Answer:
to shorten the shipping route from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean
Explanation:
The journals were based upon the field diaries that explorers were required to keep by the Colonial Office. The explorers' field diaries and journals were also of vital importance for the information they contained about possible economic benefits that could be derived from the land.
The answer would be B.
Japan’s population has been at a steady decrease since as early as the year 2000 and the United States population has been at a steady increase dating back to 1790 from the research I have seen.
