German conquistador and the first governor of the Welser concession in Venezuela
1500 CE
to 1533 CE
Ambrosius Ehinger, also (Ambrosio Alfínger in Spanish) Dalfinger, Thalfinger, (ca.
1500 in Thalfingen near Ulm, Bavaria – May 31, 1533 near Chinácota Colombia) is 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.