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It exports silver, of it in 1846, and it became an important place in 1849 on account of the discovery of gold (1848). It was devastated by fires 1849-51. In 1850 it was incorporated as a city. The herb'). It was changed to San Francisco in 1847. Popuoriginal name of the place was Yerba Buena (Sp., 'good lati on (1890), 298,997. San Francisco (sän frän-this'kō), Cape. A cape on the coast of Ecuador, lat. 0° 40′ N., long. 80° 7' W. San Francisco Bay (san fran-sis'kō bā). A landlocked inlet of the Pacific, in California. The entrance to it from the ocean is by the pa age called the Golden Gate, on the northwest of San Francisco city. It extends southeast for about 40 miles, widening about its center to 12 miles. San Pablo Bay is an extension of it toward the north. San Francisco Mountain or Mountains. The loftiest mountain group in Arizona. Its chief summit (Humphrey's Peak) is about 12,800 feet high. Sangai (sän-gi'). A volcano in the Andes of Ecuador, 120 miles south of Quito. It is in a state of constant activity. Height, 17,464 feet (Rei and Stübel). The saying is current that eruptions of Sangai are to be apprehended when Cotopaxi becomes and the opinion seems to prevail that the two mountains act as safety-valves to each other. Whymper, Travels amongst the Great Andes of the [Equator, p. 73. Sangallo (säng-gäl'lō), Antonio da, "The Elder." Born 1450: died 1543. An Italian architect and military engineer, brother of Giuliano da Sangallo. Sangallo, Antonio da, "The Younger." Born at Mugello, near Florence, 1485: died at Terni, 1546. An Italian architect, nephew of Giuliano da Sangallo. He worked on the Vatican, Farnese Palace, and other buildings in Rome. Sangallo, Francesco da. Born 1493: died 1570. A Florentine sculptor, son of Giuliano da Sangallo the architect. His best works are the statues of the Bishop of Cortona in the Florentine Certosa, and the Bishop of Nocera in the cloisters of San Lorenzo. Sangallo, Giuliano da. Born at Florence, 1445: died there, Oct. 20, 1516. An Italian architect, military engineer, and sculptor. He went to Rome and in 1465 began the famous album of the Bibliothèque Barber in i, a book of sketches of antique monuments many of which have since been destroyed. He entered the service of Paul II. as mason, and later as superintendent of the Tribune of St. Peter's. In 1478 he fortified the city of Cas tell in a and defended it against a siege directed by Francesco di Giorgio Martini. About 1489 he built the octagonal sacristy of Santo Spirito at Florence and the Villa di Poggio at Cajano. In 1492 he commenced the cloister of Cestello and Santa Maria Maddelena de' Pazzi, using an Ionic capital found at Fiesole as a model for his order. He was at this time especially attached to the Cardinal dell a Rovere (later Julius II.), and executed a long series of works for him. He was probably in France with the cardinal about 1494, and returned to Italy in 1497. From this time until the acce ion of Della Rovere as Julius II. (1503), Giuliano was engaged on many important works, the chief of which is the Palazzo Gondi at Florence, the sculptured decorations of which are by his own hand. After the acce ion of Julius II. Giuliano a ociated himself with Michelangelo in the competition with Raphael and Bramante for the works of St. Peter's. (See Bramante .) On the acce ion of Leo X. he was a ociated with Raphael in the work of St. Peter's (about 1514). In 1516 he made a design for the façade of San Lorenzo at Florence. IMG:content-0870.png:[ocr errors] Sangamon (sang'ga-mon) River. A river in central Illinois, joining miles west-northwest of Springfield. Length, including the North Fork, about 225 miles. Sangar i us (sang-ga'ri-us) The ancient name of the Sakaria. Sangar Strait (sän-gär' str at), or Tsugaru IMG:content-0871.png:[ocr errors] Strait (tsö-gä'rö str at). A sea pa age which separates the main island of Japan from Yezo, and connects the Sea of Japan with the Pacific. Sangay. See Sangai . San Germano. Same as Ca ino (Italy). Sangir (säng-ger') Islands. A group of small islands between Celebes and the Philippine Islands. They are under the suzerainty of the Dutch. The chief island contains a volcano, an eruption of which in 1856 killed 12,000 inhabitants and nearly stroyed the island.