SAN 
church of San Lorenzo. It was approved, but the execution 
of the work being assigned to Michael Angelo, Sansovino 
feft Florence and returned to Rome. He there executed 
many works in sculpture and architecture, among the latter 
of which was the magnificent church of St. John the Bap¬ 
tist. On the sack of Rome in 1527, Sansovino retired to 
Venice with the intention of proceeding to France, but the 
reception which, he met with there, determined him to re¬ 
main in that capital. He was appointed architect to the 
republic, and was immediately engaged in seme of the 
splendid works which have inseparably connected his name 
with the decorations of Venice. He died at Venice in the 
year 1570, at the age of 90. Asa sculptor he was distin¬ 
guished by the expression and action of his figures, and the 
singular lightness of his draperies. He displayed in his art 
great powers of invention, directed by much good taste. 
Gen, B/off. 
SANSOVINO (Francesco), son of the preceding, was 
born at Rome, in 1521. He accompanied his father to 
Venice, where he was instructed in classical literature by the 
best masters. It being his father’s design to fit him for ad¬ 
vancement in the court of Rome, he was sent to study the 
law at Padua-, but the more agreeable studies in which he 
had been initiated, gave him a distaste to severer pursuits, 
and instead of attending the schools, he procured an admis¬ 
sion into a newly founded academy. With this step his 
father was so much offended, that going to Padua he refused 
to see his son; and Francesco upon this, to appease his 
father, consented to remove to Bologna, where he went 
through all the process of a legal graduation. But though 
he had taken a doctor’s degree, he declined following the 
profession, and devoted himself to literature. Upon the elec¬ 
tion of Julius III., who was his godfather, to the papal throne, 
in the year 1550, he flew to Rome full of hopes, but obtain¬ 
ing no valuable preferment, he returned to Venice, and de¬ 
voted himself to literary occupations. He composed a mul¬ 
tiplicity of works of various kinds, but they were mitten in 
great baste, and were not at all calculated for duration. The 
two that have been most known are entitled “ L’Origine e 
Fasti delle Famiglie illustri d’ltalia,” and “ II Ritratto delle 
piu nobili Citta d'ltalia.” 
- SANS PAREILLE, in Conchology, the name of a par¬ 
ticular species of buccinum, which has its mouth opening a 
contrary way to that of all other buccina. This is a single 
species among the recent buccina, but we find more than 
one kind with this peculiarity among the fossile shells, and 
that in great abundance in many places in England. 
• SANTA, a division of the province of Lima, in Peru, 
about 40 leagues in length from north to south, and from 
10 to 12 wide from east to west It is bounded east by the 
province of Guailas, north by that of Truxillo, south-east 
by that of Caxatambo, and west by the Pacific Ocean. 
Along the coast there are different safe and commodious 
harbours. The chief commerce of Santa consists of wool¬ 
bearing animals, cotton, and hogs’-lard, for which the mer¬ 
chants find a ready market at Lima. There are some sugar- 
houses and distilleries established in the capital. The climate 
in this district is rather warm. It abounds with mines con¬ 
taining load-stones. 
SANTA, the capital of the above province, founded in a 
valley, and on a river of the same name. It was formerly 
situated on the sea-coast, where it was destroyed by one of 
the buccaneers in 1685, and it has since been rebuilt half a 
league inward. In 1761, it was inundated by a high tide; 
and it is much infested with musquitoes; 210 miles north- 
north-west of Lima. Lat. 0. 9. S. long. 78. 30. W. 
SANTA, a river of the same province, which rises in the 
mountains of the province of Huailas, and after passing the 
settlement of that name, enters the Pacific Ocean. It is 
about one-fourth of a league broad at the ford, which is near 
the town of that name, and forms five principal streams, 
which run during the whole year with great rapidity 
SANTA, a small island of the Pacific Ocean, at the mouth 
of the above river. It is uninhabited. 
