<p>No event in the history of Western man provided so profound a shock as the discovery of America</p>
<p>Why have Americans perceived nature as something to be conquered?</p>
<p><span class="deck">400 years ago, the first English settlers reached America. What followed was a string of disasters ending with the complete disappearance of a colony.</span></p>
<p><span class="deck">New ideas—and archaeological evidence—may provide answers to colonial North America’s longest-running mystery.</span></p>
