Ponena za wolemba waku Germany uyu, kusamalitsa kwa ntchito yake kumasiyana ndi kusakhalako kwa mbiri yakale yomwe tili nayo yokhudza iye. Adabadwira pafupi ndi Hannover, mwana wamisiri wa migodi; Anaphunzira ku Yunivesite ya Göttingen ndipo mosakayikira analinso mgodi.
Aulere komanso Achiprotestanti, atatengera kafukufuku wa Humboldt, adakhala m'dziko lathu zaka zisanu ndi ziwiri: kuyambira 1827 mpaka 1834; komabe, adadikirira zaka 10 kuti afalitse mabuku ake. Apa anali director of works ku English company Mexican Co ndipo kenako director of misewu ku boma la Oaxaca.
Gawo la zoology la Essay yake ili ndi mfundo zambiri zosangalatsa: kuyamwa kwa nkhono zofiirira zodulira nsalu, macaw omwe amaloweza mavesi, agalu akulu omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito ngati nyama zosanja, ena "ali ndi nkhungu zakumbuyo kumbuyo kwawo", amadyetsedwa ndi uchi wochokera ku njuchi, nguruwe zakutchire zokhala ndi bowo kumbuyo kwawo komwe zimatulutsa chinthu, mwachidule, njati zakutchire kumpoto kwa dziko lomwe "lilime lawo ndi nyama ya hump zimawerengedwa kuti ndi zokoma […] khungu lokhala ndi khungwa la mtengo ndipo amalipaka ndi ubongo wa nyama yoyendetsedwa ndi alum ”; Anawasaka atakwera pakavalo, akubwera atathamanga ndikudula tendon za miyendo yawo yakumbuyo ndi kumenyetsa kamodzi.
Mchitidwe wosakira motsutsana ndi abakha ambiri, lero tingati ndiwotsutsana ndi chilengedwe: "M'malo mwake, imaphimba nyanja. Amwenye amasaka magulu awo onse ndipo zomwe zimatchedwa Great Shot za abakha ochokera kunyanja za Texcoco ndi Chalco ndi chimodzi mwazosangalatsa kwambiri. Amwenye amapanga, pafupi ndi gombe ndipo amabisala kumbuyo kwa mabango, batire la 70 kapena 80 muskets m'mizere iwiri: yoyamba, yomwe ili pansi, moto umayenderana ndi madzi, pomwe wachiwiri adakonzedwa kuti ufike abakha akauluka. Migoloyo imalumikizidwa ndi mzere wa zigawenga, womwe umayatsidwa ndi fuse. Abusa, akuyenda m'mabwato, asonkhanitsa abakha ochuluka mkati mwa batri, yomwe nthawi zambiri imatenga maola angapo, moto umabuka ndipo munthawiyo nyanjayo imakhala ndi abakha mazana. ovulala ndi akufa, omwe amasonkhanitsidwa m'mabwato othamanga ".
Ponena za mafuko ndi mitundu, timasankha ndime zina, zambiri zomwe zidakalipo kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 2000 izi: “Mtundu woyera udawonedwa kuti ndiwopambana komanso wolemekezeka. Pomwe munthu wamagazi osakanikirana amafika pafupi ndi chandamale, pamlingo womwewo adapatsidwa mwayi wofunsira ufulu wachibadwidwe […] Ndale zaku Spain zidakondera ndikupatsa mphamvu pazamkhutu izi […] Aliyense amaumirira kuti amuwona kuti ndi mzungu ngakhale mawonekedwe ndipo palibe chisangalalo choposa kapena kuyamikiridwa bwino komwe kungaperekedwe kwa amayi kuposa kuyamikiridwa ndi mtundu woyera wa ana awo […] "
“Amwenye aku Mexico omwe ali pakadali pano amakhala osakhazikika, odekha komanso osungunuka, bola ngati nyimbo ndi zakumwa zoledzeretsa sizimadzutsa chidwi chake ndikumupangitsa kukhala wosangalala komanso wolankhula. Izi zimawonekera kale mwa ana, omwe ali ndi zaka zisanu kapena zisanu ndi chimodzi akuwoneka kuti ali ndi kuthekera kokumvetsetsa kuposa kwa azungu aku Europe azaka zisanu ndi zinayi kapena khumi […] "
"Amwenye amasiku ano amaphunzira mosavuta, amamvetsetsa mwachangu ndipo ali ndi nzeru zoyenera komanso zanzeru, komanso nzeru zachilengedwe. Amaganiza modekha komanso mopanda mantha, osaletsedwa ndi malingaliro okwezeka kapena kumverera kosakhazikika […] Amwenye amamva kukonda kwambiri ana awo ndipo amawasamalira mosamala kwambiri, nthawi zina ngakhale mopitirira muyeso ”.
"Chosangalatsa komanso chosangalatsa ndichovala cha chipani cha azimayi amtundu wina, omwe amawonjezerapo atsikana achitsikana, ophika, atsikana komanso akazi ena achi India ochokera kuno ndi uko [...]"
"Poyamba zimadabwitsa mlendo kuti anthu wamba, ngakhale opemphapempha, amalankhulana ndi ambuye ndi mphatso, ndikusinthana mawu okoma mtima kwambiri, ofanana ndi miyambo yabwino kwambiri yakumaloko. gulu ".
"Kuyanjana ndi anthu aku Mexico kuli ndi mawonekedwe ake ofunikira komanso okonda kutengeka kwamitundu yonse ya anthu pamasewera amwayi ndi mitundu yonse ya njuga [...]"
“Ku Mexico kuli mfuti zochuluka zedi powotchera makombola kuti alemekeze Mulungu ndi oyera mtima monga momwe zimakhalira pankhondo zapachiweniweni. Nthawi zambiri m'mawa kwambiri kudzipereka kwa okhulupirika kumadziwika poyera kukhazikitsidwa kwa maroketi osawerengeka, mfuti, mfuti, kuwombera mfuti. Kubangula kosalekeza kwa mabelu kumalumikizana ndi phokoso logonthetsa kale, lomwe limasokonezedwa kwakanthawi kwakanthawi kuti liyambirenso masana ndi usiku ”.
Tiyeni tipeze za mayendedwe ochokera ku Mexico kupita ku Veracruz: “Zaka zoposa khumi zapitazo mzere wa masitima apamsewu a mseuwu udapangidwa ndi amalonda aku North America. Magaleta anayi okwera pamahatchi amapangidwa ku New York ndipo amakhala omasuka komanso otakasuka mokwanira anthu asanu ndi mmodzi. Aphunzitsi aku America amayendetsa kuchokera pabokosi ndipo pafupifupi nthawi zonse amathamangira. Mumagalimotowa mumayenda mwachangu kwambiri, koma sayenda usiku ”.
Ntchito yakale iyi ikupitilira, mpaka pano, likulu la mzinda wa Santo Domingo: "Ndi mlendo uti yemwe sakanamuwona ku Plaza Meya ndi madera ake amuna ovala bwino omwe anali ndi cholembera, inki ndi pepala, atakhala mumthunzi wa zikopa za mphasa kapena mumayendayenda pagulu lomwe limapereka ntchito zanu kwa anthu wamba pakulemba? Ndi omwe amadziwika kuti ndi alaliki ndipo amalemba kalata yachikondi yomwe ili ndi malo omwewo ngati pempho lovomerezeka, chikalata chowerengera ndalama, madandaulo kapena chofotokozera kukhothi. "
