Nikolaus Federmann

Nikolaus Federmann
Portrait of Nikolaus Federmann
Born	~1505 Ulm, Free Imperial City of Ulm
Died	February 1542 (aged ~37) Valladolid, Spain
Nationality	Swabian
Other names	Nicolás de Federmán
Occupations	Conquistador
Years active	1529->1539
Employer(s)	Welser family of Augsburg Spanish Crown
Known for	Deputy leader of Klein Venedig Quest for El Dorado Spanish conquest of the Muisca
Notable work	Indianische Historia. Ein schöne kurtzweilige Historia Niclaus Federmanns des Jüngern von Ulm erster raise (1557, post mortem)

Nikolaus Federmann (Spanish: Nicolás Féderman, pronounced [nikoˈlas ðe feðeɾˈman]) (c. 1505, Ulm – February 1542, Valladolid) was a German adventurer and conquistador in what is modern-day Venezuela and Colombia. He is a significant figure in the history of Klein-Venedig (1528–1546), the concession of Venezuela Province that Charles I of Spain granted to the Welser banking family and the foundation of Santafe de Bogotá.