Amerigo Vespucci: Forgotten Namesake of America
- Released on
Documentary, History
•- Runtime
- 50 mins
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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?
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
- Tommaso Giusto
- Pedro Álvarez Molina
- Sascha Rotermund
Director
- Eike Schmitz
Producers
- Eike Schmitz
