Lieutenant Beale

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Lieutenant Beale
Lieutenant Edward Fitzgerald Beale, decked out in a uniform from his service in the Mexican American War. In his report on his 1853 survey of a route from Missouri to California, Beale had included an addendum recommending camels for use in further expeditions in the southwest. He became the first to try it, using dromedaries imported from the Mediterranean to survey a route from Fort Defiance to the Colorado River from 1857-1858. | Source:

“Midshipman Beale.” Photograph of Engraved portrait published in John C. Fremont: Memoirs of My Life, Vol. 1. Chicago and New York: Belford, Clarke, and Company, 1887, 580. Courtesy of Naval History and Heritage Command. https://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/us-people/b/beale-edward-f/nh-56838.html.

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“Midshipman Beale.” Photograph of Engraved portrait published in John C. Fremont: Memoirs of My Life, Vol. 1. Chicago and New York: Belford, Clarke, and Company, 1887, 580. Courtesy of Naval History and Heritage Command. https://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/us-people/b/beale-edward-f/nh-56838.html.

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