating with native tribes just like Lemmino suggested. Which is crazy wtfff
Wow, could we consider it solved at this point? At least sorta-solved
@@Meofcourse2319i wouldn't say solved, but at least we have a vague idea of what could have happened, which is a lot better than other misteries in history.
@@darklex5150 assuming the first stone is real, the location was 5 miles away from site X. The stone's engraving states it was placed with the bodies on a hill 4 miles east of the site, not hard to imagine their estimated 4 was actually 5 miles, especially when traveling over the estuary. Surely this helps confirm the story also.
Truly, Lemmino posting is a Christmas Miracle
iNFINITE nah i thinks he “draws” himself so he needs some time
Yeah, he has a deviantart. He is a one man team from what I know, so it's pretty cool.
Lost colony: *Carves name of the Island they went to into a tree so they could be found.*
Sailors who found it: "Guess it's a mystery 🤷♂️. Let's go home"
They didn't think it was a mystery. As stated in the video, the ship had lost its anchor so the captain decided it was too dangerous to go the the other island and sailed back to England.
@@Mirach84 It's a joke dude.
@@lunathedragon8376 Yes but factually wrong.
Htoo Doh your the fun guy at parties i can tell
GamerTime Some people are just snowflakes these days, no fun
I agree with that conclusion.
The colony were short on supplies and sought out more inhabitable land. I think the majority of the colony went to Site X, while a small band of men left the engraved Croatoan message.
I believe they purposely ravaged the Roanoke colony and left a subtle message in an effort to not bring unwanted attention to the colonies survival from potential future Spanish scouts. The engraved message would be understood by John White and lead him to the ‘small band of men on Croatoan’. They alone held the new secret location of the colony, now known as Site X. If the Spanish scouts found these brave men first on this exposed outer island, then they would’ve died with the secret.
They really liked their ‘E’s didn’t they
Yesseth
Queen Elizabeth I was the type of loony who'd love seeing the letter E everywhere... Not saying that's why.... just saying it's probably why. XD
Yesse'th'enumm'ereth
Old English was actually spelt phonetically and you can read people's accents in the way they spelt words
Ie wondere whye wee don'te doe ite todaye
LEMMiNO uploads, it’s Christmas Eve, and he talks about history?
*This is Epic*
Yea I know right.
better then anything a TV history show could offer
Dont be silly.
@*Bruh Sound Effect* well it's "you're" not "your", sorry.
@*Bruh Sound Effect* what about his wrong?
Yea seriously. TV sucks so much now. Either that or my standards went way up as I grew up
"The world wars"
I watch this at least once or twice a year it’s just so well produced
Imagine being those three colonists left on the island while everyone else was evacuated
John1: hey John2 where’s everyone
John2:idk
John3:so we’re screwed
nice a stolen comment
nice a stolen comment
nice a stolen comment
comment stolen a nice
A stolen comment hmm? Nice - Yoda
Man, the ship's anchor pulled a sike..
If it wasnt because of that he wouldve seen his daughter again
@@jlipawen6453 awww mama wa wa wa!!!!
Straight lie the anchor was fine he had a chill run threw his bones if they set off there they would never return it's on my great great great geanfathers letters James Pike
@@Ryan-iz4bc is this English
@@ENDERSMAN123422 No.
It’s amazing how quickly LEMMINO debunks the popular myth that the message “CROATOAN” is at all mysterious.
This just goes to show how thorough LEMMINO’s research is.
You are lemmino's bootlicker.
@@NOU-iw3gb no, he's Doug Dimmadome, owner of the Dimmesdale Dimmadome
Anthony Ramsey literally the first youtube video that popped up when I searched “Croatoan” was about how mysterious the inscription is.
Also, there’s an entire episode of Supernatural that centers around an otherworldly explanation of the inscription.
Just because you didn’t think it was mysterious doesn’t mean popular media isn’t flooded with it.
Anthony Ramsey if you paid attention to my comment, you’d notice that I never used an absolute statement like “everyone” to describe the myth. I simply said it was a popular myth (clickbait definitely qualifies).
You, on the other hand, immediately suggested that literally no one thinks it’s mysterious. And now, you accuse me of making an absolute statement based on a few examples.... which I did not do, but you did.
You are arguing with yourself.
