Question

A historian found a journal belonging to an ancient Indian princess. The princess liked to keep a record of all the royal women of her dynasty who lived before her time. She tried to collect as much accurate information about their history as possible. Her journal is a great source of historical information. Based on the passage, the princess’s diary is a ( blank ) source.

Answer 1

Answer:

They allowed sailors to go on longer voyages and help navigators to map the coastlines. The technological innovations during the time of age of exploration gave a huge advantage to sailors to easily locate and go to their destinations. The technological innovations also gave to way exploration of new techniques in mapping the direction while on the voyage.

Answer 2

Answer:

Secondary source

Explanation:

We have two types of sources of information namely; Primary sources and secondary sources. Primary sources are documents or an event that happens when a researcher is at the field. Primary sources are first-hand accounts while the secondary sources are events that have occurred before or looking into the past.  

From the above question, we can see that the princess is a researcher that wants to know the history of past princesses. The princess journal serves as a secondary source of information because it contains stories that have happened before.