In response, Sheinbaum, 62, showed off a 1607 map with the Gulf of Mexico being identified as such and North America labeled as Mexican America. “Why don’t we call it Mexican America?

Sheinbaum brandished a massive map of North America from 1607 that labeled the continent as “América Mexicana,” or “Mexican ...

In response, Sheinbaum sarcastically remarked that North America should be called "América Mexicana" — "Mexican America" — because a 17th-century map labeled the continent as such.