Andres Febrés, Arte de la lengua general del reyno de Chile. Lima, 1765
Missionary priests published manuals for many of the major Andean languages to aid future evangelization, supplying resources for parish priests. This book, by the Catalan Jesuit Andres Febrés, includes a Mapuche arte (grammar) along with a collection of model sermons, prayers, confession manual, catechism, and a “very curious Chilean-Spanish dialogue” to aid the language student. Mapuche, an indigenous language of Chile, is still widely spoken today.