Jacques le Moyne de Morgues (French, ca. 1533-1588). Wild Cherry. Cartographer_Jean-Baptiste de Couagne probably in Montreal in 1687

probably in Montreal in 1687

chose Lieutenant Charles Wilkes (1798-1877) to head the squadron

which were the most accurate maps of Virginia until the publication of Fry and Jefferson's "A Map of the inhabited part of Virginia containing the whole Province of Maryland with part of Pensilvania

The Iroquoisnever forgave the injury

I have not seen them at roost

Jacques le Moyne de Morgues (French, ca. 1533-1588). Wild Cherry. Cartographer_Jean-Baptiste de Couagne probably in Montreal in 1687JACQUES LE MOYNE DE MORGUES (FRENCH, CA. 1533 1588) f. 68: Wild Cherry. Watercolor and gouache on paper prepared as vellum ca. 1565 Paper size: 7 1 2 x 5 5 8 in Frame size: 16 1 4 x 14 1 4 in Provenance: DuMarry (from the inscription on the frontispiece) The cherry tree was brought to Italy by Lucullus in 74 B. C. from the town of Cerasus in Pontus, and hence it got its Latin name of cerasus. In Christian symbolism, the cherry symbolized Spring