Salvador Sanfuentes (February 2, 1817 – July 17, 1860) was a

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an lawyer, politician and poet. He served as Minister of Justice and Public Worship twice, and was elected as MP for the Association of

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. Sanfuentes was appointed intendant of the

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in 1845 and being tasked with surveying its colonization potential of the territory. To carry out the survey, Sanfuentes commissioned

Bernardo Philippi Bernhard Eunom Philippi (September 19, 1811, in Charlottenburg – September 6, 1852) was a German naturalist, explorer and colonization agent for Chile. He played an important role in the Chilean colonization of the Strait of Magellan and th ...

as "provincial engineer".

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1817 births 1860 deaths People from Santiago Government ministers of Chile Deputies of the IX Legislative Period of the National Congress of Chile Supreme Court of Chile members Chilean male poets 19th-century Chilean historians 19th-century Chilean poets 19th-century male writers University of Chile alumni {{chile-historian-stub