Journeys
The expeditions, reassembled
Every dated label is a diary entry. Read a collector’s labels in order and the voyage comes back: the islands in sequence, the days at each, the specimens from every stop. 63 journeys so far, 1903 to 2008, 18,007 specimens between them.
35 collectors and expeditions1,460 days in the field561,108 km between stops10,521 photographed specimens
63 journeys match
L.B. Preskitt
Rose Atoll and Swains Island · 11–26 Feb 2002
L.B. Preskitt in Rose Atoll and Swains Island, 11–26 February 200272 specimens · 7 stops · 16 days · 1,020 km
R.G. Buggeln
Tutuila and Ofu · 1–27 Aug 1964
R.G. Buggeln in Tutuila and Ofu, 1–27 August 196485 specimens · 9 stops · 27 days
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss
7 islands · Jan – Mar 1960
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss across 7 islands, January – March 196057 specimens · 7 stops · 58 days · 16,910 km
H. Uchiyama
Upolu and Tutuila · Aug – Sep 1999
H. Uchiyama in Upolu and Tutuila, August – September 199982 specimens · 7 stops · 18 days · 137 km
A.W. Wisner
Tutuila and Upolu · Jan – Feb 1959
A.W. Wisner in Tutuila and Upolu, January – February 195961 specimens · 8 stops · 50 days
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
Hawaiʻi Island and Tutuila · Jul – Aug 1935
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Hawaiʻi Island and Tutuila, July – August 193563 specimens · 7 stops · 41 days · 4,120 km
P.C. Hutchison
3 islands · 13–21 Jan 1967
P.C. Hutchison in Oʻahu, Kauaʻi and Tutuila, 13–21 January 196751 specimens · 8 stops · 9 days · 522 km
P.A. Cox
Savaii and Tau · Jun – Jul 1979
P.A. Cox in Savaii and Tau, June – July 197966 specimens · 9 stops · 24 days · 328 km
Wray Harris
Tau · 10–27 Jul 1938
Wray Harris in Tau, 10–27 July 193865 specimens · 6 stops · 18 days
A.W. Wisner
Tutuila and Tutulia · 14–28 Aug 1959
A.W. Wisner in Tutuila and Tutulia, 14–28 August 195968 specimens · 5 stops · 15 days
W.A. Whistler
5 islands · Dec 1975 – Jan 1976
W.A. Whistler across 5 islands, December 1975 – January 197643 specimens · 13 stops · 21 days · 509 km
M.-H Sachet
4 islands · Jun – Jul 1976
M.-H Sachet across 4 islands, June – July 197646 specimens · 8 stops · 28 days · 2,621 km
W.A. Whistler
6 islands · Apr – May 1979
W.A. Whistler across 6 islands, April – May 197941 specimens · 8 stops · 11 days · 80 km
Erling Christophersen
Tutuila and Upolu · 24–29 Jun 1931
Erling Christophersen in Tutuila and Upolu, 24–29 June 193153 specimens · 3 stops · 6 days · 145 km
K.N. Page
Tau and Swains Island · 12–18 Feb 2002
K.N. Page in Tau and Swains Island, 12–18 February 200241 specimens · 2 stops · 7 days · 395 km
How a journey is found
Every specimen with a full date and a known collector is a diary entry. The days are read in order; a gap of more than three weeks ends one journey and starts the next. Days spent where a collector lived most of their life are home, not travel, and are left out.
A journey needs at least five days, forty specimens and two places. Within it, a run of days spent within about ten kilometres is one stop; the stop’s point is the middle of the labels that carry coordinates, or the island’s centre when none do.
Companions are the people whose own labels put them in the same place on the same days. Staff can name a journey, write about it and feature it; everything else here is read straight off the specimens, and is rebuilt as the records improve.