Sethula kuwe i-biography yalomhambi nomcwaningi waseJalimane ongakhathali owathi, ekuqaleni kwekhulu le-19, waba nesibindi sokuqopha nokutadisha izimangaliso zamasiko nezemvelo zezwekazi elisha.
Wazalelwa eBerlin, eJalimane, ngo-1769. Isifundiswa esikhulu futhi isihambi esingakhathali, sasiyithanda ngokukhethekile i-botany, i-geography kanye nezimayini.
Ngo-1799, uCarlos IV waseSpain wamnika imvume yokuhamba amakoloni aseMelika. Uvakashele eVenezuela, eCuba, e-Ecuador, ePeru kanye nengxenye ye-Amazon. Wafika e-Acapulco ngo-1803, cishe ngaso leso sikhathi eqala izinkambo eziningi zokuhlola ezivela kuleli chweba elibheke eMexico City.
Uvakashele iReal del Monte, eHidalgo, eGuanajuato, ePuebla naseVeracruz, phakathi kwezinye izindawo ezithandekayo. Wenza uhambo lokuhlola eSigodini saseMexico nezindawo ezizungezile. Umsebenzi wakhe wedokhumentari ubanzi kakhulu; wabhala imisebenzi eminingi eMexico, okubaluleke kakhulu "Indatshana Yezombusazwe ngombuso waseNew Spain", wokuqukethwe okubalulekile kwesayensi nomlando.
Uyaziwa emhlabeni wonke ngomsebenzi wakhe wokukhuthaza eMelika, ikakhulukazi eMexico. Njengamanje, imisebenzi yakhe ingamathuluzi abalulekile wokubonisana emibuthanweni yamazwe angaphandle yesayensi. Ngemuva kohambo olude oluya e-Asia Minor, wahlala isikhathi eside eParis, washona eBerlin ngo-1859.
