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- ↑ Bernard Burke, Overbeek in A genealogical and heraldic history of the colonial gentry, Harrison & Sons, London, 1895, p. 628
- ↑ Cahoon, Ben. "Dutch Governors". Worldstatesmen. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
- ↑ Kyle Joustra, Founders & Travellers –Dutch East India Company Archived 2013-06-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Willem Wijnaendts van Resandt, De gezaghebbers der Oost-Indische Compagnie op hare buiten-comptoiren in Azië, Liebaert Publishers, 1944, p. 74
- ↑ F.H. de Vos On the monumental remains of the Dutch East India Company in Ceylon, in The Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, vol. XVII, 1901-1902, p. 24
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