Juan Francisco Dávila (1682 - 1733), also known as 'de Ávila, was a Spanish colonial missionary and Jesuit lay brother active in Paraguay and Argentina in the early 17th century. Dávila was born in Buenos Aires. He spent 10 years between 1712 and 1722 mapping the Jesuit Reductions in the Rio de La Plata Basin. Little else has been recorded of his life.



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