Question

What could explain why it took Magellan 38 days to navigate the strait

Answer 1

There are two main reason why ti took Magellan that long:
- First, he had to face the scrutiny that initiated by the spanish captain in his ship, so he had to waste several days in dealing with it
- second, the strait pathways is far more treacherous that what Magellan had imagined, making it really hard to navigate the ship.