Ambrosius Ehinger [SEP] place of death
Ambrosius Ehinger
Ambrosius Ehinger, also (Ambrosio Alfínger in Spanish) Dalfinger, Thalfinger, (ca. 1500 in Thalfingen near Ulm – 31 May 1533 near Chinácota Colombia) was a German conquistador and the first governor of the Welser concession, also known as “Little Venice” (Klein-Venedig), in New Granada, now Venezuela and Colombia.
Ehinger was a factor in Madrid for the Welser banking family when they began planning for the colonization of New Granada. The Welsers appointed him as the first governor,
or as agents of the Welsers, negotiated the rights.
Search for El Dorado.
Search for El Dorado Ambrosius Ehinger.
In accordance with his contract, Welser armed a fleet, which sailed from Sanlúcar de Barrameda early in 1528, under the command of Ambrosius Ehinger, whom he appointed captain general. The Welsers set up a colonization scheme and sent Ehinger as governor to Santa Ana de Coro (), the capital of the Province of Venezuela. Ehinger left Seville on 7 October 1528 with the Spaniard and 281 settlers