The books that show you what others only tell you - fully revised and updated. DK Eyewitness Titanic is a spectacular and informative guide to one of the most dramatic stories in maritime history. Amazing colour photographs offer your child a unique 'eyewitness' view of the luxury liner whose maiden voyage is commemorated in 2012. Watch triumph turn to tragedy as the luxury liner sinks to its watery grave, plunging hundreds of people into the icy sea. They'll find out what happened to the Captain of the Titanic and hear the stories behind the Carpathia crew who rescued the survivors. Great for projects or just for fun, make sure your child learns everything they need to know about the Titanic.
'Mr. Phillips then went outside to see how things were progressing, and meanwhile I established communication with the Baltic, telling him we were in urgent need of assistance. 'This I reported to Mr. Phillips on his return, ...
The deep water channel was located closer to the northern shore than to the southern shore, meaning that Titanic needed to 'hug' the line of quays to a certain extent. Meanwhile, smaller traffic moving up river would pass along ...
Then, along came J.P. Morgan, a wealthy American businessman who had had much success in the steel and railroad industries. Until this time, the United States had not had a major role in the shipping industry.
Titanic's passengers came from various places and walks of life, but all found themselves together on an ill fated ship.
... Mr Nils Johansson, Mr Oskar Larder Johnson, Mr Alfred Johnson, Mrs Elisabeth Vilhelmina Johnson, Master Harold Theodor [child] Johnson, Miss Eleanor Ileen [child] Johnson, Mr Malkolm Joackim Johnson, Mr William Cahoone Jr Johnston, ...
For more than 100 years, people have been captivated by the disastrous sinking of the "Titanic" that claimed over 1,500 lives.
Thanks to the dramatization of the Titanic's sinking and the undying interest in the story, millions of people are familiar with various aspects of the ship's demise, and the nearly 1,500 people who died in the North Atlantic in the early ...
Following the great ship from her conception to her fateful collision to the ambitious attempts to salvage her right up to the present day, Daniel Allen Butler draws on thirty years of research to explore the tragedy and its aftermath in ...
"Catnip to the ship’s dedicated buffs." —Publishers Weekly In Titanic Tragedy maritime historian John Maxtone-Graham documents the vessel’s design, construction, and departure from Southampton, her passengers’ lifeboat ordeal, their ...
After Titanic sank in 1912, adventurers dreamed of discovering its last resting place. Seventy three years later, this dream was finally realized. Follow the determined souls on their journeys to find history's most famous doomed ship.