Sentence examples for command an expedition from inspiring English sources

That autumn he was appointed by General George Washington to command an expedition to capture Quebec.

Meanwhile Flinders had returned home and in 1801 was appointed to command an expedition that would circumnavigate Australia and virtually complete the charting of the continent.

Emma was pregnant by him when he was appointed second in command to the elderly admiral Sir Hyde Parker, who was to command an expedition to the Baltic.

On 7 September 1566, Suleiman, who had set out from Constantinople to command an expedition to Hungary, died before an Ottoman victory at the Battle of Szigetvár in Hungary.

In 2009, he became the first European astronaut to command an expedition to the ISS.

"Team work, getting along with other people, a willingness to subvert your ego – it's a fine line between personal ambition and recognising that you can't do any of it without team support". When Searfoss first commanded an expedition, he was warned to be aware of the "matrix".

From here, he took a posting in colonial West Africa in the late 1890s, where he was involved in raising a battalion of the West African Frontier Force and commanded an expedition to Lapai and Argeyah.

However, the Missouri itself remained formally unexplored until Étienne de Veniard, Sieur de Bourgmont commanded an expedition in 1714 that reached at least as far as the mouth of the Platte River.

In 1495 Isabella gave him command of an expedition in support of the Aragonese king of Naples against the French in Italy.

Soon after his arrival, Portolá assumed command of an expedition to establish Franciscan missions in Upper California and secure Spanish claims to the area.

Li Shimin went to the capital to see off a third brother, Li Yuanji, who was placed in command of an expedition against the Turks; his elder and younger brothers are said to have plotted to murder him.