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. 80 journeys so far, 1922 to 2003, 27,688 specimens between them.
56 collectors and expeditions2,179 days in the field886,599 km between stops17,655 photographed specimens
80 journeys match
Albert C. Smith
Vanua Levu and Taveuni · Apr – May 1969
Albert C. Smith in Vanua Levu and Taveuni, April – May 1969132 specimens · 6 stops · 16 days · 8,079 km
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William A. Setchell
4 islands · May – Jun 1926
William A. Setchell across 4 islands, May – June 1926124 specimens · 6 stops · 32 days
J.W.P. Parham
Vanua Levu and Taveuni · Apr – May 1969
J.W.P. Parham in Vanua Levu and Taveuni, April – May 1969129 specimens · 6 stops · 16 days · 8,079 km
D. Koroiveibau
Vanua Levu and Taveuni · Apr – May 1969
D. Koroiveibau in Vanua Levu and Taveuni, April – May 1969123 specimens · 6 stops · 16 days · 8,079 km
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Gerrit Parmele Wilder
7 islands · Jun – Aug 1925
Gerrit Parmele Wilder across 7 islands, June – August 192552 specimens · 22 stops · 65 days · 10,586 km
V.G. Springer
13 islands of Fiji · Apr – Jun 1982
V.G. Springer across 13 islands of Fiji, April – June 198295 specimens · 17 stops · 46 days · 1,834 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
Aloisio Tabualewa
Viti Levu · Jun – Jul 1941
Aloisio Tabualewa in Viti Levu, June – July 194175 specimens · 8 stops · 36 days
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
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
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss
6 islands · Nov 1978 – Jan 1979
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss across 6 islands, November 1978 – January 197957 specimens · 17 stops · 90 days · 2,398 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
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss
5 islands · Jan – Apr 1986
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss across 5 islands, January – April 198662 specimens · 10 stops · 77 days · 2,638 km
C.C. Curtis
6 islands · Apr – May 1922
C.C. Curtis across 6 islands, April – May 192263 specimens · 6 stops · 15 days · 21 km
J.C. Regalado Jr.
Taveuni and Viti Levu · Sep – Oct 1993
J.C. Regalado Jr. in Taveuni and Viti Levu, September – October 199386 specimens · 6 stops · 27 days · 405 km
Benjamin C. Stone
3 islands · Apr – May 1969
Benjamin C. Stone in Kedah, Viti Levu and Malaya, April – May 196949 specimens · 6 stops · 20 days
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
S. Pillay
Viti Levu · Sep – Dec 1960
S. Pillay in Viti Levu, September – December 196042 specimens · 12 stops · 81 days
E.I. Schlinger
Fiji · Sep 2002 – Jan 2003
E.I. Schlinger in Fiji, September 2002 – January 200352 specimens · 15 stops · 112 days · 3,140 km
M.A. Weiner
5 islands of Fiji · Jun – Jul 1971
M.A. Weiner across 5 islands of Fiji, June – July 197171 specimens · 9 stops · 25 days · 11,374 km
Diane Ragone
15 islands · Jun – Aug 1987
Diane Ragone across 15 islands, June – August 198746 specimens · 19 stops · 77 days · 29,774 km
R.C. Phillips
4 islands · Jun – Jul 1973
R.C. Phillips across 4 islands, June – July 197355 specimens · 4 stops · 26 days · 4,659 km
Donald P. Abbott
4 islands · Jun – Jul 1973
Donald P. Abbott across 4 islands, June – July 197349 specimens · 4 stops · 26 days · 4,659 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.