Melissa Stewart - Titanic

Melissa Stewart

Washington, D.C.

For Gerard, who sails with me through
rough waters as well as smooth seas

M.S.

Copyright 2012 National Geographic Society
Published by the National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C. 20036. All rights reserved.
Reproduction in whole or in part without written permission of the publisher is strictly prohibited.

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Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4263-1059-1 Library ISBN: 978-1-4263-1060-7

There are three main kinds of artwork in this book. Recent color photographs show Bob Ballards team
at work and artifacts recovered from the ship since 1985. Black-and-white historical images were
taken around the time Titanic sank. A bit of color has been added to some of these photos. Many of
the most dramatic images in this book are extremely realistic color paintings by artist Ken Marschall.
Mr. Marschall is one of the worlds leading experts on the ship and the events surrounding its sinking.
He has been painting scenes of Titanic for more than 40 years and has visited the shipwreck twice.

Photo Credits: Cover, Raymond Wong/National Geographic Stock; 1, akg-images; 2, Computer Earth/Shutterstock; 4-5,
Ken Marschall; 6 and 7 (top) Emory Kristof/National Geographic Stock; 7 (bottom), Cynthia Johnson/Getty Images; 8
(top left), public domain; 8 (top right), Mary Evans Picture Library; 8 (bottom), Universal Images Group/Getty Images;
9, 10-11, Ken Marschall; 12 (top left), Ken Marschall; 12 (center left), Hulton-Deutsch Collection/Corbis; 12 (bottom left),
public domain; 12 (top right), SSPL/Getty Images; 12 (center right), prism68/Shutterstock; 12 (bottom right), Universal
Images Gr/akg-images; 12-13 (background), Rich Carey/Shutterstock; 13 (top left), BlueMoon Stock/Superstock; 13

(center left), Topical Press Agency/Getty Images; 13 (top right), Ken Marschall; 13 (center right), Zayats Svetlana/Shut
terstock; 13 (bottom), IvicaNS/Shutterstock; 14, Mary Evans Picture Library/ONSLO; 15 (top), Underwood & Underwood/
Corbis; 15 (center and bottom), Mary Evans Picture Library; 16-17, Ken Marschall; 17 (top and center), Bettmann/Corbis;
17 (bottom), Mary Evans Picture Library; 18, akg-images; 19, Paul Souders/Getty Images; 20 and 21 (top), Mary Evans

Picture Library; 21 (bottom) and 22-23, 25, Ken Marschall; 26, Father Browne/Universal Images Group/Getty Images;
27 and 28, Ken Marschall; 29, Straus Historical Society; 30-31, Ken Marschall; 32 (top), National Archives and Records
Administration; 32 (bottom), National Archives/Mary Evans Picture Library; 33, The Image Works/akg-images; 34 (top),
Bettmann/Corbis; 34 (bottom), Time Life Pictures/Mansell/Time Life Pictures/Getty Images; 34-35 (background), SSPL/
Getty Images; 35 (left), Alexander Feldmann/Corbis; 35 (right), National Maritime Museum, London/The Image Works;

36 (top), Topical Press Agency/Getty Images; 36 (bottom left), Bettmann/Corbis; 36 (bottom center), celebrity/Alamy;
36 (bottom right), Titanic Images/Universal Images Group/SuperStock; 37, 20th Century Fox/Paramount/The Kobal Col
lection/Art Resource, NY; 38, 40-41, Ken Marschall; 42 (top left), Mary Evans Picture Library; 42 (top right), Bruce Dale/
National Geographic Stock; 42 (bottom), Ralph White/Corbis; 43, Emory Kristof/National Geographic Stock; 44, Brennan
Phillips/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute; 45 (top and bottom inset), Emory Kristof/National Geographic Stock;
45, Matthew Polak/Sygma/Corbis; 46 (top), FM Browne SJ/Davison & Associates Ltd/Getty Images; 46 (center left), Paul
Souders/Getty Images; 46 (bottom left and center right), Ken Marschall; 46 (bottom right), Emory Kristof/National Geo
graphic Stock; 47 (top left and top right), Ken Marschall; 47 (center left and bottom left), Bettmann/Corbis; 47 (center
right), Ken Marschall; 47 (bottom right), Mary Evans Picture Library.

Printed in the United States of America
12/WOR/1

Ever dreamed of exploring the ocean
for a shipwreck? Imagine how exciting it
would be to discover a hidden treasure.

Think that kind of thing only
happens in the movies? Think
again. In 1985, Robert Ballard
led a team that discovered
a sunken ship called
R.M.S. Titanic .

Illustration of Titanic shipwreck, 1985

Other people have found shipwrecks.
But Titanic is special. Its one of the most
famous ships of all time.

The whole world was excited about
Ballards discovery.

Titanic s bow

Robert Ballard and his crew celebrate on board their research ship,
the Knorr , after they first spotted wreckage from Titanic in 1985.

My team had been
watching the ocean floor
with an underwater
camera for days and all
wed seen was mud.
Late one evening, our
camera suddenly passed
over a ships boiler...
and at that moment, we
knew... wed found it.

Robert Ballard

What made Titanic so special? In 1912, it was
the biggest ship ever built. Thats why some
people called it the wonder ship.

Other people called it a floating palace.
Titanic had every possible luxury fine wood
paneling, crystal and gold light fixtures, and a
grand staircase with a skylight above it.

First- class passengers
ate fancy meals
and enjoyed the
ships gym and
swimming pool.

First- class bedroom

Ships gym

First- class caf

Grand staircase

LUXURY: Something that
offers pleasure or comfort,
but isnt necessary; often
difficult or expensive to get

Titanic had nine decks, or
levels, with separate areas
for first- class, second- class,
and third- class passengers.

My pretty little cabin with
its electric heater and
pink curtains delighted
me. Its beautiful lace quilt,
and pink cushions, and
photographs all around
it all looked so homey.

First- class passenger Lady
Duff Gordon

Smokestack

Gym

Wireless room

Crows nest

Bow

Bridge

Pool

Boiler room

Grand staircase

First- class dining room

Second- class cabin

Third- class cabin

Hull

Stern

BOW: The front end
of a ship

STERN: The back
end of a ship

HULL: The lowest
part of a ship,
partly covered
with water