The name change to Gulf of America is the first since the 1540s where various maps referred to it as the Mexican Gulf, Golpho de la Nueva España, and, finally Gulf of Mexico.

Apple Maps has quietly been updated to change the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America" when viewed by U.S. users. This comes a mere day after Google made the same change to its own Maps app. U ...

Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum points to a 1661 world map showing the Gulf of Mexico in response to Trump's comments about renaming the body of water, during a news conference in Mexico.