55 events the sources record for this year, grouped by region.
What happened
China (1)
Bucha-gil of Jeju drifts to the Chinese border and returns from Shenyang (Annals of the Joseon Dynasty 英祖實錄 四十六年 · 英祖實錄 77책 115권 3장 A면 · 기사 wua_14606022_003)
Korean Peninsula (1)
A Qing man who drifted to Imjado is escorted back to the mainland (Annals of the Joseon Dynasty 英祖實錄 四十六年 · 英祖實錄 77책 114권 1장 B면 · 기사 wua_14601003_004)
Southeast Asia (6)
A low small island not on the charts (Dama) was discovered 3 leagues south-south-west. (Captain Cook's Journal (First Voyage) 원문 18412행 (1770-09-22))
Anchored in Batavia roads: the English East Indiaman Harcourt, two English ships there, and 13 large Dutch ships, among others. (Captain Cook's Journal (First Voyage) 원문 18677행 (1770-10-11))
Met the governor-general, who said he would supply everything needed; they decided to submit their requests to the council the next morning. (Captain Cook's Journal (First Voyage) 원문 18744행 (1770-10-12))
Went into town to send, by the first Dutch ship, copies of the log for the Admiralty and charts of the South Pacific, New Zealand and the east coast of New Holland. (Captain Cook's Journal (First Voyage) 원문 18879행 (1770-10-24))
The surgeon Monkhouse died of fever at Batavia; as the sick increased, the losses grew larger. (Captain Cook's Journal (First Voyage) 원문 19052행 (1770-11-07))
On 26 December they departed at 6 a.m. (blocked by sea winds, soon anchored again); more than 40 sick. (Captain Cook's Journal (First Voyage) 원문 19203행 (1770-12-26))
Oceania (47)
Certain that North Cape is the northernmost point of this land, the eastern tip of a peninsula stretching 17–18 leagues to the north-west. (Captain Cook's Journal (First Voyage) 원문 10580행 (1770-01-02))
From a native they obtained a human forearm just stripped of its flesh; they said they had eaten it. (Captain Cook's Journal (First Voyage) 원문 10868행 (1770-01-17))
Natives brought four heads of people they had recently killed, in canoes; Banks swallowed one of them. (Captain Cook's Journal (First Voyage) 원문 10924행 (1770-01-20))
Through Tupia, explained to an old native on Motuouru Island that they had come to set up a marker on the island. (Captain Cook's Journal (First Voyage) 원문 11105행 (1770-01-31))
Named the southern cape Cape Campbell; together with Cape Palliser it forms the southern entrance of the strait. (Captain Cook's Journal (First Voyage) 원문 11343행 (1770-02-08))
At sunset they reached Cape Palliser, and in clear weather saw its high, rugged terrain. (Captain Cook's Journal (First Voyage) 원문 11428행 (1770-02-12))
Named the southern tip of the island South Cape (editor's note: Cook's position was astonishingly accurate). (Captain Cook's Journal (First Voyage) 원문 11879행 (1770-03-10))