The Lost Ships of Robert Ballard: An Unforgettable Underwater Tour by the World's Leading Deep-Sea Explorer

by Robert D. Ballard, Rick Archbold, Rich Archbold

Book Overview

The stories of the great lost liners and warships-Titanic, Lusitania, Empress of Ireland, Bismarck, Quincy, and others-are filled with drama, suspense, romance, and tragedy. Today those fabled ships... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1592234240
• ISBN13: 9781592234240
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Thunder Bay Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 4.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 11.8" x 11.6"

Customer Reviews

Very good book! Best choice for amateurs historicicians.

Hi friends divers and amateurs historicicinas: This book are a very good font about the ship wrecks. I recomend! Best regards,

Ballard At His Best

Robert Ballard and Rick Archbold have brought a most intriguing undersea world to the surface with this facinating and richly detailed book. The photographs are most interesting but the illustrations by Ken Marschall are absolutely fantastic and are the highlight of the book. A must own book for every lover of the sea

I loved it!

This large and attractive book combines the work of oceanographer Robert Ballard, author Rick Archibold, and maritime artist Ken Marshall. The course of the book takes you through the history of the trans-Atlantic cruise liner, from its inception in the early nineteenth century, through to today. Along the way, the authors focus on many key happenings, particularly the sinking of certain ships. As an added bonus, information is presented on the Bismarck and the ships of Iron Bottom Sound, in the Solomon Islands. Along the way, the reader is treated to many wonderful illustrations and colorful pictures. Overall, I found this to be a fascinating book. I enjoyed the stories of ships I had never heard of, such as the Arctic and Atlantic, and I really loved the many pictures. This is a great book, one that is bound to fascinate anyone interested in ship wrecks. I loved it!

Great book...but seen it before...

I waited very anxiously for several months for this book to be published. I own several of Dr. Ballard's books and find them all fantastic. So when I opened this one, I was somewhat disappointed to find that this book is basically a re-packaging of one of his earlier, now out-of-print books, LOST LINERS, with the Bismarck and Guadalcanal added. Don't get me wrong...this is an absolutely beautiful book and I *highly* recommend it (but again, be advised this is a LOST LINERS rehash). Ken Marschall's paintings are exquisite and haunting. And his rendition of the Lusitania sinking is downright frightening. One has to look closely to see that these are not actual photographs. The most interesting painings show the underwater view of what the ships look like today. Dr. Ballard is never boring and is very thourough. His presentation includes the background research of the companies as well as the ships themselves. With this added information, you come to realize that these ships were more than just boats that sank...you see that they were once alive. I will still give this five stars. LOST LINERS is out of print and not many people may have seen it. Regardless, this is a beautiful book with detailed historical narratives, amazing paintings, neat underwater photographs and, most importantly, the storied achievements of Dr. Robert Ballard.

Beautiful ships from a time past.

It has been twenty years since Dr. Ballard discovered the Titanic. Since then he has gone on to explore the hulks of several famous sunken ships. The photographs he has brought back to the surface have been nothing less than astounding. But the limitations of underwater photography prevent broad panoramic views of the ships. In this book there is a combination of photographs (both pre and post sinking) and of brilliant paintings done from these photographs. Here are descriptions of these ships as they were built, as they sailed. Here also is the story of their sinking. Finally here is the story of how they look today, ghostly remains of what they once were. The photographs record two trips down to the Titanic, and visits to the Britannic, Lusitania, Empress of Ireland, Andrea Doria, Bismark and to the warships sunk in Iron Bottom Sound off of Guadalcanal. This is a beautiful book of what was.