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- ↑ Carlene Recheado (September 2010). "As missões Franciscanas na Guiné (século XVII)" (PDF). Universidade Nova de Lisboa. p. 10.
- ↑ Henige, David P. (1970). Colonial Governors . pp. 236. ISBN 9780299054403.
- ↑ "Diocese of Santiago de Cabo Verde" . Retrieved 31 March 2013.
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