On barring AP from the White House media pool for not using "Gulf of America," press secretary Karoline Leavitt says such lies won't be tolerated and "it's very important for this administration that we get that right."
Encyclopædia Britannica announces it'll continue to use ‘Gulf of Mexico’ as it serves an international audience, the Gulf is an international body of water and the US authority to rename it "is ambiguous." (Also posts its 1st Ed. map from 1768.)
@w7voa I'm always amazed at the details of old maps. How the hell did they do this without GPS??
@rmaloley @w7voa
A hell of a lot of work with sextants, poles and chains. I have utter respect for the people who did this, when I did my surveying course we spent a day working with them and just about managed to map about a hundred yards of university campus.
@Stevenheywood @w7voa That is super interesting! Thank you for sharing.