Jacques le Moyne de Morgues (French, ca. 1533-1588). Wild Cherry. Cartographer_Jean-Baptiste de Couagne 1520Sheet: 12 3/4” x 17

1520Sheet: 12 3/4” x 17 3/4”

probably in Montreal in 1687

after extensive travels in what is now California

Source unknown

No manuscripts of the Geographical Guidance survive from before the 13th century

Jacques le Moyne de Morgues (French, ca. 1533-1588). Wild Cherry. Cartographer_Jean-Baptiste de Couagne 1520Sheet: 12 3/4” x 17JACQUES 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