I adore his channel because there's no bullshit in his videos. He's not here to tell you that they were abducted by aliens, or that the Illuminati kidnapped them. He does thorough research, and he gives the most logical explanation that he can, honestly making his videos all the more fascinating.
I don't normally rewatch videos (because I already remember what they said in the video) but Lemmino's videos, I have rewatched them multiple times! I can never get enough of it!
Great video! c:
The Swedish accent is so soothing to listen to.
Dorq he’s danish
@@downlow4570 He's definitely Swedish. Not just because he's said so but because Denmark is the butt of many of his jokes.
Midgard Eagle oh yeah ur right
@@downlow4570 Thats a Norwegian accent. Coming from a Dane
Oh no, hes Sweedish. I’m Norwegian. (He also translated a video to Sweedish)
best Christmas present ever
I'll have to say, i agree
Won't like since 420 but I agree
Roldan Marcelo you can like it now
The broken anchor is pretty sketch. Sounds like the colony might have been wiped out and Smith not wanting to return to England and say "my bad they all died" was able to save face by saying "We have proof they are safe and moved location. I wasn't able to check tho, anchor problems".
that's an interesting theory :0
@@gomahklawm4446 There was a backup. They didn’t want to risk breaking the backup as well.
This is legit a pretty solid theory.
though this theory is plausible they had four back up anchors and they were down to their last one which they didn't wanna risk breaking
Indeed an Interesting theory, but the only problem is John white didn’t want to leave in the first place, for both professional and personal reasons involving his family. He had to be convinced to go. Why would he want to cover up the whereabouts of the people he originally wanted to stay with? It seems more likely he just wanted to believe that his daughter and granddaughter were still alive, and that he wasn’t unwittingly forced to abandon them to a potentially grim fate. After all, who would want to live with the guilt and grief from assuming the worst?
As for the anchor, John white proved before that he was a bit of a pushover when it came to dealing with experienced naval officers during the Chesapeake Bay dilemma. So it seems reasonable to assume that returning to England after the anchor cable snapped was not originally his decision either, but he went along with it just as before.
It will forever amaze me that it was a long, arduous, dangerous journey across the Atlantic not that long ago. Now as I type this there are tens if not hundreds of thousands of people traversing the entire globe by sea, land, and air. It’s wild!
It's fascinating to see how well the English kept record of everything. Also their cartography was and still is amazing. My ancestors (Turk) kept records of literally nothing. We learn about our pre-migration history from Chinese and pro-migration history from Europeans. More than half of the Turkish history is missing. Turkish history is even more of a mystery than why everyone was named John.
Sorry this is a year late; but, do Turks have Lore? A vocal passed down history of that period?
@@mikhailiagacesa3406 yes I assume so. Ottoman had records and documents. Maybe he is talking about ancient history of Turks when they migrated from xiongnu to Central Asia and anatolia
@@mikhailiagacesa3406
If i recall, most traditions that rely on being orally passed down tend to have huge gaps because the oral history by virtue of getting longer as history continues becomes harder and harder to pass down without forgetting parts of it. Now factor in the fact that known Turkish history has obscene amounts of warfare in it and remembering orally passed history becomes even harder to do when everyone is killing each other.
@@joshuakim5240 Whereas written records also have huge gaps and presents most of "Civilized" history as propaganda. Also, Jews (both historically and in lore) catalogue their wars and conflicts rather completely. Nez Perce (native Americans) can tell you, in detail, how to hunt Mammoth, despite their extinction 10,000 yrs. ago. I'm not saying the Civilized always lie (Maps and Science have to be accurate) and Pastoral/Gatherer/Hunters always tell the truth (they have good reasons to be deceptive, on occasion), just that all evidence shouldn't be ignored just because it's handed down orally (something the Civilized find convenient for their own purposes).
@@mikhailiagacesa3406 yes we do, It’s mostly stories about great khagan’s who fought against the chinese. The birth of the turks is a also a major tale/lore.