SAN 655 
SANTA ANA, a mission of California, celebrated on 
account of the astronomical observations of Velasquez. 
SANTA BARBARA, a sea-port on the coast of North 
America, in New California, where a presidio and mission 
is established by the Spaniards, and which has much more 
the appearance of civilization than some of the other Spanish 
establishments on the coast. The buildings are regular and 
well constructed, the walls are clean and white, and the 
roofs of the houses are covered with a bright red tile. The 
presidio is seen above a grove of small trees, and produces, 
with the rest of the buildings, a very picturesque effect. The 
bay is open, and without any kind of interruption whatever. 
The soundings, on approaching it, are regular, from 15 to 
3 fathoms, the former from half a league to two miles, the 
latter within a cable and a half of the shore. The shores of 
the roadstead are for the most part low, and terminate in 
sandy beaches, with the exception of the western point, 
which is a steep cliff, moderately elevated, to which Van¬ 
couver, who visited this settlement in 1793, gave the name 
of Point Felipe, after the commandant of the settlement, 
from whom he experienced great civility and kindness. The 
interior country, a few miles only from the sea-coast, is 
composed of rugged, barren mountains, which rise in five 
distinct ridges, behind and above each other, a great dis¬ 
tance inland towards the east, which space is at present nei¬ 
ther occupied by Spaniards nor Indians. It is mentioned 
by Vancouver, that the sheep and poultry at this settlement 
exceed, both in size and delicacy of flavour, those of any 
of the other settlements which he visited. Santa Barbara 
was founded in 1786, and contains 1100 inhabitants. It is 
garrisoned by about 60 soldiers, out of which it affords 
guards also to the mission of the same name. These soldiers 
are all expert horsemen, and well qualified to quell any in¬ 
surrection among the natives. Lat. 34. 24. N. long. 240. 
43. E. 
SANTA BARBARA, a small island in the North Pacific 
Ocean, about 40 miles from the coast of New California, or 
New Albion, Lat. 33. 24. N. long. 241. 16. E. 
SANTA BARBARA, a small island in the Atlantic Ocean, 
near the coast of Brazil. 
SANTA BARBARA, a settlement in the island of Cuba; 
10 miles south of Bayamo. 
SANTA BARBARA, a sea-port on the south-east coast of 
the island of Curacoa, with a good harbour. 
SANTA BARBARA, Bay of, on the south coast of 
Terra del Fuego. Its south-east point was named by Captain 
Cook, Cape Desolation, and is in Lat. 54. 55. S. long. 72. 
12: W. 
SANTA BARBARA, Canal de, a strait which runs 
along the coast of New Albion, in North America, and which 
is formed by some isles on the one side, and by the con¬ 
tinental shore on the other. It extends from Lat. 33. to 34. 
30. N. 
SANTA CATALINA, one of Solomon’s islands, in Lat. 
10. 53. 50. S. long. 162. 31. 30. E. 
SANTA CATALINA, Island of, an island in the North 
Pacific, which lies about 40 miles off the west coast of New 
California, or New Albion. Lat. 33. 22. N. long. 242. 
7. E. 
SANTA CLARA, an island on the coast of Peru, in the 
bay of Guayaquil. It is commonly called Amortajo or 
Muerto, from its resembling Ihe figure of a corpse; 12 miles 
north-west of the west point of Puna island. Lat. 3. 15. S„ 
long. 80. 14. W. 
SANTA CLARA, a mission of Franciscan friars, on the 
west coast of North America, intended for the conversion and 
instruction of the Indians in New Albion, under the Spanish 
government. The fathers have a guard, consisting of a 
corporal and six privates. The situation is in a fertile soil, 
and they cultivate wheat, maize, pease, and beans; 40 miles 
south-south-east of St. Francisco. 
SANTA CRUZ, a sea-port, capital of the island of 
Teneriffe, and residence of the governor of the Canaries. It 
is also the centre of the trade of these islands, through 
which 
