El ferrocarril transcontinental (The Transcontinental Railroad)

People today refer to the Midwestern and prairie states as flyover country. During the Civil War, crossing those areas was the biggest obstacle in uniting the East and West Coasts of our divided nation. An act of Congress in 1862 authorized the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific railroad companies to build a railroad that would link the coasts. Seven years later, on May 10, 1869, an overwhelmingly immigrant labor force completed the task when a rail line was join in Promontory, Utah. The states had become united at last.

Desde los albores de los tiempos, miramos hacia arriba y nos preguntamos... ¿qué hay allí? La sonda Voyager 2 ha explorado durante más de cuarenta años los confines de nuestro sistema solar y en estos mismos momentos se aventura en el espacio exterior llevando un mensaje de la humanidad. Este álbum nos transporta poéticamente a la profundidad del espacio exterior en un viaje embriagador más allá del infinito. Since the dawn of time, we look up and wonder ... what is there? The Voyager 2 probe has explored the confines of our solar system for more than forty years, and at this very...

"Carlitos writes a letter to the Three Kings asking for lots of presents. Later, he decides to write a new letter and gives up some of the things in his wish list in exchange for a bigger gift for his older brother, who is teaching him how to ride a bike and lets him use his own big kid's bike. At the end, everyone wins...! Contains an informative section about Christmas and Three Kings Day."

De todas las grandes aventuras que ha vivido el ser humano hasta nuestros días, la que le llevó a montarse en una nave espacial y alcanzar la Luna es seguramente la más apasionante y hermosa de todas. Súbete en el Apollo 11 y acompaña a Armstrong, Collins y Aldrin en una aventura espacial camino de la Luna, camino de la historia.

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