Nikolaus Federmann | |
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![]() Portrait of Nikolaus Federmann | |
Born | ~1505 |
Died | February 1542 (aged ~37) |
Nationality | Swabian |
Other names | Nicolás de Federmán |
Occupations | Conquistador |
Years active | 1529->1539 |
Employer(s) | Welser family of Augsburg Spanish Crown |
Known for | Deputy leader of Klein Venedig Quest for El Dorado Spanish conquest of the Muisca |
Notable work | Indianische Historia. Ein schöne kurtzweilige Historia Niclaus Federmanns des Jüngern von Ulm erster raise (1557, post mortem) |
Nikolaus Federmann (Spanish: Nicolás Féderman, pronounced [nikoˈlas ðe feðeɾˈman]) (c. 1505, Ulm – February 1542, Valladolid) was a German adventurer and conquistador in what is modern-day Venezuela and Colombia. He is a significant figure in the history of Klein-Venedig (1528–1546), the concession of Venezuela Province that Charles I of Spain granted to the Welser banking family and the foundation of Santafe de Bogotá.