Amerigo Vespucci: Forgotten Namesake of America

50m
DocumentaryHistory
8.5

Everyone knows Columbus, but few know Vespucci. And yet, the continent of America was named after the banker and explorer Amerigo Vespucci. This film attempts to find the truth about the almost unknown Italian – was he a swindler, as was later claimed, or a daring navigator who first recognised the significance of Columbus' discovery?

Cast

Michele Guidi
Amerigo Vespucci
Tommaso Giusto
Alonso de Hojeda
Pedro Álvarez Molina
Christoph Kolumbus
Sascha Rotermund
Self - Narrator (voice)

Crew

Eike Schmitz
Director, Producer
Susanne Utzt
Writer
Jonathan Ehrlich
Editor
Thomas Bresinsky
Director of Photography
Achim Gieseler
Original Music Composer

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