8.5

Amerigo Vespucci: Forgotten Namesake of America

Name: Amerigo Vespucci: Forgotten Namesake of America
Director: Eike Schmitz
Genre: Documentary, History
Released: 2023-07-01T00:00:00.000000Z
Duration: 50 min
Rating: 8.5
Cast: Michele Guidi, Tommaso Giusto, Pedro Álvarez Molina, Sascha Rotermund

(Der Mann, der Amerika den Namen gab Amerigo Vespucci)

202350m

DocumentaryHistory

Overview

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?