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. 13 journeys so far, 1971 to 1979, 2,361 specimens between them.
10 collectors and expeditions250 days in the field258,042 km between stops807 photographed specimens
13 journeys match
R.L. Stemmermann
28 islands · Nov 1977 – Feb 1978
R.L. Stemmermann across 28 islands, November 1977 – February 1978620 specimens · 70 stops · 102 days · 20,526 km
Betsy H. Gagne
11 islands · Jun – Sep 1977
Betsy H. Gagne across 11 islands, June – September 1977480 specimens · 22 stops · 84 days · 12,628 km
F. Raymond Fosberg
10 islands · Oct – Dec 1978
F. Raymond Fosberg across 10 islands, October – December 1978361 specimens · 27 stops · 68 days · 79,655 km
B.G. Decker
8 islands · Sep – Nov 1974
B.G. Decker across 8 islands, September – November 1974227 specimens · 24 stops · 63 days · 5,150 km
R.L. Stemmermann
4 islands · Feb – Apr 1977
R.L. Stemmermann across 4 islands, February – April 197785 specimens · 13 stops · 62 days · 5,427 km
M. Marshall
Namoluk Atoll · Jul – Aug 1971
M. Marshall in Namoluk Atoll, July – August 1971103 specimens · 6 stops · 38 days
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
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
R.L. Stemmermann
5 islands · Nov – Dec 1979
R.L. Stemmermann across 5 islands, November – December 197978 specimens · 10 stops · 34 days · 5,655 km
P.H. Moore
3 islands · 1–12 Nov 1978
P.H. Moore in Rota, Guam and Pohnpei, 1–12 November 197875 specimens · 8 stops · 12 days · 50,817 km
M.-H Sachet
4 islands · May – Jun 1973
M.-H Sachet across 4 islands, May – June 197364 specimens · 13 stops · 17 days · 51,159 km
A.E. Haun
Pohnpei and Ponape Island · Nov – Dec 1979
A.E. Haun in Pohnpei and Ponape Island, November – December 197958 specimens · 5 stops · 9 days
R.L. Stemmermann
Yap · Jul – Aug 1978
R.L. Stemmermann in Yap, July – August 197861 specimens · 4 stops · 5 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.