Right now, if you’re looking at Google Maps from Europe, the name of the body of water bound to the east by Florida, Cuba, ...
A search for the words “Gulf of America” in the USGS map viewer Tuesday pointed to Alaska. Elsewhere on the website, the USGS variously referred to the body of water as the Gulf of America and ...
the name used since the early part of the 16th century — is now labeled the “Gulf of America.” Alonso Álvarez de Pineda made the first map labeling those waters as the Gulf of Mexico in 1519.
The body of water formerly known in the United States as the Gulf of Mexico is now listed for US-based users of Google Maps as the Gulf of America. The change follows an executive order by US ...