In this map of German colonies, yellow marks Klein-Venedig and red the Prussia colonies, some of them in the Caribbean.

The German colonization of the Americas consisted of failed attempts to settle Venezuela (Klein-Venedig in German), St. Thomas, the Crab Island (Guyana) and Tertholen in the 16th century. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1357x663, 46 KB) German colonies blue = colonies of the German Empire red = situation of the Prussian colonies yellow= Klein-Venedig (little Venice: 1529-1556) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1357x663, 46 KB) German colonies blue = colonies of the German Empire red = situation of the Prussian colonies yellow= Klein-Venedig (little Venice: 1529-1556) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects... Motto: Suum cuique Latin: To each his own Prussia at its peak, as leading state of the German Empire Capital Königsberg, later Berlin Political structure Duchy, Kingdom, Republic Duke1  - 1525–68 Albert I  - 1688–1701 Frederick III King1  - 1701–13 Frederick I  - 1888–1918 William II Prime Minister1,2... Territories in the Americas colonized or claimed by a European great power in 1750. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... British colonization of the Americas (including colonization under the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union) began in the late 16th century, before reaching its peak after colonies were established in North, Central and South America and in the Caribbean, and a protectorate was established in Hawaii. ... The Duchy of Courland was the smallest nation to colonize the Americas with a short-lived colony in Tobago during the 1654–1659, and again 1660–1689. ... Denmark had a colonial empire from the 18th century until the 20th. ... During the 17th century, Dutch traders established trade posts and plantations throughout the Americas; actual colonization, with Dutch settling in the new lands was not as common as with settlements of other European nations. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Replica of Pedro Alvares Cabrals ship Anunciação, in the city of Campinas, state of São Paulo, Brazil. ... After the discovery of northern Alaska by Ivan Fedorov in 1732, and the Aleutian Islands, southern Alaska, and north-western shores of North America in 1741 during the Russian exploration conducted by Vitus Bering and Aleksei Chirikov, it took fifty years until the founding of the first Russian colony in... Scottish colonization of the Americas consisted of a number of failed or abandoned settlements in North America, a colony at Darien, Panama and a number of wholly or largely Scottish settlements made as part of Great Britain. ... The Spanish colonization of the Americas began with the arrival in the Western Hemisphere of Christopher Columbus (Cristóbal Colón) in 1492. ... The Swedish colonization of the Americas consisted of a 17th century settlement on the Delaware River in Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Maryland, and possessions in the Caribbean during the 18th and 19th century. ... The Vikings, or Norsemen, explored and settled areas of the North Atlantic, including the northeast fringes of North America, beginning in the 10th century. ... Welsh colonization of the Americas began in the 19th century. ... Decolonization of the Americas refers to the process by which the countries in North America and South America gained their independence. ... Map of U.S. Virgin Islands Saint Thomas is an island in the Caribbean Sea, a county and constituent district of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI), an unincorporated territory of the United States. ... Crab Island may refer to: Crab Island, Guyana, is at the mouth of the Berbice River Crab Island, Australia, is in the western Torres Strait Crab Island (West Virginia), lies on the Ohio River An island in Lake Champlain near Plattsburgh, New York Crab Island, one of the San Juan... (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ...

