Amerigo Vespucci: Forgotten Namesake of America
Directed by Eike Schmitz
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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?Read moreLess
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?
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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?
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Sascha RotermundSelf - Narrator (voice)Explore the crew
- Director
- Eike Schmitz
- Writer
- Susanne Utzt
- Director of Photography
- Thomas Bresinsky
- Editor
- Jonathan Ehrlich
- Original Music Composer
- Achim Gieseler
- Producer
- Eike Schmitz