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Nikolaus Federmann Summary (663 words) |
 | Nikolaus Federmann (around 1505 in Ulm – February 1542 in Valladolid) was a German adventurer and conquistador in Venezuela and Colombia. |
| Nikolaus Federmann was born in Ulm (Baden-Württemberg) around 1505. |
| As an agent of the Welser family Federmann brougt settlers and miners from Sevilla to Coro in Venezuela in 1529 and 1530. |
| Nikolaus Federmann - Encyclopedia.com (177 words) |
| Nikolaus Federmann, 1501-42, German adventurer in Venezuela and Colombia. |
| Hearing of Jiménez de Quesada, Federmann and his men climbed the Andes, met Quesada, and in return for a large payment agreed not to dispute the latter's claims. |
| Federmann, involved in a suit in which he accused the Welsers of defrauding the emperor, died in Madrid after confessing his accusation to have been false. |
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