Jacopo, an elegant Italian poet, was born at Naples on the 28th of July 1458, of a noble family of Spanish origin, who dwelt at San Nazaro, a mansion-house situated near Pavia. He began his studies at Naples, under Giuniano Maggio, but was very early interrupted by an unfortunate love affair, which drove him to travel. Some say he went to France, where he wrote his first poem, Arcadia, in 1502, an Italian pastoral, in which he describes in alternate prose and verse, the scenes and occupations of pastoral life, intermingling them with adventures which really occurred to himself. The poem has been greatly admired for the elegance and purity of its diction; and the author has been generally ranked with the best poets of his country. The success of this work was early extended to Spain. Ticknor, in his History of Spanish Literature, vol. iii., p. 38, says, that "Spain was the first foreign country where the Arcadia was imitated, and was afterwards the only one where such works appeared in large numbers, and established a lasting influence." In 1526 appeared the work which gained him the name of the "Christian Virgil," De Parte Virginis. This poem, which was written in Latin, was much applauded, and the author gained the sanction of Popes Leo X. and of Clement VII. to his production. This work, and his Sonetti e Canzioni, 1530, gained for their author a very wide reputation. He received great honours on his return to Naples from King Ferdinand I., and subsequently from Frederic, the last Neapolitan king, who assigned him a residence on the beautiful slope of Mont Posilipo. Sanazzaro accompanied the latter king in his exile to France, where he remained while that monarch lived. On his return to Italy, it is said, he was told one day that the Prince of Orange had been slain in battle, who, among other indignities, had recently demolished the poet's country-house; when Sanazzaro called out, "I shall die contented since Mars has punished this barbarous enemy of the Muses." He died soon after, on the 27th of April 1530.

SAN PAULO, a province of Brazil, lying between S. Lat. 20° and 24° 30', W. Long. 44° 30' and 53°; bounded on the N. by the provinces of Goiay and Minas Geraes, N.E. by that of Rio de Janeiro, S.E. by the Atlantic, S. by Curitiba, and W. by Parana. Area, 170,615 square miles. The coast line is about 400 miles in length, and stretches from N.W. to S.E.; along the shore is a narrow strip of low land, and beyond it rises a ridge of mountains extending in a parallel direction. These form the watershed of the province, dividing it into two very unequal portions; the rivers of the eastern part flowing directly into the Atlantic, and those on the other side reaching the same destination through the Parana, which forms part of the northern and the whole of the western boundary of the province. The mountains are for the most part of granite formation, and their upper parts are covered with dense forests of valuable timber, especially cedar and pine. Their lower slopes, and the country as far as the Parana, are almost all exceedingly fertile. The principal affluent of the Parana in this province is the Tiete, which flows from east to west very nearly in the centre of the country. Grain, rice, and manise, are the principal crops raised in the interior. Along the coast, tobacco, sugar, and cotton are cultivated. Horses and cattle are reared in great numbers on the tablelands in the central parts of the province. The extreme portion is still occupied by aboriginal tribes. There are several seaports along the coast, by means of which a considerable trade is carried on with Rio Janeiro. San Paulo is divided into 7 comarcas; and represented in the legislature of Brazil by four senators and nine deputies. Pop. (1856) 500,000.

SAN PAULO, the capital of the above province, on a lofty uneven piece of ground, between two small streams, 32 miles from the sea, and 220 miles W. by S. of Rio de Janeiro. It has narrow, well-paved streets, lined with Sanquhar earthen tiled houses, generally two storeys high, and frequently provided with balconies. There are here a cathedral of large size but no great beauty, 7 other churches, 5 convents, a splendid episcopal palace, theatre, public library, several schools, an imperial manufactory of arms, woollen and cotton factories, and gold refineries. It is the central point of the Brazilian mining operations; and in the vicinity are valuable gold mines. San Paulo is the seat of the provincial assembly, courts of law, and public offices. Pop. 25,000.