by Robert D. Ballard, Rick Archbold · Hodder & Stoughton Ltd · tapa dura · ISBN 9780340412657
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«The Discovery of the Titanic» is Robert D. Ballard and Rick Archbold's chronicle of the ship's discovery, in hardcover from Hodder & Stoughton (in English).
The book recounts the search for the Titanic, the ocean liner sunk in 1912 after striking an iceberg in the North Atlantic, and its discovery on the ocean floor by Robert D. Ballard's team. It includes the story of the wreck, which cost over fifteen hundred lives, and the underwater exploration of the wreck with photographs.
Published in 1987 by Hodder & Stoughton/Madison Press; first edition, with an introduction by Walter Lord and illustrations by Ken Marschall. 230 pages.
Aimed at enthusiasts of maritime history, underwater archaeology, and major exploration expeditions.
Robert Duane Ballard is an American retired Navy officer and a professor of oceanography at the University of Rhode Island who is noted for his work in underwater archaeology and marine geology. He is best known by the general public for the discoveries of the wrecks of the RMS Titanic in 1985, the battleship Bismarck in 1989, and the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown in 1998. He discovered the wreck of John F. Kennedy's PT-109 in 2002 and visited Biuku Gasa and Eroni Kumana, who saved its crew.
