German adventurer, and an early European explorer of Venezuela
1505 CE
to 1546 CE
Philipp von Hutten (December 18, 1505 – May 17, 1546) is a German adventurer, and an early European explorer of Venezuela.
He is a significant figure in the history of Klein-Venedig (1528 - 1546), the concession of Venezuela Province to the Welser banking family by Charles I of Spain.