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. 70 journeys so far, 1903 to 2011, 14,503 specimens between them.
49 collectors and expeditions1,791 days in the field477,700 km between stops8,940 photographed specimens
70 journeys match
Maxwell S. Doty
11 islands · Dec 1964 – Feb 1965
Maxwell S. Doty across 11 islands, December 1964 – February 1965158 specimens · 14 stops · 38 days · 6,438 km
Otto Degener
5 islands · Aug – Oct 1981
Otto Degener across 5 islands, August – October 1981122 specimens · 26 stops · 41 days · 26,632 km
F. Raymond Fosberg
8 islands · Sep – Oct 1960
F. Raymond Fosberg across 8 islands, September – October 1960112 specimens · 22 stops · 56 days · 12,270 km
D. Mueller-Dombois
Lord Howe and Norfolk Island · 5–17 Sep 1992
D. Mueller-Dombois in Lord Howe and Norfolk Island, 5–17 September 1992185 specimens · 10 stops · 13 days
Isa Degener
5 islands · Aug – Oct 1981
Isa Degener across 5 islands, August – October 1981115 specimens · 26 stops · 41 days · 26,632 km
P. Ollerenshaw
Australia · Oct – Dec 1986
P. Ollerenshaw in Australia, October – December 1986116 specimens · 17 stops · 65 days · 412 km
Gerald R. Allen
17 islands of Australia · Nov 1971 – Jul 1972
Gerald R. Allen across 17 islands of Australia, November 1971 – July 1972122 specimens · 56 stops · 244 days · 3,375 km
Heinar Streimann
Australia and Oʻahu · 10–19 Dec 1975
Heinar Streimann in Australia and Oʻahu, 10–19 December 1975152 specimens · 10 stops · 10 days
Maxwell S. Doty
Tasmania · Jul – Sep 1957
Maxwell S. Doty in Tasmania, July – September 1957129 specimens · 11 stops · 45 days
J. Ishimoto
Australia and Dunk · 1–16 Dec 2011
J. Ishimoto in Australia and Dunk, 1–16 December 2011108 specimens · 13 stops · 16 days
P.L. Beesley
Australia and Lady Musgrave · Nov – Dec 1986
P.L. Beesley in Australia and Lady Musgrave, November – December 1986108 specimens · 11 stops · 22 days · 818 km
R.J.J. Rudd
Australia · Apr – May 1991
R.J.J. Rudd in Australia, April – May 199185 specimens · 21 stops · 23 days · 2,600 km
van Royen
Australia · Jul – Oct 1965
van Royen in Australia, July – October 196578 specimens · 24 stops · 108 days
Timothy J. Gallaher
Australia and Dunk · 1–16 Dec 2011
Timothy J. Gallaher in Australia and Dunk, 1–16 December 201199 specimens · 12 stops · 16 days
W. Greuter
Australia · Sep – Oct 1988
W. Greuter in Australia, September – October 198864 specimens · 26 stops · 53 days
Maxwell S. Doty
5 islands · Jun – Oct 1959
Maxwell S. Doty across 5 islands, June – October 1959110 specimens · 16 stops · 108 days · 14,276 km
van Royen
Java and Australia · Nov 1974 – Jan 1975
van Royen in Java and Australia, November 1974 – January 197589 specimens · 8 stops · 62 days
J.E.R. Tilden
Tahiti and Australia · Aug – Sep 1912
J.E.R. Tilden in Tahiti and Australia, August – September 1912117 specimens · 7 stops · 32 days
K.U. Kramer
Australia · Sep – Oct 1986
K.U. Kramer in Australia, September – October 198673 specimens · 13 stops · 35 days
Maxwell S. Doty
6 islands · Nov 1975 – Mar 1976
Maxwell S. Doty across 6 islands, November 1975 – March 197661 specimens · 13 stops · 131 days · 16,972 km
J.R. Croft
Tasmania · 14–25 Feb 1989
J.R. Croft in Tasmania, 14–25 February 198980 specimens · 9 stops · 12 days · 374 km
B.C. Russell
Lord Howe and One Tree · Jan – Feb 1973
B.C. Russell in Lord Howe and One Tree, January – February 1973102 specimens · 18 stops · 47 days
M.A. Evans
Australia · Sep 1967 – Jan 1968
M.A. Evans in Australia, September 1967 – January 196849 specimens · 15 stops · 108 days
S. Carlquist
Australia · Oct – Nov 1962
S. Carlquist in Australia, October – November 196251 specimens · 17 stops · 47 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.