July is Cancer Month

Courland Crab Flag

This is the flag of the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia in the Americas. It was perhaps the meekest of European Colonial powers to plant a colony in the Americas. Corulandians and Semigallians may sound like something from a Issac Asimov book but they were real people. They were mostly Latvian and German. But the Duchy was officially a part of the 'bi-national' Poland-Lithuanian Commonwealth during its American adventure. Thus Poland and Lithuania get a wee bit of credit as Imperial Powers in America during the 1600s.

Basically Latvians left a fleeting mark on Tabago and perhaps Trinidad. Before the 1600s ended, this far out semi-Polish/Lithuanian colony under the Duchy of Courland-Semigallia was abandoned.

The important point is that since July is the month of Cancer, a flag with a crab is a must!