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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

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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.
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