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- ↑ "An Eventful 16,000-Mile Journey by Canoe". The New York Times . May 29, 1938. Review section, p. 9.
- ↑ "Vagabond Couple Getting Hardened For Mayan Search". Sarasota Herald-Tribune . September 13, 1940. p. 9. Retrieved May 22, 2011.