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
H.E. Connor
New Zealand and South Island · Jan – Feb 1962
H.E. Connor in New Zealand and South Island, January – February 1962114 specimens · 13 stops · 57 days · 9,986 km
Gordon Allan Samuelson
5 islands of New Zealand · Sep – Oct 1962
Gordon Allan Samuelson across 5 islands of New Zealand, September – October 196285 specimens · 27 stops · 58 days · 9,986 km
van Zanten
3 islands · Dec 1973 – Feb 1974
van Zanten in North Island, South Island and New Zealand, December 1973 – February 197480 specimens · 26 stops · 62 days · 14,958 km
R. Melville
6 islands of New Zealand · Feb – Mar 1962
R. Melville across 6 islands of New Zealand, February – March 1962124 specimens · 9 stops · 37 days
L.B. Moore
3 islands of New Zealand · 2–15 Nov 1961
L.B. Moore in North Island, New Zealand and South Island, 2–15 November 1961104 specimens · 13 stops · 14 days · 8,015 km
Otto Herman Swezey
4 islands · Apr – Aug 1912
Otto Herman Swezey across 4 islands, April – August 191264 specimens · 22 stops · 124 days · 37,337 km
E.F. Melville
5 islands of New Zealand · Feb – Mar 1962
E.F. Melville across 5 islands of New Zealand, February – March 1962104 specimens · 9 stops · 37 days
E.H. Walker
4 islands · Jan – Apr 1949
E.H. Walker across 4 islands, January – April 194952 specimens · 22 stops · 69 days · 29,915 km
Dale H. Vitt
6 islands of New Zealand · Dec 1972 – Jan 1973
Dale H. Vitt across 6 islands of New Zealand, December 1972 – January 197362 specimens · 13 stops · 48 days · 14,958 km
F. Raymond Fosberg
3 islands · Jan – Feb 1983
F. Raymond Fosberg in North Island, South Island and Hawaiʻi Island, January – February 198360 specimens · 15 stops · 36 days · 19,213 km
R.C. Gardner
6 islands · Jan – Mar 1975
R.C. Gardner across 6 islands, January – March 197549 specimens · 15 stops · 54 days · 18,774 km
Peter J. Edwards
North Island and New Zealand · 1–30 Mar 1970
Peter J. Edwards in North Island and New Zealand, 1–30 March 197062 specimens · 10 stops · 30 days · 53,824 km
E.J. Godley
4 islands of New Zealand · 6–18 Mar 1962
E.J. Godley across 4 islands of New Zealand, 6–18 March 196260 specimens · 8 stops · 13 days
W.M. Hamilton
3 islands of New Zealand · 5–16 Mar 1962
W.M. Hamilton in Little Barrier, New Zealand and North Island, 5–16 March 196261 specimens · 8 stops · 12 days
L. Visch
3 islands of New Zealand · Dec 1972 – Feb 1973
L. Visch in South Island, New Zealand and North Island, December 1972 – February 197345 specimens · 9 stops · 52 days · 4,993 km
C.H. Lamoureux
South Island and New Zealand · 12–25 Oct 1965
C.H. Lamoureux in South Island and New Zealand, 12–25 October 196565 specimens · 5 stops · 14 days · 18,752 km
W.R. Sykes
Norfolk Island and Norfolk · 7–20 Apr 1980
W.R. Sykes in Norfolk Island and Norfolk, 7–20 April 198044 specimens · 14 stops · 14 days
van Royen
South Island and Australia · Feb – Mar 1975
van Royen in South Island and Australia, February – March 197553 specimens · 4 stops · 29 days
C.H. Lamoureux
South Island and New Caledonia · 12–25 Jul 1966
C.H. Lamoureux in South Island and New Caledonia, 12–25 July 196655 specimens · 3 stops · 14 days · 2,990 km
Sven Berggren
3 islands of New Zealand · 1–7 Feb 1874
Sven Berggren in South Island, New Zealand and North Island, 1–7 February 187456 specimens · 3 stops · 7 days
W.R. Sykes
Tanna and Efate · 12–22 Jul 2003
W.R. Sykes in Tanna and Efate, 12–22 July 200349 specimens · 10 stops · 11 days · 234 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.