Hammock History

A hammock is defined as a sling suspended between two points usually made from woven fabric, fibers or cord. 

The hammock's earliest known reference (as a sling style bed) is referenced in the Luttrell Psalter from England dated to c. 1330.

Christopher Columbus noted that during his first voyage (1492) the the native Taino people from the Bahamas often approached Columbus' ships for the purpose of trade. Included in items to trade were cotton and the woven corded nets that the indigenous Taino people used for sleeping.

It's also known that the Spanish encountered the hammock in the West Indies around the time of the Spanish Conquest (1519-1521).

It's entirely possible the indigenous people of North and/or South America possibly have used hammocks as a beds long before Europeans started sailing across the Atlantic ocean.

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