The Tale of Years

The clock in Victoria railway station, Bombay.

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Tale of Years

1770

in The Copy Book

There are four posts in The Copy Book assigned to 1770. To see all our posts in chronological order, go to the Tale of Years.

Table Steaks

French travel writer Pierre-Jean Grosley toured Georgian London just in time to witness a culinary revolution: the sandwich.

Guns and Chaldrons

In 1770, agriculturist Arthur Young published his diary of a six-month tour of the north of England, which included a visit to the coalfields and ironworks of the Tyne.

Kanguru!

James Cook describes his first sight of a beloved Australian icon.

Out of Touch

William Pitt the Elder berates Parliament for treating the public like know-nothings.