Amerigo Vespucci: Forgotten Namesake of America (2023)

Amerigo Vespucci: Forgotten Namesake of America

2023

Documentary History

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?

Credits

Director

Eike Schmitz

Cast

Michele Guidi as Amerigo Vespucci

Pedro Álvarez Molina as Christoph Kolumbus

Sascha Rotermund as Self - Narrator (voice)

Tommaso Giusto as Alonso de Hojeda

Crew

Thomas Bresinsky (Director of Photography)

Jonathan Ehrlich (Editor)

Achim Gieseler (Original Music Composer)