That map, titled, “Universalis cosmographia secunda Ptholemei traditionem et Americi Vespucci aliorum que lustrationes,” was the first to show the new world labeled America, in honor of ...

Currently, U.S. users of Google Maps see the body of water labeled the “Gulf of America.” Mexican users see “Gulf of Mexico,” according to Yucatan Magazine. The rest of the world sees ...

WASHINGTON - This is no ordinary map. At 36 square feet and nearly 500 years old, it is the earliest known map of the world that ... was the first to label the continent America, honoring the ...