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. 14 journeys so far, 1990 to 1997, 3,315 specimens between them.
6 collectors and expeditions308 days in the field159,899 km between stops1,013 photographed specimens
14 journeys match
Kenneth R. Wood
8 islands · Jul – Dec 1995
Kenneth R. Wood across 8 islands, July – December 1995447 specimens · 35 stops · 139 days · 32,262 km
Steven Perlman
9 islands · Aug – Dec 1995
Steven Perlman across 9 islands, August – December 1995320 specimens · 39 stops · 137 days · 51,778 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
Kenneth R. Wood
9 islands · Jun – Nov 1997
Kenneth R. Wood across 9 islands, June – November 1997164 specimens · 33 stops · 139 days · 49,817 km
Jacques Florence
5 islands of French Polynesia · May – Jul 1990
Jacques Florence across 5 islands of French Polynesia, May – July 1990302 specimens · 8 stops · 60 days · 929 km
Jacques Florence
4 islands · Apr – Jul 1991
Jacques Florence across 4 islands, April – July 1991294 specimens · 7 stops · 85 days · 5,985 km
Steven Perlman
7 islands · Jun – Oct 1997
Steven Perlman across 7 islands, June – October 1997111 specimens · 23 stops · 117 days · 9,650 km
Jacques Florence
5 islands of French Polynesia · Mar – May 1992
Jacques Florence across 5 islands of French Polynesia, March – May 1992227 specimens · 6 stops · 49 days · 2,824 km
Jacques Florence
3 islands of French Polynesia · Mar – Apr 1990
Jacques Florence in Niau, Toau and Mehetia Island, March – April 1990156 specimens · 7 stops · 33 days · 1,558 km
Jacques Florence
3 islands of French Polynesia · Oct – Nov 1992
Jacques Florence in Huahine, Tahaa and Raivavae, October – November 1992256 specimens · 2 stops · 8 days · 54 km
R. Tahuaitu
3 islands of French Polynesia · Oct – Nov 1992
R. Tahuaitu in Huahine, Tahaa and Tahiti, October – November 1992238 specimens · 2 stops · 8 days · 54 km
Jacques Florence
Bora Bora and Raiatea · Nov – Dec 1993
Jacques Florence in Bora Bora and Raiatea, November – December 1993205 specimens · 2 stops · 15 days · 46 km
C. Cartier
Moorea and Motu Ahi · 19–25 Jun 1991
C. Cartier in Moorea and Motu Ahi, 19–25 June 1991113 specimens · 5 stops · 7 days
Jacques Florence
3 islands of French Polynesia · Jan – Feb 1990
Jacques Florence in Rangiroa Atoll, Niau and Raiatea, January – February 199068 specimens · 4 stops · 23 days · 751 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.