Question: According to the BBC program Maps: Power, Plunder and Possession, King Henry VIII commissioned the survey of the English coastline because: 1) he wanted his very accurate maps to correct map inaccuracies in the 12th century Chinese maps contained in the Book of Yu that have been shown to be extremely inaccurate. 2) he wanted to map existing fortifications and to identify vulnerable sites along the coastline where forts were being built and where forts should be built for defense purposes. 3) he wanted to give work of sketching the local coastline to local artists. or 4) he wanted a map of the routes between England and Spain to facilitate travel between the two countries because his wife Katharine of Aaragon wanted to visit her family home in Spain.