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Baracoa

Baracoa, whose full original name is ('Our Lady of the Assumption of Baracoa'), is a municipality and city in Guantánamo Province near the eastern tip of Cuba. The area was visited by Admiral Christopher Columbus on November 27, 1492, and a settlement founded by the first governor of Cuba, the Spanish conquistador Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar on August 15, 1511. It is the oldest Spanish settlement in Cuba and was its first capital (the basis for its nickname , 'First City').

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Baracoa, whose full original name is ('Our Lady of the Assumption of Baracoa'), is a municipality and city in Guantánamo Province near the eastern tip of Cuba. The area was visited by Admiral Christopher Columbus on November 27, 1492, and a settlement founded by the first governor of Cuba, the Spanish conquistador Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar on August 15, 1511. It is the oldest Spanish settlement in Cuba and was its first capital (the basis for its nickname , 'First City').

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  1. date of foundation: 1511-08-15 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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  2. The record states that the date of foundation is "1511-08-15". What evidence would count against this claim?
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  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

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