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
W.A. Whistler
3 islands · Jun – Aug 1972
W.A. Whistler in Upolu, Savaii and Tutuila, June – August 1972175 specimens · 25 stops · 53 days · 464 km
P.S. Vroom
7 islands · Jan – Mar 2002
P.S. Vroom across 7 islands, January – March 2002348 specimens · 9 stops · 50 days · 6,339 km
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William A. Setchell
3 islands · Jun – Jul 1920
William A. Setchell in Tutuila, Aunuu and Rose Atoll, June – July 1920175 specimens · 32 stops · 51 days · 21 km
A.J. Eames
Upolu and Tutuila · Feb – Mar 1921
A.J. Eames in Upolu and Tutuila, February – March 1921260 specimens · 10 stops · 33 days · 289 km
A. Meebold
3 islands · Jun – Jul 1932
A. Meebold in Viti Levu, Oʻahu and Tutuila, June – July 1932336 specimens · 4 stops · 31 days · 5,857 km
Johnson Randall
5 islands · Jun – Dec 1971
Johnson Randall across 5 islands, June – December 1971221 specimens · 23 stops · 158 days · 27,137 km
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Gerrit Parmele Wilder
7 islands · Aug – Sep 1923
Gerrit Parmele Wilder across 7 islands, August – September 1923171 specimens · 15 stops · 36 days · 5,391 km
P.S. Vroom
7 islands · Jan – Feb 2004
P.S. Vroom across 7 islands, January – February 2004336 specimens · 6 stops · 29 days · 7,651 km
Erling Christophersen
3 islands · Oct 1924 – Jan 1925
Erling Christophersen in Oʻahu, Tutuila and Hawaiʻi Island, October 1924 – January 1925126 specimens · 16 stops · 85 days · 17,725 km
W.A. Whistler
9 islands · Apr – Jun 1985
W.A. Whistler across 9 islands, April – June 1985140 specimens · 32 stops · 75 days · 9,570 km
D. Wesley Garber
3 islands of American Samoa · May – Jul 1925
D. Wesley Garber in Ofu, Olosega and Tutuila, May – July 1925143 specimens · 16 stops · 42 days · 209 km
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
7 islands · Mar – Apr 1935
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. across 7 islands, March – April 1935175 specimens · 12 stops · 27 days · 12,205 km
D. Wesley Garber
Tutuila and Goat Island · Nov 1924 – Jan 1925
D. Wesley Garber in Tutuila and Goat Island, November 1924 – January 1925170 specimens · 9 stops · 38 days
W.A. Whistler
5 islands · Aug – Oct 1978
W.A. Whistler across 5 islands, August – October 1978139 specimens · 24 stops · 67 days
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
14 islands · Jul – Sep 1938
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. across 14 islands, July – September 1938131 specimens · 17 stops · 49 days · 11,700 km
Erling Christophersen
3 islands · Dec 1931 – Feb 1932
Erling Christophersen in Tutuila, Oʻahu and Upolu, December 1931 – February 1932148 specimens · 8 stops · 47 days · 8,662 km
D. Wesley Garber
Tau and Olosega · Dec 1921 – Jan 1922
D. Wesley Garber in Tau and Olosega, December 1921 – January 1922133 specimens · 10 stops · 45 days
Otto Herman Swezey
6 islands · Jul – Sep 1923
Otto Herman Swezey across 6 islands, July – September 192395 specimens · 15 stops · 64 days · 824 km
D. Wesley Garber
Tau and Savaii · Aug – Sep 1921
D. Wesley Garber in Tau and Savaii, August – September 1921107 specimens · 11 stops · 48 days
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss
13 islands · Dec 1976 – Apr 1977
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss across 13 islands, December 1976 – April 197788 specimens · 27 stops · 104 days · 15,072 km
S.W. Cooper
5 islands of American Samoa · Feb – Mar 2008
S.W. Cooper across 5 islands of American Samoa, February – March 2008101 specimens · 7 stops · 25 days · 760 km
G.J. Spence
6 islands · Jan – Mar 1977
G.J. Spence across 6 islands, January – March 197788 specimens · 14 stops · 63 days · 10,053 km
Johnson Randall
Tutuila Island and Tutuila · Apr – May 1974
Johnson Randall in Tutuila Island and Tutuila, April – May 1974129 specimens · 14 stops · 21 days · 5,399 km
F. Raymond Fosberg
10 islands · May – Jul 1973
F. Raymond Fosberg across 10 islands, May – July 197356 specimens · 17 stops · 45 days
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.