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Baracoa: Cuba’s first city, our last Cuban city

Days: 157 Total distance travelled: 34,794.3 kilometres (20,990.25 miles) 503 years ago (and 106 days, but who’s counting), Baracoa became the first Spanish settlement on Cuba, and indeed the capital of the fledgling colony until the rise in prominence of … Continue reading

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