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- ↑ Román Basurto, Linajes y fortunas mercantiles de Bilbao del siglo XVIII, 4 Revista de Estudios Marítimos del País Vasco 343 (2003).
- ↑ Reyes Calderón Cuadrado, Empresarios españoles en el proceso de independencia norteamericana: la Casa Gardoqui e hijos de Bilbao (2004).
- ↑ National Park Service, Diego de Gardoqui: Personal Information.
- ↑ The Colonization of North America 1492 to 1783- Herbert E. Bolton, Thomas Maitland Marshall. pg 507
- ↑ See entry at Catholic-Hierarchy.org
- ↑ See entry in Biographical Dictionary.
