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Washinton Irving was born on April 3, 1783 in New York City.
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After touring Europe from 1804-06, he returned to New York City to practice law
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Under the pseudonym Geoffrey Crayon, he published a collection of short stories titled The Sketch Book. The two most famous of these stories are The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle.
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Irving was led along a route from Seville to Granada. The Tales of the Alhambra goes into detail of this route . Carmona, Arahal, Marchena, Écija, Alhama de Granada are towns which are mentioned before ending at the Alhambra.
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Irving was invited by theU.S minister of Spain ( Alexander H. Everett) to move to Madrid and conduct research for what would become the novels A History of the Life and Voyages oc Christopher Columbus, Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada and Tales of the Alhambra.
