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. 15 journeys so far, 1923 to 1993, 10,197 specimens between them.
15 collectors and expeditions549 days in the field176,507 km between stops7,403 photographed specimens
15 journeys match
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
85 islands · Nov 1923 – Nov 1924
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. across 85 islands, November 1923 – November 19242,392 specimens · 109 stops · 342 days · 30,927 km
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo
12 islands of Fiji · Jun – Oct 1938
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo across 12 islands of Fiji, June – October 19382,255 specimens · 28 stops · 115 days · 15,460 km
Otto Degener
5 islands of Fiji · Nov 1940 – Jul 1941
Otto Degener across 5 islands of Fiji, November 1940 – July 19411,263 specimens · 59 stops · 237 days · 15,888 km
Albert C. Smith
10 islands · Mar – Aug 1953
Albert C. Smith across 10 islands, March – August 1953869 specimens · 33 stops · 154 days · 15,233 km
Elwood Curtin Zimmerman
7 islands of Fiji · Jul – Oct 1938
Elwood Curtin Zimmerman across 7 islands of Fiji, July – October 1938697 specimens · 21 stops · 92 days · 3,794 km
Harold E. Parks
4 islands · May – Jul 1927
Harold E. Parks across 4 islands, May – July 1927771 specimens · 22 stops · 72 days · 542 km
Clarence H. Cooke Jr.
3 islands of Fiji · 7–26 Jul 1938
Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Viti Levu, Ovalau and Fiji, 7–26 July 1938560 specimens · 9 stops · 20 days · 3,777 km
John W. Gillespie
3 islands of Fiji · Jan – Mar 1928
John W. Gillespie in Taveuni, Ovalau and Taviuni, January – March 1928492 specimens · 24 stops · 51 days · 4,541 km
E. Ordonez
5 islands of Fiji · Nov 1940 – Jan 1941
E. Ordonez across 5 islands of Fiji, November 1940 – January 1941444 specimens · 14 stops · 70 days · 10,426 km
J. Manson Valentine
3 islands of Fiji · Jul 1937 – Jan 1938
J. Manson Valentine in Viti Levu, Taveuni and Ovalau, July 1937 – January 1938131 specimens · 28 stops · 185 days · 23,764 km
J.C. Regalado Jr.
3 islands of Fiji · 6–29 Apr 1993
J.C. Regalado Jr. in Viti Levu, Taveuni and Ovalau, 6–29 April 1993102 specimens · 11 stops · 24 days · 3,560 km
Donald Anderson
6 islands · Aug – Nov 1969
Donald Anderson across 6 islands, August – November 196942 specimens · 15 stops · 94 days · 36,629 km
A.W.C.T. Herre
10 islands · Mar – Jun 1929
A.W.C.T. Herre across 10 islands, March – June 192946 specimens · 15 stops · 93 days · 5,808 km
P.J. Garnock-Jones
3 islands of Fiji · Jun – Jul 1977
P.J. Garnock-Jones in Vanua Balavu, Lakeba and Ovalau, June – July 197767 specimens · 13 stops · 24 days · 3,420 km
M.A. Weiner
5 islands of Fiji · Jul – Aug 1972
M.A. Weiner across 5 islands of Fiji, July – August 197266 specimens · 10 stops · 32 days · 2,738 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.