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This video will tell you everything you need to know about the unsuccesful Welser colony, which some people consider to be the first German colonial venture. You'll find out what it was about and why it had to fail. If you like my videos and want to make sure that I make more of them, you can support me here: https://ko-fi.com/sirmanatee Sources: A. Germán, 'Germans in the Conquest of America' (New York: The MacMillan Company, 1943). 'Die Deutschen und ihre Kolonien', ed. by H. Gründer & H. Hiery (Berlin: Bebra-Verlag, 2017). A. Schaefer, 'Im Goldrausch', Spiegel Geschichte, 28 March 2021. B. Seewald, 'Die Deutschen sind schlimmer als die wildesten Löwen', Welt, 27 March 2022. M. Zeuske, 'Von Bolívar zu Chávez. Die Geschichte Venezuelas' (Zurich: Rotpunktverlag, 2008). Music Used: Beethoven - Egmont Overture