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    The development of large, fast, and relatively safe steamships during the mid-1800s transformed travel by sea, allowing people to cross the ocean faster and more cheaply than ever before. Shipyards built bigger and faster passenger ships - now called liners, after the shipping lines they were built for - and furnished them in great luxury to attract high-paying, first-class passengers.

内容提要

  

    Be an eyewitness to the Titanic's maiden voyage,and watch triumph turn to tragedy as the luxury liner sinks to its watery grave, plunging hundreds of people into the icy sea.

Overseas travel
Building the Titanic
Fast and "unsinkable"?
RMS Titanic
Fine fittings
Captain and crew
Predicting the tragedy
Maiden voyage
First-class travel
Second-class travel
Third-class travel
Atlantic crossing
A deadly collision
To the lifeboats
Slowly sinking
The final moments
Heroes and heroines
Racing to the rescue
Awaiting news
Lost and found
Lessons learned
End of an era
Search and discovery
Pieces of the puzzle
Never-ending story
Did you know?
Timeline
Find out more
Glossary
Index