The Ergenekon legend tells about a great crisis of the ancient Turks. Following a military defeat, the Turks took refuge in the legendary Ergenekon valley where they were trapped for four centuries. They were finally released when a blacksmith created a passage by melting the mountain, allowing the gray wolf Asena to lead them out. The people led out of the valley found the Turkic Khaganate, in which the valley functions as its capital. This is a story not only told by Turks but also the Mongols. There is some major parts that we know that are true. Such as the turks being good blacksmiths it was also stated in Chinese records.
interesting coincidence that just as white was returning... after THREE years, that smoke could be seen w FRESH footprints as he was arriving... he could have been there sooner bruh. and croatoan was RIGHT there... smh
Maybe if he didnt fire fucking cannons, he may have surprised whoever was there.
@@abanomex9038 lmaoo true
The fire and footprints were the most fascinating and overlooked aspects of the mystery. What, or who, caused the fire? Why was there a fire? Who was running away from an abandoned village, and why didn't they return after White's crew made their presence known as peaceful inspectors? If it was the Roanokes, they likely would have attacked as they did the fifteen crewmen. So many questions, so few answers.
People back then were dumber.
They trusted Simao Fernandes more then White because he wasn't named John
Man your videos already were made with a crazy high quality, but with this one you really nailed it. In the top 3 highest quality video in all UA-cam for sure, even higher than many UA-cam sponsored professional videos.
^this
SO true!
check out videos of Ahoy you'd be surprised with the unbelievable quality
@@abhishekverma8303 true
Abhishek Verma ahoy is so good
Editing, music, and narration all on point. Well done, mate.
I cannot believe we can watch this stuff for free, this has better production quality than half the documentaries out there today.
You pay with minutes of your life
I have a feeling 1. It won’t be free forever 2. Blah blah blah corporations stealing your information or whatever
Oh boy how times have changed. No ad block on yt now, pay or gets bombed with ads.
Idk man my ad blockers still work, and skipping "paid promotions" is not possible on conventional TV. (Though i am getting tired of hearing about some of the most agregious offenders *cough* raidshadowlegends)
@@sleazymeezy My ad blocker works just fine.
You need your own Netflix series
Damn right
@@zcedan3757 would love to see this on Netflix. So much garbage on Netflix right now
justaguy whocomments oh yeah yeah
@@thugasaurusrex6004 Problems in watching him on youtube? Why would you want him to be lined up among garbage?
@@Cofeeman911 Because he would earn good money for his work
ok but this is the biggest christmas gift ever
Seconded
Thirded
Fourthed
69th like 😘
@tiny sophie I know right xD
Your videos are remarkably lucid and engaging. Well done yet again.
Sailor: Sir there's a fire over there, just in case there are people we should be quiet and sneak up on th-
**fires a 21-Gun salute**
Sailor: You just *fucking killed them!*
Imagine being a native in on the coast of Virginia and a cannonball just flies out of nowhere and splatters your family.
@@Alex-uz3fb It's a fifty-fifty on whether that's good or bad. Half the time, a tragedy. The other half, they were eating their neighbors at the time so whatever, good riddance.
A non-American educating me better than any American history teacher I’ve ever had on this subject
That's the school systems fault not individual teachers.
Lip My history teacher ironically happens to be British
Lmao US schools still teach history? I thought they were still too busy brainwashing people with gender studies and how bad white people are. Number 1 point of most history is that everyone is equally guilty and nothing can be explained with a simple "yes" or "no" answer. I'm surprised people still think the native americans were massacred when in reality everyone massacred eachother lmao colonists and indians vs colonists and indians, everyone one is human and tons of natives sided with the british to massacre their "own" even though natives somehow being united is wrong in itself, each tribe was literally a small nation.
@@Cneqq only in California
Maybe because Teachers don’t have the equipment to teach like he does? I mean this is animated and has images and shit and teachers only teach by talking and point at images. Not really interactive
How funny that a UA-cam channel that begun making videos weekly animating rage comics and memes. Now produces stuff like this. If that isn't a transition I don't know what is 😳
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@@melisandre4362 Ive been watching this channel when it was called 'Top 10 Memes' now it's called Lemmino a reference to "lemme know in the comments below"
@@melisandre4362 are you new in this channel?
Mother of transitions!
i actually got into edm back in the day because of his music. amazing music even if you don't like edm or electrical music
After watching dozens of explanation videos on UA-cam regarding the lost colony this is by far the best, including the backstory and all the pertinent information. Great job!
Tell my why this Swedish man is better at pronouncing Spanish names than my own Mexican family.
Because spanish is different from Spanish.
