Yes, Trump Can Rename the Gulf of Mexico, Just Not for Everyone

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This 1571 map of is one of the earliest to label the waters west of Florida as “Gulf of Mexico,” though the wording was in Latin. Notably it included a sea-monster (code for the possibility of unknown dangers) and an overly large depiction of Florida with non-existent mountains.

The Author is a professor at Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources …