This article presents a detailed timeline of events in the history of computing. For a narrative explaining the overall developments, see the related History of computing.
Stephen White: A Brief History of Computing, http://ox.compsoc.net/~swhite/history. An excellent Computer history site; the above is a modified version of his timeline, used with permission.
... South Pole, first to navigate the Northwest Passage in a single ship
Roy Chapman Andrews, (1884-1960), US explorer
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Vasco Nunez de Balboa, (c. 1475-1519), (- ...