Design and Compilation: The Madison Press Limited Printing and Binding: Friesens Corporation Publication Information.Editorial Assistance: Rick Archbold, Shelley Tanaka, Catherine Fraccaro, Ian R.Design, Typography and Art Direction: Gordon Sibley Design Inc.A year later, he descended two and a half miles below the surface of the Atlantic to explore the remains of the shattered liner. Robert Ballard, the author of the introduction, led the team that discovered the Titanic in 1985. Ballard's bestselling books, The Discovery of the Titanic, The Discovery of the Bismarck and Exploring the Lusitania.ĭr. His work has been featured on the cover of Time, in National Geographic and in Dr. His startlingly lifelike images reflect many years of close study of the ship and are famous for their accuracy as well as their artistry. Ken Marschall is undoubtedly todays leading painter of the Titanic. Much of the research and many of the visuals for this book have come directly from them. As historian for the Titanic Historical Society, he has become personally acquainted with the remaining survivors of the Titanic as well as the families of many others. Acknowledgments, Credits, and Bibliographyĭon Lynch has been researching the Titanic and the people who sailed on her for over twenty years.Chapter Two: The Voyage Begins | Touring the Titanic | Ship of Dreams.GGA Image ID # 10246f8fed Table of Contents Now the complete story of the “unsinkable' Titanic - from her construction and launch to her sinking and rediscovery - is told in words and hundreds of pictures in one magnificent, lavishly illustrated volume.īack Cover: Titanic - An Illustrated History - 1995. But only hours later the greatest ship ever built would lie on the bottom of the Atlantic and her few surviving passengers would be left shivering in lifeboats.

To the elegantly dressed first-class passengers who swept down the Grand Staircase on their wav to dinner, the Titanic seemed to be the ultimate in comfort and security. No one ever dreamed that her first voyage would also be her last. Front Cover: Titanic - An Illustrated History - 1995.

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