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Ferdinand Magellan Ferdinand Magellan was a famous Portuguese explorer who gave the Pacific Ocean its name. The name means that it is a calm and peaceful ocean. He also led the first expedition that sailed around the world although he himself did not finish the journey. At first he sailed under the flag of his native country, Portugal, but when the Portuguese King Manuel II refused to let him lead an expedition to the Spice Islands in Indonesia, he decided to leave Portugal and go to Spain. The Spice Islands were very rich in spices which people could trade around Europe and which provided them with important financial benefits. At time, Spain was in competition with Portugal for business and was looking for new routes to get to the Far East in order to trade. Portugal controlled the route that went around the South of Africa and then East towards India, so Spain needed to find a new route. Magellan planned an expedition that would reach the Spice Islands by crossing west over the At...

Reach for the Skies The Great Pyramid of Giza was completed in 2570 BCE. With its vast dimensions for that time, it was classified as the tallest structure on Earth. In fact, at 480 ft. high, it remained the tallest structure for thousands of years. The Eiffel Tower held the record in the late 19th century. After that, the tallest structure was a skyscraper called the Chrysler Building, built in New York in 1930 with a height of 1,046 ft. A year later, just a few blocks away, the Empire State Building rose to a height of 1,250 ft., making in the tallest building in the world from 1931 until 1972. In fact, it is one of the easiest buildings worlwide to identify and has appeared in over 100 movies, most famously the 1933 and 2005 versions of King Kong. Up to this day, once a year, the Empire Sate Building holds the world's most famous stair-climbing competition. Competitors race up the building's 1,576 steps as quickly as they can - sometimes in less than ten minutes! Nowadays, t...

En esta obra se narra la historia de un hombre que desde su infancia tenía una auténtica pasión por los animales. Se casó joven y tuvo suerte de que su mujer le proporcionara unos animales. Ellos tuvieron pájaros, un pez de color de oro, un magnifico perro, conejos, un mono pequeño y un gato. Este último animal llamado Plutón, era muy fuerte y bello. Plutón seguía al hombre por todos lados, pero con el paso de los años, el hombre cambio su carácter y temperamento, por culpa del alcohol. El hombre lastimaba a los animales a excepción de Plutón, pues el todavía no despertaba odio en él. Plutón envejecía y se hacía más huraño con el hombre por culpa del alcohol. Una noche regresaba completamente ebrio, le pareció que el gato evitaba su presencia. Lo cogió, pero el horrorizado por su violenta actitud, le hizo en la mano, con los dientes una leve herida. Repentinamente se apodero de él un odio hacia el gato. Del bolsillo saco un cortaplumas, lo abrió, lo cogió y él le vació un...