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- ↑ Ylioppilasmatrikkeli, accessed 13.9.2011 (in Finnish)
- ↑ Anu Liikanen, Sanit ja khoikhoit varhaisten tutkimusmatkailijoiden kuvauksissa ('The Sans and the Khoikhois in the accounts by early explorers'), pro gradu, accessed 13.9.2011 (in Finnish)
