The 1591 de Bry map also uses Gulf of Mexico. A 1630 map called the body of water "Gulf of New Spain." Spain had organized the Viceroyalty of New Spain, which included today's nation of Mexico and ...

The Nuestra Senora de Juncal (Our Lady of Juncal) sank in 1631 in the waters of what was then New Spain, Mexico’s Instituto ... experts used a “space treasure map” to make a remarkable ...