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. 45 journeys so far, 1874 to 2003, 13,044 specimens between them.
35 collectors and expeditions1,287 days in the field758,425 km between stops10,395 photographed specimens
45 journeys match
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
85 islands · Nov 1923 – Nov 1924
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. across 85 islands, November 1923 – November 19242,392 specimens · 109 stops · 342 days · 30,927 km
Laurence H. MacDaniels
12 islands · Oct 1926 – Jul 1927
Laurence H. MacDaniels across 12 islands, October 1926 – July 19272,144 specimens · 105 stops · 274 days · 40,135 km
Marie Catherine Neal
3 islands of New Zealand · Aug 1925 – Jan 1926
Marie Catherine Neal in New Zealand, South Island and Dunedin, August 1925 – January 19261,025 specimens · 65 stops · 147 days · 99,863 km
Truman George Yuncker
Niue Island and Niue · Jan – Feb 1940
Truman George Yuncker in Niue Island and Niue, January – February 1940839 specimens · 37 stops · 48 days · 54 km
C.H. Lamoureux
7 islands of New Zealand · Nov 1965 – May 1966
C.H. Lamoureux across 7 islands of New Zealand, November 1965 – May 1966485 specimens · 37 stops · 167 days · 26,488 km
Harold St.John
4 islands · Oct 1950 – Feb 1951
Harold St.John across 4 islands, October 1950 – February 1951459 specimens · 38 stops · 97 days · 7,479 km
M.M. Fleischer
13 islands · Feb – Jun 1903
M.M. Fleischer across 13 islands, February – June 1903411 specimens · 33 stops · 113 days · 52,279 km
William J. Hoe
3 islands · Jun – Sep 1966
William J. Hoe in Hawaiʻi Island, Maui and South Island, June – September 1966330 specimens · 50 stops · 79 days · 274 km
W.R. Sykes
4 islands · Sep – Dec 1965
W.R. Sykes across 4 islands, September – December 1965336 specimens · 55 stops · 98 days · 5,255 km
W.R. Sykes
5 islands · Apr – Jul 1992
W.R. Sykes across 5 islands, April – July 1992414 specimens · 16 stops · 75 days · 4,191 km
Jean Maireau
3 islands · Jun – Jul 1934
Jean Maireau in Rapa, Karapo Rahi and Pitcairn Island, June – July 1934345 specimens · 20 stops · 55 days · 2,910 km
Otto Degener
6 islands · Dec 1968 – Feb 1969
Otto Degener across 6 islands, December 1968 – February 1969258 specimens · 29 stops · 52 days · 41,268 km
F. Raymond Fosberg
6 islands · Jun – Aug 1981
F. Raymond Fosberg across 6 islands, June – August 1981350 specimens · 25 stops · 47 days · 39,992 km
Isa Degener
6 islands · Dec 1968 – Feb 1969
Isa Degener across 6 islands, December 1968 – February 1969230 specimens · 30 stops · 52 days · 41,268 km
W.R. Sykes
Atiu and Rarotonga · Jun – Aug 1991
W.R. Sykes in Atiu and Rarotonga, June – August 1991252 specimens · 27 stops · 40 days
L.A. Doore
5 islands of New Zealand · Jan – Mar 1935
L.A. Doore across 5 islands of New Zealand, January – March 1935159 specimens · 31 stops · 46 days · 5,344 km
E.T. Moul
6 islands · Jun – Sep 1951
E.T. Moul across 6 islands, June – September 1951160 specimens · 50 stops · 93 days · 2,573 km
P.J. Philson
5 islands of New Zealand · Jan – Mar 1935
P.J. Philson across 5 islands of New Zealand, January – March 1935154 specimens · 29 stops · 46 days · 5,344 km
T.T. Earle
5 islands of New Zealand · Jan – Mar 1935
T.T. Earle across 5 islands of New Zealand, January – March 1935150 specimens · 28 stops · 46 days · 5,344 km
van Balgooy
South Island and Australia · Jan – Feb 1983
van Balgooy in South Island and Australia, January – February 1983166 specimens · 13 stops · 39 days
R. Melville
3 islands of New Zealand · Oct 1961 – Jan 1962
R. Melville in North Island, New Zealand and South Island, October 1961 – January 1962137 specimens · 21 stops · 100 days · 40,252 km
A. Meebold
4 islands · Oct – Dec 1929
A. Meebold across 4 islands, October – December 1929163 specimens · 9 stops · 73 days · 9,986 km
Otto Degener
5 islands · Aug – Oct 1981
Otto Degener across 5 islands, August – October 1981122 specimens · 26 stops · 41 days · 26,632 km
Isa Degener
5 islands · Aug – Oct 1981
Isa Degener across 5 islands, August – October 1981115 specimens · 26 stops · 41 days · 26,632 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.