WHY ARE OUR CIGARS CALLED LUIS DE TORRES

Luis de Torres

Because he was a great Jewish scholar, speaking Hebrew, Aramaic, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Latin and Arabic, was employed by Christopher Columbus as an interpreter during his first trip to the New World.

After reaching Cuba, Christopher Columbus, believing that he arrived in Asia, sent Luis de Torres on 2 November 1492 to locate the big cities.

During their missions, Torres accompanied by Ricardo de jerez found an Indian village with fifty huts and about 1,000 inhabitants. They were greeted with great friendship by the natives. Luis de Torres noted a strange custom of the Indians, who would place dried leaves in large canes and inhale the smoke.

When Christopher Columbus returned to Spain on January 4, 1493, Luis de Torres was among the 39 men he left behind at La Navidad, the first settlement based on the island of Hispaniola.

Luis de Torres is not only the first European to discover tobacco but also one of the first leaders of the islands of Hispaniola the current Dominican Republic. We could not have found a better name to represent and support the high quality of our cigars.