Alamy The Spanish originally called the Gulf of Mexico the Chinese Sea (Credit: Alamy) According to John Sledge, the museum's maritime historian in residence, when the Spanish first reached the ...
The Gulf of Mexico has been so called for over 400 years ... Those include the “Gulf of New Spain” and the “Florida Sea,” according to Encyclopedia Britannica. Cartographer Abraham ...
The Secretary shall subsequently update the GNIS to reflect the renaming of the Gulf and remove all references to the Gulf of Mexico from the GNIS, consistent with applicable law ... Persian/Arabian ...
President Donald Trump's decision to rename the Gulf of Mexico is more than just geographical nitpicking — it's a political move that shows how he wants to be perceived by the world, experts in ...