 Already as a youth he enlisted in the Venetian navy and participated in the War of the Morea in 1696–1697 as a ship of the line captain ("Governator di Nave") under the "provveditore" Grimani.He was then elected as "provveditore straordinario di Terraferma" at Orzinuovi in 1701, at Brescia in 1704, and at Bergamo in 1706.In 1717, during the Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War, he was appointed "Capitano Straordinario delle Navi" (commander of the sailing fleet), replacing Andrea Corner.