Question

Why did Vespucci think that Lake Maracaibo looked like Venice, Italy?

the great churches
o the houses on stilts
o the boats on the lake
o the canals going around the houses

Answer 1

Americo Vespuccio thought that lake Maracaibo looked like Venice because the aborigines who lived in the area built their houses on water. The aboriginal people called Añú have a tradition of living on water in houses made of magle wood.