''Encyclopedia Titanica'' is an online reference work containing extensive and constantly updated information on the . The website, a nonprofit endeavor, is a
database
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of passenger and crew biographies, deck plans, and articles submitted by historians or ''Titanic'' enthusiasts. In 1999, ''
The New York Times
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'' noted that the site "may be the most comprehensive ''Titanic'' site", based on its content including passenger lists and ship plans. The ''
Chicago Tribune
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'' called it "a marvelously detailed Internet site."
History
Encyclopedia Titanica was founded by Philip Hind. The website first went on-line September 1996. By March 1999, the website had received 600,000 hits.
Content
Encyclopedia Titanica contains a wide range of information about the ship, her passengers and a variety of related subjects. Each passenger and crew member has a separate page containing at least basis biographical data, and many of these contain detailed biographies, photographs and contemporary news articles. The site also contains original research by professional and amateur ''Titanic'' historians from all parts of the world.
Encyclopedia Titanica also contains an active message board with (as of November 2012) over 11,700 members and 300,000 messages. Among the topics of discussion on the message board are the following:
*Passenger Research
*Cabin Numbers
*Collision and Sinking Theories
*Crew Research
*Discovery, Salvage and Exploration
*The Gilded Age
*Life on Board
*Lost and Saved
*Ships that may have stood still
*Construction and Design
*''Titanic'' Art, Photography and Music
*''Titanic'' Books
*''Titanic'' Movies
*''Titanic'' on TV
*Other Ships and Shipwrecks
References
External links
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20th-century encyclopedias