Pau kāna kolikolo medieval, ʻo ka Aragonese ʻO Luis Zueco kono iā mākou i kahi huakaʻi pīhoihoi hou i hoʻokahi kenekulia ma hope mai, i ka wā i hoʻomaka ai ka mīkini paʻi e hana i honua hou. Aia ka ʻike i loko o nā hale waihona puke i makemake nui ʻia a me ka ʻike i hōʻiliʻili ʻia i nā puke e ulu nei i hāʻawi ʻia i ka mana, ka ʻike kūpono o ia mau lā mua i nānā aku i loko o kahi honua hou.
Me kahi hui maikaʻi o ka ʻoʻoleʻa o ka mōʻaukala a me ka hoʻowalewale, lawe ʻo Luis Zueco i ka mea heluhelu i kahi manawa ke lilo ka hua paʻi i mea kaua weliweli loa.
Hoʻomaka kēlā me kēia huakaʻi maikaʻi i nā puke. Aia kekahi manawa i hiki i nā puke ke ʻike i nā honua hou, hoʻoluliluli i nā ʻīlio laʻa kapu loa a hoʻololi i ka papa o ka mōʻaukala.
ʻO kēia puke he huakaʻi i nā makahiki ma hope o ka mea hana hou o ka hale pai palapala, ke hana ka mea kālepa puke i ka huli no kahi kope pohihihi i ʻaihue ʻia mai ka waihona nui ma West, i hana ʻia ma Seville e ke keiki a Christopher Columbus.
Makahiki 1517. Kea ʻōpio ʻo Thomas i ke kipi ʻo Renaissance ʻEulopa e mahuka ana mai kona wā i hala. ʻO kēia nā makahiki ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o ʻAmelika a me ka hana hou o ka mīkini paʻi, kahi wā o nā hoʻololi hohonu i alakaʻi ʻia i ka hopena o ke au waena. ʻO ka hoihoi i kona manaʻo no ka Honua Hou, i ʻohi ʻia mai kāna mau heluhelu ʻana he nui, e lawe iā ia i Sepania, kahi e hoʻomaka ai ʻo ia e hana me kahi mea kālepa puke.
ʻO ke komisina e ʻimi i kahi kope i wahī ʻia i loko o kahi halo pohihihi e alakaʻi iā ia i Seville, kahi kūlanakauhale waiwai e lawelawe ana ma ke ʻano he loulou i ke kālepa me nā Indies a me nā hale, ma loko o kona mau paia, ka waihona nui nui ma ke Komohana, i haku ʻia e ke keiki a ʻO Cristóbal Colón a kapa ʻia ʻo Colombina. Aia ma laila kahi o kahi a Thomas e ʻike ai ua ʻaihue kekahi i ka puke āna e ʻimi nei a, no kekahi kumu, makemake nui ʻole ia e loaʻa i kekahi.
Aia kekahi manawa i ʻae ʻia nā puke e ʻike i nā honua hou, e hoʻoluliluli ana i nā ʻīlio laʻa kapu loa a me ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka papa o ka mōʻaukala. Hoʻokomo ʻo Luis Zueco iā mākou i ka wanaʻao o ka bibliophilia a lawe iā mākou, i kahi hui maikaʻi o ka ikaika o ka mōʻaukala a me ka hoʻolālā wikiwiki, i kahi manawa ke lilo ka hua paʻi i mea kaua weliweli loa.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i kēia puke El mercader de Libros, na Luis Zueco, ma aneʻi: