Hammocks have been all over the world, in many different places, in many different times, and used for many different things. Artist have depicted hammocks for centuries. Click on the picture to see hammocks come to life through painting.

In 1492, Christopher Columbus was introduced to the hamaca (hammock) by the Taino Indians, a tribe from Haiti. They had already discovered the art of relaxation. Today, we have expanded on that same basic idea and have taken it to the next level. This drawing comes from the book Historia general y natural de las Indias writen by Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés in 1535 in Seville Spain:




"Las camas en que duermen se llaman hamacas que son unas mantas de algodón muy bien tejidas y de buenas y lindas telas (...) verdad es que durmiendo en alguna sierra donde hace algún frío, o llegando hombre mojado, suelen poner brasa debajo de las hamacas para se calentar".

"The beds in which they sleep are called hammocks that are blankets of cotton well woven of beautiful and good quality fabrics... The truth is that sleeping in the mountains where it is cold, or when the man comes home wet from work, they are in the habit of putting red-hot coals under the hammocks to get warm."