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This film follows scientist Henry Bates as he explores the Amazon for proof of natural selection.
Amerigo Vespucci: Forgotten Namesake of America
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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Tommaso Giusto Alonso de Hojeda
Pedro Álvarez Molina Christoph Kolumbus
Sascha Rotermund Self - Narrator (voice)
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