Andrés Febrés was 18th-century

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active in

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. He is best known for his book In his writings he supported the incorporation of the lands of the independent Cunco and

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, the Futahuillimapu, into the Spanish Empire. In 1767 Febrés made plans to establish a mission in Río Bueno south of

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. This mission was however established in 1777 by

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as the Jesuits had been expelled from the Americas in 1767.

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