<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - Wayesempini yaseFlorida  <response>: ngo-1841, futhi yayisemkhunjini owawuzungeza umhlaba ngo-1843 kuya ku-1845, ithatha umkhumbi wokuqala waseMelika owafika eChina. Empini yaseMexico naseMelika, wabamba iqhaza ekuthatheni i-Alvarado, iVeracruz, neTuxpan. Waba yi-master ngoJulayi 15, 1847, futhi waba yi-lieutenant ngoFebhuwari 5, 1848. Ngenkathi esebenza e-frigate, wahamba noMatthew C. Perry baya eJapan ngo-1853, lapho uPreble ahlola khona amachweba ahlukahlukene eMpumalanga Ekude. 