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

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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

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  Sascha Rotermund

  Self - Narrator (voice)