Alcibiades, a student of Socrates,
is credited as having invented the hammock around 450 B.C.
Christopher Columbus first encountered hammocks or "Hamacs",
as they were called, being used by the natives in the West Indies in
the late 15th century.
Approximately 31 miles of cotton yarn goes into one of Hatteras Hammocks
Deluxe Cotton Rope Hammocks.
Each piece of rope in a cotton rope hammock is made up of approximately
150 single yarns.
An experienced hammock weaver can produce approximately 80 hammocks
in a 40 hour work week.
An amazing fact to many is that Hatteras Hammocks® rope hammocks
are made by hand; hand woven and hand assembled
Until 1986, when Hatteras Hammocks® began needing all rope production
for our products, Hatteras Hammocks® was a primary supplier of 1/4"
diameter cotton rope to the United States military.
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