The fate of the settlers who founded the "Lost Colony of Roanoke" in what is now North Carolina remains unknown.

There are currently 39 small island developing States in three geographic regions: the Caribbean; the Pacific; and Africa, Indian Ocean and South China Sea. These small islands have a combined ...

Sharp declared that all voyaging and island settlement was "accidental" for islands farther than 300 miles from their nearest neighbor. Distant islands could only have been discovered and settled ...

Small Island Developing States are first recognized as a distinct group of countries at the UN Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro. One hundred and seventy nine nations ...