 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Akasvika muVenezuela muna Chikunguru 1842, uye akagara kusvikira muna September 1845. Rwendo rwacho rwakatanga pachiteshi chengarava cheLa Guaira, kwaakanyora mifananidzo yevagari vomunzvimbomo uye matongo akanga achiripo kubva pakudengenyeka kwenyika kwakaitika muCaracas muna 1812. Akapfuura nomunyika yacho yose, achishanyira nzvimbo dzakarongwa naHumboldt, achiunganidza muunganidzwa mukuru wemifananidzo yakadhirowewa nemapepa, uyewo mifananidzo yemafuta, yairatidza upenyu hwomumaguta netsika pamwe chete nemapaki. Ari ikoko, akapupurira kudzorerwa kwezvisaririra zvaSimón Bolívar kubva kuSanta Marta muna November 1842. 