Career
Piñateli was a secretary at the Captaincy General of Galicia, secretary to King Charles II of Spain, and to King Philip V of Spain. He was listed as a "language authority" in the first 18th century edition of the Official Spanish Language Dicgaand mastitionary. In 1736, Piñateli"s two-volume work on Russia was published, entitled Historia de Moscovia y vida de sus zares, con una descripción de todo el imperio, su gobierno, religión, costumbres y genio de sus naturales.
Madrid, Imprenta del convento de la Merced), 2 vols (1736).
