Robert D Ballard

Describes the large luxury liner which sank in 1912 and the discovery and exploration of its underwater wreckage.

This book recounts the author's 1985 discovery and exploration of the Titanic 75 years after it sank in the North Atlantic.

As the living memories of the survivors of the tragic Titanic shipwreck fade away, what only remains is the wreck itself. Dr. Robert Ballard, who discovered the location of the wreck in 1958, give the world the first images. Now, nearly twenty years later, he has returned to the wreck and taken even more vivid photos. These photos illuminate the majesty and grandeur of the world's most storied maritime disaster. -- Book jacket.

Whether Fuller is talking about the end of the cold war or the digitarian movement, he's constantly reminding us to ask better questions. It's the questions we are formulating that gives us a clue into solving our personal and our global problems.

Including underwater images, paintings, and photographs, this book presents stories of the lost liners - the Titanic, Lusitania, Britannica, Empress of Ireland, Andrea Doria, and others.

Underwater images help answer questions about the sinking of British passenger liner, Lusitania, in 1915, which killed 1,195 civilians.

Offers an underwater tour of World War II Pacific battle sites at Midway, Guadalcanal, Truk Lagoon, Pearl Harbor, and Bikini Atoll.

Wrecks discussed include the Titanic, Britannic, Lusitania, Empress of Ireland, Andrea Doria, Bismarck, and the ghost fleet of Guadalcanal.

Dr. Ballard visits the Mediterranean to explore a Roman shipwreck site and investigate an active underwater volcano.