Amerigo Vespucci: Forgotten Namesake of America

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

as Amerigo Vespucci

Tommaso Giusto

as Alonso de Hojeda

Pedro Álvarez Molina

as Christoph Kolumbus

Sascha Rotermund

as Self - Narrator (voice)

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