Latin American country Venezuela literally means what?

once the wealthiest country in South America, then they voted in socialism and it is now one of the poorest.

Andrew, They didn't know how big it was at that time. And they only explored a small place called Maracaibo. Anyway, they didn't know anything.

"Little..." Someone wasn't very good at maths as Venice is only 415.57 sq km

addam , This period was the age of exploration by European countries. Same thing happened when Columbus "discovered" America. Native people were already inhabitants. Doesn't make it right. Just like crossing any other border illegally doesn't make it right.

That was a bit to hard

I didn’t know this. In Java last year I learned that Jakarta’s core district was the site, in the middle of the jungle, chosen by the colonial imperialistic chose to build their capital. New Amsterdam. It is an area rich in waterways.

Andrew, They discovered the country, and also they do not have technology to know the total land area (or former total land area if they have an empire then collapse and become what it is today). Nobody had the technology to know countries' land area until the late 1900s