Ke hōʻike aku nei mākou iā ʻoe i ka moʻomeheu o kēia huakaʻi Kelemania huakaʻi ʻole a me ka mea noiʻi, i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kenekulia 19, ua ʻaʻa e hoʻopaʻa a hoʻopaʻa i nā hana kupaianaha a me nā kūlohelohe o ka ʻāina hou.
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo ia ma Pelelina, Kelemania, i ka makahiki 1769. He haumana naʻaupō a huakaʻi hele hele ʻole hoʻi, he aloha kūikawā kona i ka botany, ke kālaihonua a me ka mining.
I ka 1799, hāʻawi ʻo Carlos IV o Sepania iā ia i ka ʻae e hele i nā kolone ʻAmelika. Ua mākaʻikaʻi ʻo ia iā Venezuela, Cuba, ʻEkuador, Peru a me kahi ʻāpana o ka Amazon. Ua hōʻea ʻo ia i Acapulco ma 1803, kokoke i ka hoʻomaka koke ʻana o kekahi mau huakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi mai kēia awa a i ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Mexico.
Ua kipa ʻo ia iā Real del Monte, ma Hidalgo, Guanajuato, Puebla a me Veracruz, i waena o nā wahi hoihoi ʻē aʻe. Ua hana ʻo ia i kekahi mau huakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi ma ke awāwa ʻo Mekiko a me nā wahi a puni. Nui kāna hana pepa; i kākau i nā hana he nui ma Mekiko, ka mea nui a koʻikoʻi "ʻO ka moʻolelo politika i ke aupuni o Sepania Hou", o ka ʻike ʻepekema a me ka ʻike nui o ka ʻike.
ʻIke ʻia ʻo ia i ka honua holoʻokoʻa no kāna hana hoʻolaha ma ʻAmelika, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Mekiko. I kēia manawa, kāna mau hana he mea pono e kūkākūkā ai i nā pōʻaiapili ʻepekema honua. Ma hope o kahi huakaʻi lōʻihi i Asia Minor, noho ʻo ia no kahi manawa lōʻihi ma Palisa, e make ana ma Berlin ma 1859.
