George Wheeler (explorer)
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George Wheeler (explorer)
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George Montague Wheeler was an American pioneering explorer and cartographer and the leader of the Wheeler Survey, one of the major geographical surveys of the western United States in the late 19th century. Wheeler was born in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, the son of John Wheeler and Miriam P. Daniels. He graduated from West Point in 1866, ranked sixth in his class, and was commissioned as a lieutenant in the US Army Corps of Engineers. He first served in California from 1866 to 1871. In 1869 Gener
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American explorer and cartographer (1842–1905)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Wheeler_(explorer)
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2024-01-06T19:26:40Z
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