Andrés Fabres


Andrés Fabres was 18th-century Spanish Jesuit active in Colonial Chile. He is best known for his book
In his writings he supported the incorporation of the lands of the independent Cunco and Huilliche, the Futahuillimapu, into the Spanish Empire. In 1767 Fabre made plans to establish a mission in Río Bueno south of Valdivia. This mission was however established in 1777 by Franciscans as the Jesuits had been expelled from the Americas in 1767.