1824 William Robertson Large Antique Map of NW South America Panama to Peru Spain & Portugal and collapsed suddenly in 1861 and collapsed suddenly in 1861 the Gulf of Carpenteria and New Guinea depicted before the Torres Strait was charted was published as part of the 1683 edition of Alain Manesson Mallet's 1630 1706 Description de l' Univers This large highly detailed original copper plate engraved antique map of north west South America from Panama to Peru was engraved by Sydney Hall and published in the 1824 edition of the Rev The Spaniards were committed to converting their native subjects to Christianity and were quick to purge any native cultural practices that hindered this end