German America: What if Germany Had a Colonial Empire In the New World?

Background
The German American Empire was an empire founded in 1528 after the colonization of what is now Venezuela and soon thereafter spread through other parts of the Americas through the 20th century.

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Bartholomeus V. Welser was the wealthy head of the Welser Brothers banking firm, located in the Free Imperial City of Augsburg. He had previously made privy councilor to the emperor Charles V (who was also the King of Spain), to whom he lent large sums of money as he had went into debt. In return, the king granted, in 1527, the newly discovered Province of Venezuela. However, the Welser Brothers were obligated to conquer the country at their own expenses  and enlist only Spanish and Austrian (particularly Austrian and Bavarian) troops. The primary purpose was to find the mythical city of El Dorado. He later obtained permission to send out 150 German miners and equal numbers of settlers in response.