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. 104 journeys so far, 1929 to 2022, 33,158 specimens between them.
63 collectors and expeditions2,447 days in the field1,912,277 km between stops17,965 photographed specimens
104 journeys match
Benjamin C. Stone
11 islands · Dec 1964 – Feb 1965
Benjamin C. Stone across 11 islands, December 1964 – February 1965145 specimens · 14 stops · 51 days · 64,561 km
Harold St.John
3 islands · Oct 1951 – Jan 1952
Harold St.John in Maui, Oʻahu and Maug, October 1951 – January 1952115 specimens · 15 stops · 85 days · 313 km
Marie Catherine Neal
4 islands · Jul – Aug 1933
Marie Catherine Neal across 4 islands, July – August 1933137 specimens · 9 stops · 33 days · 17,135 km
David F. Grether
5 islands · Jul – Aug 1946
David F. Grether across 5 islands, July – August 1946121 specimens · 10 stops · 38 days · 37,731 km
W. Law
4 islands · Feb – Apr 2009
W. Law across 4 islands, February – April 2009112 specimens · 14 stops · 44 days · 9,392 km
M. McArthur
8 islands · Jun – Jul 2022
M. McArthur across 8 islands, June – July 2022108 specimens · 13 stops · 17 days
Steven Perlman
10 islands · Dec 2007 – Feb 2008
Steven Perlman across 10 islands, December 2007 – February 200883 specimens · 18 stops · 53 days · 7,666 km
Timothy Flynn
8 islands · Jun – Jul 2022
Timothy Flynn across 8 islands, June – July 2022102 specimens · 12 stops · 18 days
U. Nagendra
8 islands · Jun – Jul 2022
U. Nagendra across 8 islands, June – July 202286 specimens · 12 stops · 18 days
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo
4 islands · May – Aug 1962
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo across 4 islands, May – August 196276 specimens · 12 stops · 89 days · 12,838 km
E. Gardner
8 islands · Jun – Jul 2022
E. Gardner across 8 islands, June – July 202285 specimens · 11 stops · 15 days
T. Schils
7 islands of the Northern Mariana Islands · May – Jun 2007
T. Schils across 7 islands of the Northern Mariana Islands, May – June 2007215 specimens · 6 stops · 14 days · 599 km
David H. Lorence
8 islands · Jun – Jul 2022
David H. Lorence across 8 islands, June – July 202286 specimens · 9 stops · 17 days
A. Kitalong
3 islands · 4–15 Nov 2013
A. Kitalong in Palau, Palao and Ngeruktabel, 4–15 November 201393 specimens · 8 stops · 12 days
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
Van-Ray Tadao
Palau and Palao · 4–21 Nov 2013
Van-Ray Tadao in Palau and Palao, 4–21 November 2013100 specimens · 5 stops · 18 days
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
M.J. Balick
Palau and Palao · 4–21 Nov 2013
M.J. Balick in Palau and Palao, 4–21 November 201387 specimens · 6 stops · 18 days
Benjamin C. Stone
Guam and Rota · Feb – Jun 1964
Benjamin C. Stone in Guam and Rota, February – June 196451 specimens · 18 stops · 129 days
W. Law
10 islands · Jan – Feb 2008
W. Law across 10 islands, January – February 200876 specimens · 9 stops · 24 days · 139 km
T. Hosokawa
Pohnpei and Ponape · Aug – Sep 1940
T. Hosokawa in Pohnpei and Ponape, August – September 194059 specimens · 18 stops · 41 days
Thane K. Pratt
Pagan and Northern Pagan · Jun – Jul 2010
Thane K. Pratt in Pagan and Northern Pagan, June – July 201048 specimens · 15 stops · 33 days
G. George D. Peterson
4 islands of the Northern Mariana Islands · May – Jun 1952
G. George D. Peterson across 4 islands of the Northern Mariana Islands, May – June 195286 specimens · 4 stops · 23 days · 62 km
T. Hosokawa
5 islands · Jul – Sep 1941
T. Hosokawa across 5 islands, July – September 194162 specimens · 13 stops · 56 days · 829 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.