Latin American country Venezuela literally means what?

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

how can you discover something that already has inhabitants living on the land if we try doing that on someone property today they'll have cops coming over to see the dead bodies who were trespassing on their property

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.

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

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