Titanic Research History Paper
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Evan Iftekhar
Ms. Winokur
World History CP1
16 May 2014
Changes in The Ocean There was one fictional story written by Morgan Robertson called
The Wreck of The
Titan
. Robertson 's book was about an unsinkable passenger liner that sank while carrying the two thousand people. What is so fascinating and unbelievable about this book is that it was created in
1898 while the actual event of the RMS Titanic happened in 1912. Even though the book is said to be fictitious, the events in the story are parallel to the events of the real Titanic. Both ships were built to be unsinkable. Both ships sank after striking an iceberg. Both ships were on their maiden voyage. The most well to do famous people were on the Titan and Titanic. Only one third of the passengers on each ship survived. Both ships had an inadequate number of lifeboats.
Both ships were encouraged to break speed records during their voyage(Red Ice Creation). The
Titanic was travelling at about 23 miles per hour when she struck the iceberg. In less than 10 seconds her hull was ripped opened below the waterline on the starboard (right hand) side for a length of 300 feet. Within 10 minutes the ship 's five forward compartments were flooded 14 feet above the keel(The Discovery of The Titanic, 23). Over a century has sailed by since the luxurious ship, RMS Titanic sank at the end of the North Atlantic ocean. More than 1500 people lost their lives and few hundred luckily survived(Encyclopedia Titanica). This story has fascinated millions and millions of people around the world up to today because it made a huge
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impact. For decades, people have wondered, if the Titanic was said to be the “unsinkable” ship, why did it sink? What went wrong? Whose fault was it? Over the
Evan Iftekhar
Ms. Winokur
World History CP1
16 May 2014
Changes in The Ocean There was one fictional story written by Morgan Robertson called
The Wreck of The
Titan
. Robertson 's book was about an unsinkable passenger liner that sank while carrying the two thousand people. What is so fascinating and unbelievable about this book is that it was created in
1898 while the actual event of the RMS Titanic happened in 1912. Even though the book is said to be fictitious, the events in the story are parallel to the events of the real Titanic. Both ships were built to be unsinkable. Both ships sank after striking an iceberg. Both ships were on their maiden voyage. The most well to do famous people were on the Titan and Titanic. Only one third of the passengers on each ship survived. Both ships had an inadequate number of lifeboats.
Both ships were encouraged to break speed records during their voyage(Red Ice Creation). The
Titanic was travelling at about 23 miles per hour when she struck the iceberg. In less than 10 seconds her hull was ripped opened below the waterline on the starboard (right hand) side for a length of 300 feet. Within 10 minutes the ship 's five forward compartments were flooded 14 feet above the keel(The Discovery of The Titanic, 23). Over a century has sailed by since the luxurious ship, RMS Titanic sank at the end of the North Atlantic ocean. More than 1500 people lost their lives and few hundred luckily survived(Encyclopedia Titanica). This story has fascinated millions and millions of people around the world up to today because it made a huge
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impact. For decades, people have wondered, if the Titanic was said to be the “unsinkable” ship, why did it sink? What went wrong? Whose fault was it? Over the
Cited: The Discovery of the Titanic . N.p.: Grand Central Publishing, 1995. Print. . Modesto Radio Museum, 2005. Web. 18 May 2014. <http://www.modestoradiomuseum.org/titanic.html>. Encyclopedia Titanica . Encyclopedia Titanica, 2013. Web. 16 Apr. Titanic: An Illustrated History . Fifth Special ed. New York: Hyperion, 1992.