Arte de la Lengua General del Reyno de Chile 1607. Reprinted. 1975 (Ed. Cabildo, Vaduz/Georgetown)

The Jesuit Andrés Febrés compiled this manual for learning the Araucanian language during his first years as a missionary among the Indians of northern Chile. In addition to the grammatical instruction, the work includes a dialogue between two caciques, the Christian doctrine, a brief dictionary, and an extensive vocabulary.