BALLARD Robert D. - Finding the Titanic

On a winter night in April 1912, the magnificent liner RMS Titanic collided with an iceberg and sank in the icy waters of the North Atlantic. The next day the words "Titanic sank" shocked the world. Seventy-three years later, on September 1, 1985, the headlines stated "Titanic found." That very morning, a French-American expedition led by Dr. Robert Ballard located the legendary ship and photographed its hull standing proudly on the ocean floor. In the summer of 1986, Ballard returned to the Titanic and, in a tiny three-man submersible, plunged to a depth of two and a half miles to explore the ghostly wreck. After "landing" aboard the ship, Ballard sent a remote-controlled robot deep into the Grand Staircase to see the glass chandeliers still in place after three-quarters of a century. During the 11 descents on the Titanic, Ballard and his team examined the entire ship, including the debris field and the detached stern section. They took detailed photographs of the wreck.

"Finding the Titanic" is Dr. Ballard's passionate, first-hand account of the 12-year search for the sunken liner. With the help of numerous never-before-published photographs, unique photos, archival maps, paintings and a half-meter "photomosaic" of the ship, Dr. Ballad reconstructs the events of Titanic's last night. He describes in detail the dramatic course of the expeditions that found and explored the wreck. For the first time, he explains many of the mysteries surrounding its tragic fate. Here is the fascinating final chapter of a story that has fueled the imagination for a century. This book is a dramatic account of the most exciting underwater discovery of our time.

Publisher: Arkona, 1993.
Format: 300 x 250 mm, 238 pages.

Hardcover, with gilt lettering, covered with a laminated wrapper.

Piece in very nice condition, with slight bending of the edges of the wrapper.