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- 1 2 Nentvig, Juan; Translated, Clarified, and Annotated by Alberto Francisco Pradeau and Robert R. Rasmussen. (1980). Rudo Ensayo: A Description of Sonora and Arizona in 1764. Books of the Southwest webpages. Tucson, Arizona: University of Arizona Press. p. xix. ISBN 0-8165-0696-5 . Retrieved May 26, 2011.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ Nentvig, Juan; Translated, Clarified, and Annotated by Alberto Francisco Pradeau and Robert R. Rasmussen. (1980). Rudo Ensayo: A Description of Sonora and Arizona in 1764. University of Arizona Press. p. 123. Archived from the original on June 16, 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2011.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ Spicer, E. H. (1962). Cycles of Conquest . University of Arizona Press.
