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- ↑ John Worth (2016). "The Governors of Colonial Florida, 1565-1821". UWF.edu. Pensacola, Florida: University of West Florida. Archived from the original on January 30, 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
- 1 2 Paul Eugen Camp (2001). "Conquistadores in the land of flowers a chronology of Spanish Florida 1513 to 1821". usf.edu. Tampa: Special Collections Dept., University of South Florida Library. Archived from the original on May 19, 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- ↑ Steven C. Hahn (2004). The Invention of the Creek Nation, 1670-1763. U of Nebraska Press. p. 96. ISBN 0-8032-2414-1.
- ↑ Mark F. Boyd (July 1949). "Diego Pena' s Expedition to Apalachee and Apalachicolo in 1716". Florida Historical Quarterly. XXVIII (1). Florida Historical Society: 5. Retrieved 9 August 2016.