Voyage of Discovery? Source 2

An account of what Drake and his company discovered by sailing through the Strait of Magellan near Terra del Fuego. Taken from Francis Fletcher, The World Encompass'd by Sir Francis Drake, London, 1652, p.44

An Account of what Drake and his company discovered when sailing up the coast of Chile. Taken from Samuel Purchas, Purchas his Pilgrimes, Vol.1, p50.

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Read the sources carefully and then answer the questions.

Q3. What two discoveries did Drake and his company make?

Q4. What reasons do both accounts give for the inaccuracies or mistakes in the maps that they have?

Q5. Why do you think there were mistakes in the maps? (Think carefully about the state of maps in the sixteenth century, who would make the maps, and why they might like to keep some information secret.)