Very little information is known of him, among which is his baptism certificate dated in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, June 30, 1563.
It was found in 1836 by Jose Antonio Echeverria, who discovered the manuscripts in poor condition in the archives of the Patriotic Society of Havana, interspersed with other documents.
And soon after it was published in full for the first time in the second edition of the Bibliografía cubana de los siglos XVII and XVIII.
Espejo de paciencia is considered the first literary work in Cuba:[3] based on historical fact about the capture of the bishop of the island of Cuba, Don Juan de las Cabezas Altamirano, at the hands of the French privateer Gilberto Giron in 1604 in the Manzanillo port, and his subsequent rescue by the villagers led by Gregorio Ramos, and how the pirate was killed at the hands of the slave Salvador Golomon.
A document from 1644 has been found in which it is stated that Catalina de la Coba and Consuegra, “principeña, widow”, granted a will.