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Ulrich Schmidl
German explorer, Landsknecht, conquistador, chronicler and councilman / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ulrich Schmidl or Schmidel (1514 in Straubing - 1579 in Regensburg) was a German Landsknecht, conquistador, explorer, chronicler, and councilman. Schmidl was, beside Hans Staden, one of the few Landsknechts who wrote down their experiences of travel in the New World.
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