Hānau ʻia ma Como, ʻItalia i ka makahiki 1702 o ka hānau hanohano. I Sepania, kahi i hōʻea ai ʻo ia e mahuka ana mai ke kaua Austrian, loaʻa iā ia nā mana ākea e hōʻiliʻili i ka penihana o nā keiki a Moctezuma i ka Royal Cajas o Mekiko.
Ua huakaʻi ʻo ia i Nu Sepania i ka makahiki 1736. I loko o nā makahiki ʻewalu o kona noho ʻana ua hoʻolaʻa ʻo ia iā ia iho i ka ʻimi noiʻi ʻana i nā mea i ʻike ʻia o ka Puʻupaʻa wahine o Guadalupe, e ʻohiʻohi ana i nā mea paʻi kiʻi a me nā kiʻi paʻi kiʻi. Hāpai ia i ke kalaunu o ke kiʻi Guadalupan, ka mea e kumu i ka hilinaʻi ʻole o nā luna viceregal. Ua lawe pio ʻia ʻo ia a ua wehe ʻia kāna hōʻiliʻili. He mau mahina ma hope mai, i ka lawe ʻia ʻana i Sepania, kau ʻo ia i luna o ka moku i hāʻule i ka lima o nā pōā i haʻalele iā ia ma Gibraltar.
Me nā hana nui i hiki aku ai ʻo ia i Sepania a launa pū me ka mea ʻohiʻohi ʻo Mariano Fernández de Echeverríay Veytia nāna i hoʻokō i kāna hoʻokuʻu ʻia i koho ʻia ʻo Royal Chronicler o nā Indies, kahi kūlana a Boturini i hōʻole ai e hoʻolaʻa iā ia iho e kākau e pili ana i ka mōʻaukala o nā lāhui ʻōiwi. ʻOiai ʻaʻole i loaʻa hou iā ia kāna hōʻiliʻili, ua kākau ʻo ia i ka Catalog o ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻInikia ma luna. He kumu maoli kāna hana a palapala maikaʻi ʻia. Ua make ʻo ia ma Madrid i ka lā maopopo ʻole, ma waena o 1750 a me 1755.
