 Exact register of this migration is difficult, but through scattered information in several documents, it is clear that Piaggio family members (all either brothers or cousins) left Genoa for Peru, Argentina, Brasil, Chile and the United States of America.Faustino G. Piaggio took a position as administrator of the trading house an uncle of his had in the Peruvian port of Callao.It would be in Peru where he would make his fortune and would achieve significant standing.