What Spanish? Isn’t it just one Portuguese name?
For shame, that'd be Portuguese.
Because European Spanish is different from Mexican Spanish
Abbie Archer it’s called Latin American spanish, not Mexican spanish. European spanish is called Castilian
CEO of placing adrolls comfortably between transitions of segments.
So many times throughout this I thought: "Ok, that is the end of the story" then he brings up some other thing that manages to make the mystery deeper.
That story about the colonists/natives initially being friendly with each other and trading, only for starvation and paranoia leading to utter disaster, is awful.
That was very common back in the early colonial days
@@jacksticka842 hell it was common even in stone age
It could’ve all been avoided and if it had, the natives might have been treated better in the future. Genuinely sad.
Communism never works!
16:24 looks like one of those “damn bro, you got the whole squad laughing” memes
LMAO
*WELL, WHY WAS EVERYONE NAMED JOHN!?*
I don't know..
John o no..
One of the most common first names in that period of time.
Back them everyone was John
All asians look the same, and all english speaking white people are called John.
how is this person so talented?! the music, the animation, the writing, everything is perfect! it's such a joy watching these videos. love them.
Probably a team?
radblue5432 no he does it solo, no other editor no team, it’s truly “quality over quantity” 😎
@@arcanewrath Ok didn't know that. That sounds amazing.
He's not a democRAT
The Sir Walter Raleigh thing was very interesting and way more complicated than it initially seems.
First during Elizabeth’s reign:
He fought in Ireland against the Desmond rebellion and he was rewarded a load of land. He couldn’t find many people to go there and he wasn’t good at managing.
Then he went to Roanoke and did the colonies. They failed.
Raleigh became popular with the queen, despite the failed colonisations. Although, the failed colonies were seen negatively, due to the loss of resources and the fact that they failed. He became an MP and chief of the yeomen of the guard too.
Then it was discovered that Raleigh had been secretly married to one of Elizabeth’s ladies in waiting. This was a big no no, since the marriage was unauthorised, it was against the lady-in-waiting’s duty and it undermined Elizabeth’s influence. They were thrown in the Tower of London (a more extravagant, less diseased prison for nobility).
He was however released in 1592 to attack the Spanish coast and got lucky, capturing a key trading ship and very large amounts of gold; however, some was lost.
Then in 1594, after being released again, he went to find El Dorado, that’s right, golden city!.. He failed. He came back with little to show for the large investment and was looked down upon. He did right a book that claimed he discovered some cool stuff, but he probably just lied.
He managed to sustain his position and regain favour of the Queen, by being part of the famous raid on Cadiz and defending against the third armada.
During James I’s reign:
However, Raleigh’s luck was running out. In 1603 the queen died and he was implicated in a plot to bring money into England to promote sedition that same year.
He was charged and convicted with treason, sentenced for death, but wasn’t executed for it. Why? Because he’d never actually faced the person accusing him in court. The guy was probably exaggerating his involvement to try and get off the hook a bit (which he did). James I realised there was no real evidence, but he was still imprisoned in the tower for 13 years.
Raleigh was then pardoned and given permission to go to South America. Why? You guessed it! To look for El Dorado… again….
During his stay there he attacked a Spanish outpost/ town and his son died. Big embarrassment because they didn’t even get much. The Spanish king demanded that the treason charge was renewed and for him to be executed. He was executed in 1618.
It was really an up and down story
He definitely seemed like a charismatic and interesting fellow. His life was full of adventure and betrayalz
Could you do a focus on the JFK assassination that would be a really interesting topic
Toby Howard *jhon*
Boiledpotato12 ohhh shit
Lemmino is a big fan of topics that haven't been covered before, or rather situations/cases.
That would actually be amazing
wayyyy too big for a video like this. Read JFK and the Unspeakable
I was born and raised in North Carolina and this story is one that has been drilled into me since childhood. You did a fantastic job here. Thank you for telling this story.
This channel is criminally underrated in my opinion. Lemmino has consistently put out documentary-tier videos to the public for free and I really don't think he gets enough credit. Huge props to you man, hope you're doing well. Your videos are super interesting and captivating!
And yet, everyone copies him now. It's really annoying.
@@WobblesandBean I agree and i've seen a bit of what you're talking about. I still think it's good though because it means we get more content like this which is always welcome.