| At that time Columbus left Diego, a mere infant, with his wife's sister at Huelva. |
| The campsite at La Torerera, near the town of Huelva in the southwest corner of Andalucia, is on the site of old mineral workings, now partly a nature reserve. |
| Huelva has a mild and equable climate, with abundant moisture and a fertile soil. |
| But it would take time of course, because Huelva was a long way off. |
| Seven years later, intending to leave Spain forever, he went to Huelva and took Diego, then a small boy. |
| One by one they succumbed to weakness and illness, until one only, a pilot from Huelva, was left. |
