He has been appointed to command an expedition of engineers being sent to Africa and must leave the next morning.

Wiggin did not "command an earlier expedition to this area".

"It would be more insane to send an expedition commanded by the likes of yourself," Armstrong replied.

In 1821 he commanded a military expedition to Palembang to suppress a local uprising.

Instead he was appointed to command a major expedition to the West Indies.

He was promoted captain and commanded a preliminary expedition in Turkmenistan.

In 1584 he commanded a naval expedition to Crimea.

He served as a member of the 1775 provincial convention at Philadelphia, and commanded a 1778 Indian expedition.

In 1793 Eliza commanded an expedition that explored the coast of California.

In 1703, he commanded an unsuccessful British expedition against Guadeloupe.