Juan de Carvajal
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Juan de Carvajal was a Spanish conquistador and one of the first governors of Venezuela Province. Carvajal was born in Villafranca de los Barros, Extremadura, in the Kingdom of Spain.
statue of Juan de Carvajal in El Tocuyo
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.
Juan de Carvajal
…the first governors of Venezuela Province. Carvajal was born in Villafranca de los Barros, Extremadura, in the Kingdom of Spain. Carvajal arrived with Ambrosius Ehinger's expedition for Santa Ana de Coro known to the Welser Family, who had been granted the colony of Klein-Venedig from Charles V as a payment for debts…
Portrait of Ambrosius Dalfinger