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- Dalby, Andrew, "Christopher Columbus, Gonzalo Pizarro, and the search for cinnamon" in Gastronomica vol. 1 no. 2 (2001) pp. 40–49.
- Garcilaso de la Vega, el Inca, Royal Commentaries of the Incas and General History of Peru (tr. Harold V. Livermore) part 2 book 3 chapter 2.
- Gaspar de Carvajal, Relación del nuevo descubrimiento del famoso Río Grande que descubrió por muy gran ventura el capitán Francisco de Orellana.
- Agustin de Zárate, Historia de descubrimiento y conquista del Peru book 4 chapter 1.
- Pedro Cieza de León, Guerra de Chupas, chapter 18.
- Toribio de Ortiguera, Jornada del río Marañon chapter 14.