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Nikolaus Federmann was born in Ulm ( Baden-Württemberg) around 1505. In 1529, he was sent to Santo Domingo by the Welser family of Augsburg, who had signed an agreement to explore the territory of Venezuela. As an agent of the Welser family, Federmann took settlers and miners from Seville to Coro in Venezuela in 1529 and 1530.
Nikolaus Federmann. 1501?-1542. German conquistador and explorer who led two expeditions (1530-1532 and 1533-1539) into South America for the Weslers, a powerful German banking family. In 1530, the Wesler family sent Federmann to South America to explore the interior of a new colony granted to them by King Charles I of Spain (in present-day ...
Nicolás Féderman ( b. 1505/09; d. 21/22 February 1542), German conquistador. Born Nikolaus Federmann, probably in the free imperial city of Ulm, Féderman worked for the Welsers, a German commercial house. The Welsers had authorization for a trading depot in Santo Domingo by 1526, and in 1528 their agents in Seville signed an agreement with ...
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Dec 11, 2015 · Another was led from the south and out of Peru by Sebastián de Benalcázar in search of one Dorado or golden man, who was supposed to reign in the Indian area of Cundirumarca, while the third was organized by Nikolaus Federmann in the province of Venezuela, with the aim of reaching the Xerira land of riches, the existence of which was known ...
Nov 1, 2023 · Peter Hess's critical edition of Nikolaus Federmann's Indian History, a firsthand account of Federmann's entrada (incursion) into mainland South America between 1530 and 1531, is a much-needed addition to the English-language scholarship on colonial Venezuela during the first half of the sixteenth century. Hess's introduction provides context about Federmann (1506–42), a German-born ...
Federmann, Nikolaus. Nikolaus Federmann (nē´kōlous fā´dərmän), 1501–42, German adventurer in Venezuela and Colombia. In the service of the Welser brothers, Augsburg bankers to whom Charles V had granted rights in Venezuela, Federmann first landed at Santa Ana de Coro in 1530. Contrary to the orders of his commander, Federmann launched ...
Published in 1557, Nikolaus Federmann’s Jndianische Historia is a fascinating narrative describing the German military commander’s incursion into what is now Venezuela. Designed not only for classroom use but also for the use of scholars, this English translation is accompanied by a critical introduction that contextualizes Federmann’s firsthand account within the broader Spanish ...
