Amerigo Vespucci: Forgotten Namesake of America

Overview

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?

Top Cast

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Michele Guidi

Amerigo Vespucci

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Tommaso Giusto

Alonso de Hojeda

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Pedro Álvarez Molina

Christoph Kolumbus

Sascha Rotermund

Self - Narrator (voice)