| AAL |
Archivo Arzobispal de Lima, Lima, Perú |
| AAT |
Archivo Arzobispal de Trujillo, Trujillo, Perú |
| ARSI |
Archivum Romanum Societatis Iesu, Rome |
| CCT |
Ad Dudink & Nicolas Standaert, Chinese Christian Texts Database (CCT-Database) (http://www.arts.kuleuven.be/sinology/cct). |
| CCTARSJ |
Adrian Dudink and Nicolas Standaert, Chinese Christian Texts from the Roman Archives of the Society of Jesus, 12 vol. (Taipei: Ricci Institute, 2002) |
| DI |
Documenta Indica, ed. Joseph Wicki, 18 vols. (Rome: MHSI, 1948–1988) |
| LEC |
Lettres édifiantes et curieuses, écrites des Missions Etrangères par quelques Missionnaires de la Compagnie de Jésus, 34 vols. (Paris, 1703–1776) |
| MEP |
Missions Etrangères de Paris |
| Propaganda Fide |
Congregation for the Propagation of Faith (de Propaganda Fide) |
| SPCK |
Society for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge |
| VOC |
Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie in Dutch) |