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. 121 journeys so far, 1922 to 2022, 31,905 specimens between them.
73 collectors and expeditions2,982 days in the field1,740,242 km between stops17,400 photographed specimens
121 journeys match
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
David H. Lorence
Kosrae and Pohnpei · 8–25 Mar 2009
David H. Lorence in Kosrae and Pohnpei, 8–25 March 200993 specimens · 7 stops · 18 days · 3,025 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
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
H.A. Miller
5 islands · May – Jun 1965
H.A. Miller across 5 islands, May – June 196595 specimens · 5 stops · 20 days · 2,591 km
A. Dores
Pohnpei · Sep – Dec 2002
A. Dores in Pohnpei, September – December 200299 specimens · 9 stops · 71 days · 791 km
Steven Perlman
4 islands · Mar – May 2007
Steven Perlman across 4 islands, March – May 200777 specimens · 9 stops · 50 days · 5,611 km
T. Hosokawa
Pohnpei and Ponape · Aug – Sep 1940
T. Hosokawa in Pohnpei and Ponape, August – September 194059 specimens · 18 stops · 41 days
P.E. Eperiam
Pohnpei and Micronesia · Feb – May 2006
P.E. Eperiam in Pohnpei and Micronesia, February – May 200654 specimens · 12 stops · 95 days · 780 km
David H. Lorence
17 islands · Mar – Apr 2008
David H. Lorence across 17 islands, March – April 200872 specimens · 9 stops · 13 days · 682 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
Maxwell S. Doty
3 islands · Feb – Jul 1982
Maxwell S. Doty in Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi Island and Mwand Peidak, February – July 198274 specimens · 9 stops · 147 days · 780 km
Z. Ono
3 islands of Micronesia · Dec 1935 – Jan 1936
Z. Ono in Tonowas, Kosrae Island and Pohnpei Island, December 1935 – January 193670 specimens · 4 stops · 40 days · 1,256 km
C.B. Lewis
6 islands · Sep – Oct 2008
C.B. Lewis across 6 islands, September – October 200854 specimens · 9 stops · 12 days · 2,618 km
A. Dores
Pohnpei · Aug – Nov 2003
A. Dores in Pohnpei, August – November 200395 specimens · 4 stops · 98 days · 474 km
C.J. Cianchini
Kosrae · 15–25 Mar 2009
C.J. Cianchini in Kosrae, 15–25 March 200962 specimens · 7 stops · 11 days · 4,425 km
B.M. Waterhouse
9 islands · Mar – Apr 2000
B.M. Waterhouse across 9 islands, March – April 200079 specimens · 8 stops · 14 days · 2,751 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
F. Sohl
Pohnpei and Micronesia · Feb – May 2006
F. Sohl in Pohnpei and Micronesia, February – May 200641 specimens · 14 stops · 95 days · 1,383 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
Clay Trauernicht
7 islands · Jan – Feb 2008
Clay Trauernicht across 7 islands, January – February 200845 specimens · 10 stops · 18 days · 94 km
M.V.C. Falanruw
3 islands of Micronesia · Jun – Aug 1968
M.V.C. Falanruw in Guam, Pohnpei and Garim Islet, June – August 196842 specimens · 16 stops · 86 days · 17,281 km
C.R. Jones
6 islands · Sep – Oct 2008
C.R. Jones across 6 islands, September – October 200846 specimens · 8 stops · 12 days · 2,618 km
Ben Nyberg
6 islands · Jun – Jul 2022
Ben Nyberg across 6 islands, June – July 202245 specimens · 7 stops · 18 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.