Tikukufotokozerani mbiri ya wapaulendo komanso wofufuzira waku Germany yemwe, koyambirira kwa zaka za zana la 19, adalimba mtima kujambula ndikuphunzira zodabwitsa zachilengedwe komanso zachilengedwe zadziko latsopanoli.
Iye anabadwira ku Berlin, Germany, mu 1769. Wophunzira kwambiri komanso woyenda mosatopa, anali ndi chidwi chapadera cha botany, geography komanso migodi.
Mu 1799, Carlos IV waku Spain adamupatsa chilolezo chodutsa madera aku America. Adapita ku Venezuela, Cuba, Ecuador, Peru komanso gawo la Amazon. Adafika ku Acapulco mu 1803, pafupifupi pomwepo ndikuyamba maulendo angapo ofufuza kuchokera pa doko ndikupita ku Mexico City.
Adapita ku Real del Monte, ku Hidalgo, Guanajuato, Puebla ndi Veracruz, m'malo ena osangalatsa. Anayendera maulendo m'chigwa cha Mexico ndi madera ozungulira. Zolemba zake ndizochulukirapo; analemba zolemba zambiri ku Mexico, zofunika kwambiri "Zandale pa ufumu wa New Spain", za zinthu zofunika kwambiri zokhudza sayansi ndi mbiri yakale.
Amadziwika padziko lonse lapansi pantchito yake yotsatsa ku America, makamaka Mexico. Pakadali pano, ntchito zake ndizofunikira pakufunsira m'mabungwe apadziko lonse asayansi. Pambuyo paulendo wautali wopita ku Asia Minor, adakhazikika kwa nthawi yayitali ku Paris, akumwalira ku Berlin mu 1859.