The Augsburg banking families of Anton and Bartholomeus Welser obtained rights to Venezuela from Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and king of Spain in 1528. These rights were negotiated by Heinrich Ehinger and Hieronymus Sailer, either independently or as agents of the Welsers. However, by 1531, the Welsers certainly controlled the privilege. A colonization scheme was set up, with Ambrosius Ehinger arriving as governor in 1529. He explored the interior in search of the gold of El Dorado. Ehinger had left Seville on 7 October 1528 with the Spaniard García de Lerma and 281 settlers. At Santo Domingo, de Lerma with 50 companions left for his mission to Santa Marta, to reestablish Spanish control following the murder of the governor there. Ambrosius Ehinger and the remainder headed for the Venezuelan coast and landed on 24 February 1529 at Coro. Other German governors followed: Nikolaus Federmann, Georg Hohermuth von Speyer, Philipp von Hutten, who also engaged primarily in the search for gold. Federmann traveled over the Andes to Bogotá, where he and Sebastián de Belalcázar initially contested Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada's claims to that province. German miners were brought over, as well as 4,000 African slaves to work sugar plantations. By 1541 disputes had arisen with Spain, and the bankers were stripped of control of their colony in 1556. Augsburg is a city in south-central Germany. ... Welser is the surname of an important German banking and merchant family, originally from Augsburg. ... Charles V (24 February 1500 - 21 September 1558) was ruler of the Burgundian territories (1506-1555), King of Spain (1516-1556), King of Naples and Sicily (1516-1554), Archduke of Austria (1519-1521), King of the Romans (or German King), (1519-1556 but did not formally abdicate until 1558) and... Military flag of the Spanish Empire from the 16th century up to 1843. ... Events June 19 - Battle of Landriano - A French army in Italy under Marshal St. ... Ambrosius Ehinger, also Dalfinger, Alfinger, Thalfinger, (* c. ... El Dorado (Spanish for the gilded one) is a legend that began with the story of a South American tribal chief who covered himself with gold dust and would dive into a lake of pure mountain water. ... NO8DO (I was not abandoned) Location Coordinates : ( ) Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer: CEST (GMT +2) General information Native name Sevilla (Spanish) Spanish name Sevilla Founded 8th-9th century BC Postal code 41001-41080 Website http://www. ... October 7 is the 280th day of the year (281st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events June 19 - Battle of Landriano - A French army in Italy under Marshal St. ... Santo Domingo de Guzmán, population 2,061,200 (Metro) (2003), estimated 2,253,437 (Metro) in 2006, is the capital and the largest city of the Dominican Republic. ... February 24 is the 55th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events April 22 - Treaty of Saragossa divides the eastern hemisphere between Spain and Portugal, stipulating that the dividing line should lie 297. ... CORO ROCKS MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OOOOO YAA BABY!!!!! WHO ROCKS DA HOUSE? WHO ROCKS DA HOUSE??? CORO DOES!!!!!! CORO DOES!!!!!!!!! OK TIME TO CALM DOWN NOW..........The city of Santa Ana de Coro was founded in 1527 by Spanish colonists. ... Nikolaus Federmann (1501–1542) was a German adventurer in Venezuela and Colombia. ... Georg von Speyer (* 1500 in Speyer, Rhineland; † 11 June 1540 in Coro, Venezuela) was a German conquistador in New Granada, now Venezuela and Colombia. ... Philipp von Hutten. ... Planes view of the Andes, Peru. ... Nickname: Athens of Latin America Motto: Bogotá, 2600 metros más cerca de las estrellas Bogotá, 2600 meters closer to the stars Municipalities of Bogotá Country Colombia Department Bogotá, D.C.* Foundation August 6, 1538  - Mayor Luís Eduardo Garzón, PDA Area    - City 1,587 km²  (Expression error: Unrecognised... Sebastián de Belalcázar (1479 or 1480 to 1551) was a Spanish conquistador. ... Oil portrait of Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada (unknown artist, Museo Nacional da Colombia, Bogota) GONZALO JIMENEZ QUESADA Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada (1509–1579) was a Spanish explorer and conquistador in Colombia. ... Events January 16 - Abdication of Emperor Charles V. His son, Philip II becomes King of Spain, while his brother Ferdinand becomes Holy Roman Emperor January 23 - The Shaanxi earthquake, the deadliest earthquake in history, occurs with its epicenter in Shaanxi province, China. ...

Many of the German colonists died from tropical diseases or hostile Indian attacks during frequent journeys deep into Indian territory in search of gold.

The Brandenburgisch-Africanische Compagnie of Brandenburg, which became the Kingdom of Prussia, established colonies in Africa and on the Caribbean island St. Thomas. The Baltic German-led Duchy of Courland also colonized Tobago and St. Andrews Island.   (Lower Sorbian: Bramborska; Upper Sorbian: Braniborska) is one of Germanys sixteen Bundesländer (federal states). ... Flag of Prussia (1894 - 1918) The Kingdom of Prussia existed from 1701 until 1918, and from 1871 was the leading kingdom of the German Empire, comprising in its last form almost two-thirds of the area of the Empire. ... Courland, Kurland, Couronia, or Curonia, a former Baltic province of the Teutonic Order state in Livonia (ca. ... The Duchy of Courland was the smallest nation to colonize the Americas with a short-lived colony in Tobago during the 1654–1659, and again 1660–1689. ... Castara village beach looking south, Tobago Tobago is the smaller of the two main islands that make up the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. ... James Island is an island in the Gambia River, 30 km from the river mouth and near Juffure, The Gambia. ...

German settlement in Southern Brazil. Major places in red and black spots for towns with German churches.

Later attempts were made to colonise Chile's Southern Zone and Patagonia and and set up a few towns in Paraguay at about the same time as the Welsh migrated to the Argentinean Patagonia. They have now merged in to the local populations of those countries. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 434 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (682 × 942 pixel, file size: 280 KB, MIME type: image/png) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): German colonization of the Americas ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 434 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (682 × 942 pixel, file size: 280 KB, MIME type: image/png) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): German colonization of the Americas ... The Zona Sur (Southern Zone) is one of the five natural regions on which CORFO divided continental Chile in 1950. ... Patagonia, as most commonly defined (in orange). ... Welsh colonization of the Americas began in the 19th century. ...

See also

• Colonia Tovar
• Colonia Dignidad
• Nueva Germania
• Hamburg-Amerika Linie, carrying German migrants to the USA.
• Pennsylvania Dutch, US population of German origin.
• German-American

Colonia Tovar The Colonia Tovar (Tovar Colony) is a city located in the Tovar Municipality of the Aragua State, Venezuela about 60 km from its nearest city, Caracas. ... Colonia Dignidad (Dignity Colony, now known as Villa Baviera, Bavaria Village), is a settlement located in an isolated area in the Maule Region of southern Chile, near the village of Parral. ... Nueva Germania (New Germania) is a village in rural Paraguay. ... The Pennsylvania Dutch (perhaps more strictly Pennsylvania Deitsch or Pennsylvanian German) are the descendants of German immigrants who came to Pennsylvania prior to 1800. ... German Americans are citizens of the United States of German cultural or linguistic ancestry. ...

External link

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