Were the settlers at Roanoke the first Europeans in America?

== == In July 1585, 108 Englishmen went ashore at Roanoke Island off the coast of what is now called North Carolina. By the summer of 1586 there supplies were almost gone. They returned with Sir Frances Drake. He was the first Englishman to sail around the world.

May 1587, Sir Walter Raleigh tried again to build a colony at Roanoke. This time there were 117 men, women and children aboard. He sailed back to England for supplies, promising to return soon. Before he could sail back to Roanoke War broke out between England and Spain. England needed his ship for war.

Sir Walter Raleigh ships were not able to return until 1509. All the colonists had disappeared. The only clue left was the Word "CROATOAN"