Maritime History

history

The steamship SS Carpathia is widely recognized as the ship that saved the Titanic survivors. Operated by the Cunard Line, the Carpathia received the Titanic’s distress calls,...

region-relations

The question of how Acadia connects to Nova Scotia starts with a simple answer: Acadia is a historical and cultural region that includes parts of modern Nova Scotia, along with...

Transport History

The RMS Carpathia was a Cunard Line steamship best known for rescuing survivors of the Titanic in April 1912. Built by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson in Newcastle upon Tyne an...

history

Christopher Columbus sailed from ports in southern Spain to reach the Caribbean and the Americas, beginning sustained European contact with the Americas in 1492. Sponsored by th...

Museum & Gallery

Mystic Seaport Museum is the largest maritime museum in the Western Hemisphere, preserving and interpreting America’s seafaring history through historic vessels, rare collecti...

history

There are no known photographs or still images that capture the moment the Titanic sank in the early hours of 15 April 1912. The most direct visual evidence from the disaster co...

transportation

Across the early 1600s, pilgrim ships carried religious seekers from England to the northeastern coast of America, establishing patterns of Atlantic migration and colonial settl...

history

The phrase The Middle Passage conditions refers to the environment aboard slave ships during the transatlantic voyage that transported enslaved Africans to the Americas. This ph...

history

The boat that rescued the Titanic was the RMS Carpathia, a Cunard Line steamship that arrived at the scene in the early morning of April 15, 1912. After receiving Titanic’s di...

Status Updates

No, there are no living survivors of the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912. The last verified Titanic survivor, Millvina Dean, died in 2009. All other passengers and crew who s...