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- ↑ Ancestries
- ↑ Ranchos de Texas y Lanzarote.
- ↑ Balbuena Castellano, José Manuel. "La odisea de los canarios en Texas y Luisiana" (The odyssey of the canaries in Texas and Louisiana). Chapter IV (Organización de los Isleños); (ed) 2007, editorial: Anroart Ediciones.