The remains of the ship described in the passage were found in 1719, after the publication of a diary of the events of 1718
by the famous marine biologist Edward Teach
on the shore of the Beaufort inlet in North Carolina
by marine scientists purely by chance
in relatively shallow waters close to the American mainland
From the facts given in the passage, we know that Blackbeard was a member of Queen Anne's army
died with his crew when the Queen Anne's Revenge sank off the American coast
escaped from the Queen Anne's Revenge, but had to leave all his riches on board
had stolen large amounts of valuable items from towns on the American coast
was the leader of a team of marine archaeologists
According to the passage, a special metal detector was used to raise the Queen Anne's Revenge from the water
locate the treasure left by Blackbeard
remove the wreckage of other sunken vessels
decipher a rare and ancient book
find the location of the ship's large guns
179 A LONGING FOR THE PAST The Goldman Environmental Prize is the world's largest award for grass-roots activism and environmental achievement. The recipients - and there have been a total of 94 of them since the prize was launched in 1989 - hail from every region of the globe.
Among the profiles of the 2003 award winners is Odigha Odigha, a Nigerian forest activist and educator. He recalls what it was like as a child to walk to school under the canopy of the rainforest in Cross River State in southeastern Nigeria.
"You could walk several kilometres without seeing the sun's rays," he says. "You would only hear the sounds of animals and birds, and see wonderful butterflies, and come in close contact with nature, run around and pluck some leaves and fruits. As an adventurous kid, I used to enjoy it so much. And, at that time, you could get into fresh water, which was so fresh that you could drink it."
The rainforest was a paradise in the eyes of the young boy. It had vast stands of hardwoods and was home to the world's endangered gorillas. But 40 years later, the rainforest in Cross River State has become a much different place.
"What we have now is a vast desert encroachment coming in from the north, coming towards the coastal area," Mr Odigha says. "The trees have gone, trees like mahogany and ebony. It is a pathetic situation. I am not sure that we have fully come to terms with what we are losing, what is happening to us as a country."
A century of excessive and largely unchecked logging has had devastating consequences, says Mr. Odigha, "and today less than ten percent of Nigeria's original rainforest survives."
