At the end of the 15th century, the Castilian court moved to Córdoba; the Alcazar to the Catholic Monarchs and the Convent of La Merced to Christopher Columbus. The Kingdom of Castilla sought to encircle the Nasrid kingdom, and the Genoese sought an audience with Isabella and Ferdinand.
In early 1485, the navigator arrived in Cordoba for the first time. From that moment, he began seeking contacts to secure a royal audience, and among his acquaintances, which included the queen’s very own confessor, he found Beatriz, the daughter of Pedro de Torquemada and Ana Nuñez. She was from Santa Maria de Trassierra and only 20 years old, while Columbus was a widower. Although they never married, from that moment their hearts remained together. A year later (August 15, 1488), Hernando Colon was born from this love.
He carried his fathers adventurous spirit in his veins. In his 50 years of life, he would give free rein to those incredible curiosities, which would be reflected in the various arts he cultivated: he was a royal page, writer, cosmographer, jurist, ambassador... But the facet in which he excelled was that of a bibliophile.
Hernando sailed with his father on the fourth voyage (1502-1504), returning years later with a total of 238 books, so it can be considered that these volumes made up the first library of the Americas.