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- ↑ Brand, Donald D. The Pacific Basin A History of its Geographical Explorations The American Geographical Society, New York, 1967, p.133.
- ↑ Zaragoza, Justo "Relación de Hernán Gallego" in Historia del descubrimiento de las regiones australes hecho por el general Pedro Fernández de Quirós, Madrid, 1876, t.I, p.3.
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