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. 11 journeys so far, 1977 to 1993, 2,504 specimens between them.
7 collectors and expeditions309 days in the field82,893 km between stops
11 journeys match
Johnson Randall
35 islands · Feb – Sep 1977
Johnson Randall across 35 islands, February – September 19771,178 specimens · 101 stops · 216 days · 16,972 km
John L. Earle
18 islands · Sep – Dec 1993
John L. Earle across 18 islands, September – December 1993336 specimens · 27 stops · 81 days · 26,222 km
Johnson Randall
20 islands · Aug – Dec 1993
Johnson Randall across 20 islands, August – December 1993214 specimens · 31 stops · 114 days · 29,910 km
Johnson Randall
15 islands of Oman · Dec 1992 – Feb 1993
Johnson Randall across 15 islands of Oman, December 1992 – February 1993178 specimens · 21 stops · 71 days · 2,300 km
William F. Smith-Vaniz
8 islands · Feb – Mar 1977
William F. Smith-Vaniz across 8 islands, February – March 1977119 specimens · 18 stops · 46 days · 2,555 km
Gerald R. Allen
7 islands of Oman · Feb – Mar 1977
Gerald R. Allen across 7 islands of Oman, February – March 197790 specimens · 17 stops · 44 days · 2,615 km
Johnson Randall
13 islands of Oman · Apr – May 1990
Johnson Randall across 13 islands of Oman, April – May 1990111 specimens · 10 stops · 21 days · 1,135 km
J.K.L. Mee
8 islands of Oman · Apr – May 1990
J.K.L. Mee across 8 islands of Oman, April – May 199096 specimens · 9 stops · 21 days · 1,074 km
John P. Hoover
4 islands of Oman · 1–24 Feb 1993
John P. Hoover across 4 islands of Oman, 1–24 February 199358 specimens · 6 stops · 24 days · 73 km
Ian McLeish
3 islands of Oman · 5–9 Feb 1993
Ian McLeish in Southern Oman, Salalah and Oman, 5–9 February 199375 specimens · 5 stops · 5 days
John P. Hoover
8 islands of Oman · Oct – Nov 1993
John P. Hoover across 8 islands of Oman, October – November 199349 specimens · 7 stops · 23 days · 37 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.