Ambrosius Ehinger
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Ambrosius Ehinger, also Dalfinger, Thalfinger, was a German conquistador and the first governor of the Welser concession, also known as "Little Venice", in northern South America, now Venezuela.
Portrait of Ambrosius Dalfinger
Chitarero
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The Chitarero were an indigenous Chibcha-speaking people in the Andes of north-eastern Colombia and north-western Venezuela. They were responsible for the death of the German conquistador Ambrosius Eh
Ambrosius Ehinger
…lost most of their indigenous allies, many dying from the cold as they crossed the mountains. As they made their way home, they were attacked by the Chitareros on 27 May 1533. Ehinger and Captain Esteban Martín fled into a low-lying ravine, where they were pinned down by Indians shooting arrows. Ehinger received…
A calabash gourd or chitarero in the indigenous language, for which the Spanish named the Chitareros