JAUBERT, Edouard Etienne (zho'-bair'), French historian, born in Auch in 1629; died in Bordeaux in 1698. He became a Jesuit, and went in 1658 to Guadeloupe, where he remained several years. He was elected provincial of Santo Domingo in 1671, and of Guatemala in 1683, and made himself conspicuous by his exertions for the Indians. Father Jaubert came several times into conflict with the Spanish authorities, and at last, for the sake of peace, his superiors recalled him in 1682. He published "Histoire des Caraibes, dans laquelle est discutee la ferocite de leurs moeurs, et l'anthropophagie qu'on leur reproche" (Bordeaux, 1685); "Statistique des missions de la compagnie de Jesus" (2 vols., 1687)" " Histoire et ddcouvertes des Portugais, des Espagnols et des Francais dans l'Amerique" (1688)" Les colonies francaises dans les iles Antilles de l'Amerique" (1687); "Histoire et geographie de File Hispaniola ou Santo Domingo" (1689); and several other works, which enjoyed great popularity for many years.