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. 14 journeys so far, 1950 to 1958, 3,947 specimens between them.
10 collectors and expeditions538 days in the field262,883 km between stops1,833 photographed specimens
14 journeys match
F. Raymond Fosberg
21 islands · Nov 1951 – Apr 1952
F. Raymond Fosberg across 21 islands, November 1951 – April 1952672 specimens · 57 stops · 145 days · 13,644 km
Benjamin C. Stone
20 islands · Sep 1957 – Feb 1958
Benjamin C. Stone across 20 islands, September 1957 – February 1958507 specimens · 64 stops · 154 days · 21,480 km
F. Raymond Fosberg
5 islands · Nov 1953 – Feb 1954
F. Raymond Fosberg across 5 islands, November 1953 – February 1954343 specimens · 50 stops · 83 days · 28,095 km
Maxwell S. Doty
11 islands · Sep 1953 – Aug 1954
Maxwell S. Doty across 11 islands, September 1953 – August 1954309 specimens · 40 stops · 315 days · 78,333 km
L. Horwitz
3 islands · Jul – Aug 1951
L. Horwitz in Arno Atoll, Ine Island and Malel Island, July – August 1951506 specimens · 30 stops · 58 days
Benjamin C. Stone
22 islands · Feb – Aug 1957
Benjamin C. Stone across 22 islands, February – August 1957301 specimens · 47 stops · 169 days · 33,594 km
Harold St.John
6 islands · Nov 1955 – Jan 1956
Harold St.John across 6 islands, November 1955 – January 1956293 specimens · 22 stops · 65 days · 13,814 km
Donald P. Abbott
4 islands · Jul – Oct 1953
Donald P. Abbott across 4 islands, July – October 1953221 specimens · 38 stops · 115 days
Jan Newhouse
5 islands · May – Sep 1954
Jan Newhouse across 5 islands, May – September 1954224 specimens · 51 stops · 114 days · 18,081 km
Donald Anderson
8 islands · Apr – Jun 1950
Donald Anderson across 8 islands, April – June 1950193 specimens · 19 stops · 54 days · 16,195 km
Harold St.John
16 islands · Jun – Aug 1956
Harold St.John across 16 islands, June – August 1956140 specimens · 31 stops · 69 days · 26,065 km
M. Bates
4 islands · Jul – Sep 1953
M. Bates across 4 islands, July – September 1953114 specimens · 13 stops · 64 days
Benjamin C. Stone
3 islands · Mar – May 1956
Benjamin C. Stone in Oʻahu, Utirik Atoll and Pohnpei, March – May 195670 specimens · 9 stops · 71 days · 10,487 km
W.A. Niering
5 islands of Micronesia · Jun – Sep 1954
W.A. Niering across 5 islands of Micronesia, June – September 195454 specimens · 21 stops · 75 days · 3,095 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.