The fate of the settlers who founded the "Lost Colony of Roanoke" in what is now North Carolina remains unknown.

Yet the maps that survived from the ... and travelling to notable historical sites and archaeological digs, from excavations of America’ earliest colonies to the former homes of Edgar Allan ...

Getty Images Their whereabouts baffled historians for centuries until 2012 when experts with the British Museum analyzed the 400-year-old “La Virginea Pars” map drawn by one of the colonists ...

In 2005, a 500-year-old map that identified the new world as “America” sold for a whopping $1 million at auction. These early maps, which are are prized for their historical significance and ...

However, the federal process isn't as simple as crossing out the old name and ... because a world map from 1607 — 169 years before the US was founded — labeled North America as Mexican America ...

"When that happens, we will update Google Maps in the U.S. quickly to show Mount McKinley and Gulf of America ... merely to correct or re-establish historical usage should not be a primary ...

It is perhaps a bit premature to start labelling the old name as incorrect ... in Mexico City with a 17th Century map of North and South America as a backdrop. "Obviously the Gulf of Mexico ...

but popular mapping services from Google and Apple have continued showing the old name. On Monday, Google said it would update its maps to display Gulf of America as soon as the U.S. government ...