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Wahre Geschichte einer merkwürdigen Reise, gemacht durch Ulrich Schmidel von Straubingen, in America oder der Neuen Welt, von 1534 bis 1554, wo man findet alle seine Leiden in 19 Jahren, und die Beschreibung der Länder und merkwürdigen Völker die er gesehen, von ihm selbst
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His narrative gives the names and tells of the habits and manner of living of many Indigenous American nations that were extinct a century later. Perhaps the most fascinating parts of his accounts are those that attribute
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with a few pieces of booty, he inherited the fortune of his deceased brother, and became a councilman. Because of religious strife he had to leave Straubing and went in 1562 to
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who were unsuited for survival in the rough climate, and would consume one another in an effort to escape starvation. A particularly notable account states that
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between 1540 and 1545. Their accounts, one by a German mercenary, another by a Spanish nobleman, offer stark differences in point of view.
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Voyages, relations et mémoires originaux pour servir à l'histoire de la découverte de l'Amérique, recueil de documents sur la Floride
188:, where he afterward resided. He had kept a diary during his wanderings, and wrote a narrative of his adventures under the title of 118:
was deposed in April 1544, Schmidel sustained Irala, who was the new governor, and in 1546 accompanied him in his expedition to
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In 1552, on learning of the death of his elder brother to whose estate he was to succeed, Schmidl obtained his discharge. In
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on his first trip in quest of provisions, and afterward went with Ayolas in his expedition up the
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One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
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who were hung, were hacked up by their fellow countrymen, and devoured.
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German explorer, Landsknecht, conquistador, chronicler and councilman
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Schmidel, Ulrich; Hernandez, Pero (1891). Luis L. Dominguez (ed.).
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Schmidel, Ulrich (1903). Samuel A. Lafone Quevedo (ed.).
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in charge of the vessels in Puerto la Candelaria (modern
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Schmidel, Ulrich (1889). Valentin Langmantel (ed.).
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Index


Levinus Hulsius
Straubing
Regensburg
Landsknecht
conquistador
explorer
chronicler
councilman
Hans Staden
New World
merchant
Pedro de Mendoza
Argentina
Río de la Plata
Juan de Ayolas
Paraguay River
Domingo Irala
Fuerte Olimpo
Cabeza de Vaca
Peru
Andes
Nuño de Chaves
La Gasca
Buenos Aires
Río Paraná
Río Paraguay
Paraguay
Asunción
Gran Chaco

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