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- 1 2 Marley, David (2010). Pirates of the Americas. Santa Barbara CA: ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9781598842012 . Retrieved 12 September 2017.
- ↑ Cruikshank, E. A. (1935). The Life of Sir Henry Morgan. Toronto: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY OF CANADA LIMITED. p. 92. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- 1 2 Barbour, Violet (1911). "Privateers and Pirates of the West Indies". The American Historical Review. XVI (3 April 1911). American Historical Association: 529–566. doi:10.2307/1834836. JSTOR 1834836 . Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- ↑ Marley, David (1998). Wars of the Americas: A Chronology of Armed Conflict in the New World, 1492 to the Present. Santa Barbara CA: ABC-CLIO. p. 265. ISBN 9780874368376 . Retrieved 8 August 2018.
