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RE: A slice of Venice

in Worldmappin5 years ago

Greetings! I liked very much that you will show the reality of Venezuela and the best that it was without discrediting. And through the post you can see the city accompanied by your narrative.
I tell you that Americo Vespucci, an Italian navigator in 1499, associated the houses of the natives built on pillars on the lake (palafitos) of Lake Maracaibo with the houses on the water in Venice, and so he called Venezuela ("little Venice" - "piccola Venice")