Brett

Now it's yours. He can't go. So, you know. And here's another thing. He can't go. We didn't mention this, but this is weird, too. This is time limited. So the queen only gave him like five years to work this out. He's like, you need to get the colony started in five years. I'm going to give it to somebody else. So he's eager to make this happen.

Now it's yours. He can't go. So, you know. And here's another thing. He can't go. We didn't mention this, but this is weird, too. This is time limited. So the queen only gave him like five years to work this out. He's like, you need to get the colony started in five years. I'm going to give it to somebody else. So he's eager to make this happen.

Yeah. Not going to make it easy on you or anything.

Yeah. Not going to make it easy on you or anything.

Yeah, and what's interesting about this, you may have noticed something that probably makes this colony unlikely to succeed in the long run. There are 600 men. That's it. No women.

Yeah, and what's interesting about this, you may have noticed something that probably makes this colony unlikely to succeed in the long run. There are 600 men. That's it. No women.

Yeah. And I mean, I don't know.

Yeah. And I mean, I don't know.

Yeah. And I can go ahead and tell you, they're going to want to go back to England as soon as possible. That's what I have. That's my prediction about these 600 men that they send out. But, you know, they do. They have sort of a very diverse group of people. And apparently John White was a fantastic artist.

Yeah. And I can go ahead and tell you, they're going to want to go back to England as soon as possible. That's what I have. That's my prediction about these 600 men that they send out. But, you know, they do. They have sort of a very diverse group of people. And apparently John White was a fantastic artist.

And his art to this day is still displayed in museums of sort of early English depictions of the Americas. Okay, so they head out in April 1985, April 9th, and by mid-May, so about a month later, they're sort of in the middle of the ocean when a huge storm hits, and it actually separates the fleet and knocks them off course. So you got five ships, right?

And his art to this day is still displayed in museums of sort of early English depictions of the Americas. Okay, so they head out in April 1985, April 9th, and by mid-May, so about a month later, they're sort of in the middle of the ocean when a huge storm hits, and it actually separates the fleet and knocks them off course. So you got five ships, right?

Well, the Tiger and two other vessels actually end up all the way down in Puerto Rico. They're trying to get to North Carolina. They're in Puerto Rico. And what's interesting about this, and what I still don't quite understand, frankly, is... So Roanoke's the first, quote-unquote, permanent colony. But there are these other little bases in various places.

Well, the Tiger and two other vessels actually end up all the way down in Puerto Rico. They're trying to get to North Carolina. They're in Puerto Rico. And what's interesting about this, and what I still don't quite understand, frankly, is... So Roanoke's the first, quote-unquote, permanent colony. But there are these other little bases in various places.

There's a little base in Puerto Rico, and there's a fort here, and a refueling station there. So... They've set up these sort of temporary locations, which I would be interested to learn about, but you never hear about those places. So they end up down in Puerto Rico. They sort of get repairs, and then they're going to try and head back up.

There's a little base in Puerto Rico, and there's a fort here, and a refueling station there. So... They've set up these sort of temporary locations, which I would be interested to learn about, but you never hear about those places. So they end up down in Puerto Rico. They sort of get repairs, and then they're going to try and head back up.

They don't know where the other two vessels are, though they eventually are able to reconnect somehow. I mean, I don't know. They didn't call each other on cell phones, so I don't know. One thing I can say for certain, they did not have cell phones in 1585. So that's in May. June 26th, 1585, the fleet, which is now reconnected, they pass through the inlet at Wococan Island.

They don't know where the other two vessels are, though they eventually are able to reconnect somehow. I mean, I don't know. They didn't call each other on cell phones, so I don't know. One thing I can say for certain, they did not have cell phones in 1585. So that's in May. June 26th, 1585, the fleet, which is now reconnected, they pass through the inlet at Wococan Island.

And while they're doing this, they run into a problem which everyone in North Carolina and the Outer Banks area now understands, which is this is actually not a very navigable waterway. There are a lot of shoals, a lot of shallows, a lot of places for a ship to run aground. And the Tiger... the glory of the fleet hits one of these shoals.

And while they're doing this, they run into a problem which everyone in North Carolina and the Outer Banks area now understands, which is this is actually not a very navigable waterway. There are a lot of shoals, a lot of shallows, a lot of places for a ship to run aground. And the Tiger... the glory of the fleet hits one of these shoals.