Vintage Lantern Slide: Landing in Virginia 1584 - History's Unsolved Mystery,Vintage Lantern Slide: Expertly Hand Tinted photo on glass "Landing In Virginia" 1584 Dimensions 3. 25" x 4" This slide depicts the very first attempt by the British to establish a colony in what they referred to as "The New World." This landing led to the establishment of a colony that eventually became known as "The Lost Colony of 1587" This disappearance of an entire group of British settlers in the year 1587 remains one of the greatest mysteries