Amerigo Vespucci: Forgotten Namesake of America

Synopsis

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?

Michele Guidi

Amerigo Vespucci

Tommaso Giusto

Alonso de Hojeda

Pedro Álvarez Molina

Christoph Kolumbus

Sascha Rotermund

Self - Narrator (voice)