Royal Society
(Organisation)
Also known as: Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge.
Learned society based in London.
Mentioned in
- 23 Battalion
- Cook the Navigator
- Explorers of the Pacific: European and American Discoveries in Polynesia
- From Tasman To Marsden.
- Letter from John Cawte Beaglehole to his Mother, 13 December, 1926
- Some Problems of Cook's Biographer
- The Endeavour Journal of Joseph Banks 1768–1771 [Volume One]
- The Endeavour Journal of Joseph Banks 1768–1771 [Volume Two]
- The Home Front Volume I
- The Life of Captain James Cook
- I — The North Sea
- IV — Newfoundland
- V — Scientific Background
- VI — Preparations
- VII — Passage to Tahiti
- VIII — Tahiti
- IX — New Zealand
- XI — Batavia to England
- XII — England 1771—1772
- XVIII — England 1775–1776
- XIX — A Third Voyage
- XX — England to New Zealand Again
- XXV — Kealakekua Bay
- XXVI — End of a Voyage
- XXVII — Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index
- The Wandering Scholars
External Links
Searching
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Other Collections
The following collections may have holdings relevant to "Royal Society":
- Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, which has entries for many prominent New Zealanders.
- Archives New Zealand, which has collections of maps, plans and posters; immigration passenger lists; and probate records.
- National Library of New Zealand, which has extensive collections of published material.
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, which has extensive holdings on the Auckland region and New Zealand military history.
- Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, which has strong holdings in Tāonga Māori, biological holotypes and New Zealand art.
- nzhistory.net.nz, from the History Group of the Ministry for Culture and Heritage.
