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
C.L. Harrington
Rota and Guam · Jul – Aug 2012
C.L. Harrington in Rota and Guam, July – August 201263 specimens · 10 stops · 10 days · 16,939 km
James A. Kwon
Rota and Guam · Jul – Aug 2012
James A. Kwon in Rota and Guam, July – August 201263 specimens · 10 stops · 10 days · 16,939 km
Ann Marie Gawel
Rota and Guam · Jul – Aug 2012
Ann Marie Gawel in Rota and Guam, July – August 201263 specimens · 10 stops · 10 days · 16,939 km
S.J. Schou
6 islands · Jun – Jul 2022
S.J. Schou across 6 islands, June – July 202260 specimens · 9 stops · 14 days
K.K. Chen
Palau · 4–21 Nov 2013
K.K. Chen in Palau, 4–21 November 201374 specimens · 5 stops · 18 days
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
F. Raymond Fosberg
7 islands · May – Jun 1985
F. Raymond Fosberg across 7 islands, May – June 198565 specimens · 10 stops · 35 days · 36,228 km
G. Plunkett M
Palau · 4–15 Nov 2013
G. Plunkett M in Palau, 4–15 November 201361 specimens · 6 stops · 12 days
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
F. Raymond Fosberg
7 islands · 8–24 Nov 1968
F. Raymond Fosberg across 7 islands, 8–24 November 196877 specimens · 9 stops · 17 days · 40,884 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
Clay Trauernicht
7 islands · Jan – Feb 2008
Clay Trauernicht across 7 islands, January – February 200845 specimens · 10 stops · 18 days · 94 km
Gregory Plunkett
3 islands · 4–21 Nov 2013
Gregory Plunkett in Palau, Palao and Ngeruktabel, 4–21 November 201357 specimens · 5 stops · 18 days
M.A. Evans
3 islands of the Northern Mariana Islands · 18–23 Jun 1966
M.A. Evans in Sariguan, Saipan and Sarigan, 18–23 June 196691 specimens · 5 stops · 6 days
David H. Lorence
9 islands · 15–26 Jan 2008
David H. Lorence across 9 islands, 15–26 January 200874 specimens · 6 stops · 12 days · 213 km
Ben Nyberg
6 islands · Jun – Jul 2022
Ben Nyberg across 6 islands, June – July 202245 specimens · 7 stops · 18 days
T. Hosokawa
4 islands · Jun – Aug 1938
T. Hosokawa across 4 islands, June – August 193840 specimens · 12 stops · 52 days
Diane Ragone
15 islands · Jun – Aug 1987
Diane Ragone across 15 islands, June – August 198746 specimens · 19 stops · 77 days · 29,774 km
E.J. Funk
Hawaiʻi Island and Palau · Nov – Dec 1990
E.J. Funk in Hawaiʻi Island and Palau, November – December 199078 specimens · 2 stops · 20 days
J. Cooper
7 islands · Jul – Aug 1962
J. Cooper across 7 islands, July – August 196257 specimens · 3 stops · 32 days · 5,566 km
C. Squair
Saipan and Guam · 5–21 Jun 2006
C. Squair in Saipan and Guam, 5–21 June 2006149 specimens · 2 stops · 17 days · 7,466 km
S. Hanser
4 islands · Jun – Jul 2022
S. Hanser across 4 islands, June – July 202244 specimens · 5 stops · 14 days
Kenneth R. Wood
Kosrae and Kosrae (=Kusaie) · Jan – Feb 2010
Kenneth R. Wood in Kosrae and Kosrae (=Kusaie), January – February 201041 specimens · 8 stops · 11 days · 2,660 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.