While these changes are largely symbolic, they’ve prompted mapmakers and educators to reconsider established labels. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis embraced the “Gulf of America” designation on an official document,

Mapmakers and teachers are re-thinking what to call the gulf of water between Mexico, the United States, and Cuba after President Trump ordered it renamed from the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.

US President Donald Trump announced plans to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, though other countries, including Mexico, are not oblig