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In 1614 a Japanese embassy arrived in Spain led by samurai Hasekura Tsunenaga with the intention of arriving in Rome to see the Pope and ask for protection for Japanese Catholics.

"Dino" Don Lessem brings readers face-to-face with various dinosaur species, detailing their habitats, way of life and how they became extinct. An acclaimed dinosaur expert, Don Lessem has written more than 30 children's books, writes a popular dinosaur column in Highlights magazine, and was an adviser for Jurassic Park. Take a trip through dinosaur time to meet these sea giants face-to-face: The Archelon was similar to a turtle, but its shell was made of crossed rib bone covered in rubbery skin! The Mososaurs had huge pointy jaws and grew to be fifty feet long! The Ichthyosaurs looked a lot...

As a successful former slave, Clara Brown used her money to help other freed slaves get a new start in life. In 1859 Clara bought her own freedom and headed west to Colorado to find her daughter, who was sold when she was just a little girl. Clara didn't find her daughter there, but she did get rich. The people she helped became her family, and she became known as "Aunt" Clara Brown.

Este tomo te permitirá conocer mejor al canguro, un marsupial que sólo vive en Australia y Nueva Guinea. Las hembras de los canguros, como las de todos los marsupiales, poseen una bolsa o marsupio, en cuyo inteiror se amamantan las crías hasta que tienen ocho o diez meses. En este volumen se describen las diferentes variedades de canguro, desde el ualabi de cola corta, del tamaño de una rata grande, al canguro rojo, que mide más de dos metros de altura y pesa alrededor de setenta kilos.