If the map of de la Cosa really was created later than 1500, perhaps the true earliest map of “America” is Martin Waldseemüller's world map. Created in 1507, it is the first map to depict the Western ...

It's official. Sort of. Google Maps posted on X it would change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America once it is officially updated in the U.S. Geographic Names System. The same day he ...

President Trump signed an executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America. The federal government and military are already embracing the order, and Google Maps indicated it would also ...

United States President Donald Trump’s executive orders have crept into the realm of digital cartography. Google announced on Monday that its online mapping platform, Google Maps, will change the name ...

Google (NASDAQ:GOOG)(NASDAQ:GOOGL) and Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) have renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on their popular map apps. The change comes following an executive order by U.S.