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. 26 journeys so far, 1921 to 2017, 5,436 specimens between them.
17 collectors and expeditions639 days in the field156,851 km between stops2,981 photographed specimens
Islands
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Journeys with photographed specimens26 journeys match
Edward Philpott Mumford
8 islands of French Polynesia · Aug – Dec 1929
Edward Philpott Mumford across 8 islands of French Polynesia, August – December 1929774 specimens · 26 stops · 140 days · 795 km
Alastair M. Adamson
9 islands of French Polynesia · Aug – Dec 1929
Alastair M. Adamson across 9 islands of French Polynesia, August – December 1929765 specimens · 27 stops · 140 days · 759 km
Ernest H. Quayle
25 islands · Jun – Nov 1922
Ernest H. Quayle across 25 islands, June – November 1922642 specimens · 56 stops · 162 days · 7,539 km
Wood Jones
22 islands · Jul – Dec 1922
Wood Jones across 22 islands, July – December 1922478 specimens · 45 stops · 142 days · 3,823 km
B.G. Decker
8 islands · Jan – Jun 1964
B.G. Decker across 8 islands, January – June 1964346 specimens · 39 stops · 147 days · 2,052 km
Ernest H. Quayle
5 islands of French Polynesia · Sep – Nov 1921
Ernest H. Quayle across 5 islands of French Polynesia, September – November 1921271 specimens · 29 stops · 78 days · 4,525 km
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Steven L. Montgomery
9 islands of French Polynesia · Jul – Oct 1988
Steven L. Montgomery across 9 islands of French Polynesia, July – October 1988277 specimens · 18 stops · 73 days · 10,669 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
Betsy H. Gagne
7 islands of French Polynesia · Jul – Sep 1988
Betsy H. Gagne across 7 islands of French Polynesia, July – September 1988267 specimens · 15 stops · 68 days · 10,816 km
Jacques Florence
6 islands of French Polynesia · Nov – Dec 1982
Jacques Florence across 6 islands of French Polynesia, November – December 1982276 specimens · 8 stops · 47 days · 3,804 km
Steven Perlman
7 islands · Jun – Oct 1997
Steven Perlman across 7 islands, June – October 1997111 specimens · 23 stops · 117 days · 9,650 km
Steven Perlman
6 islands · Apr – Jul 2004
Steven Perlman across 6 islands, April – July 2004114 specimens · 22 stops · 110 days · 9,780 km
Hessler Brown
13 islands of French Polynesia · Aug – Dec 1922
Hessler Brown across 13 islands of French Polynesia, August – December 192274 specimens · 29 stops · 137 days · 9,305 km
Whitney Expedition
12 islands of French Polynesia · Jun – Sep 1922
Whitney Expedition, June – September 192263 specimens · 16 stops · 86 days · 4,274 km
Kenneth R. Wood
4 islands of French Polynesia · Jun – Jul 2004
Kenneth R. Wood across 4 islands of French Polynesia, June – July 200494 specimens · 13 stops · 41 days · 1,519 km
B.G. Decker
5 islands of French Polynesia · Jan – Apr 1960
B.G. Decker across 5 islands of French Polynesia, January – April 196069 specimens · 12 stops · 67 days · 865 km
Kenneth R. Wood
Ua Pou and Hiva Oa · Oct – Nov 2017
Kenneth R. Wood in Ua Pou and Hiva Oa, October – November 201767 specimens · 9 stops · 16 days · 168 km
Liloa Dunn
4 islands of French Polynesia · Nov – Dec 2003
Liloa Dunn across 4 islands of French Polynesia, November – December 200394 specimens · 5 stops · 28 days · 1,902 km
Dennis M. Devaney
16 islands · Sep – Oct 1967
Dennis M. Devaney across 16 islands, September – October 196750 specimens · 18 stops · 56 days · 7,816 km
J.F. Butaud
Ua Pou and Hiva Oa · Oct – Nov 2017
J.F. Butaud in Ua Pou and Hiva Oa, October – November 201761 specimens · 8 stops · 15 days · 168 km
E. Schuettpelz
Hiva Oa and Ua Pou · Oct – Nov 2017
E. Schuettpelz in Hiva Oa and Ua Pou, October – November 201758 specimens · 9 stops · 16 days · 168 km
Liloa Dunn
3 islands of French Polynesia · 11–24 Jun 2004
Liloa Dunn in Ua Pou, Ua Huka and Hiva Oa, 11–24 June 200484 specimens · 5 stops · 14 days · 842 km
Kenneth R. Wood
4 islands of French Polynesia · Jun – Jul 2003
Kenneth R. Wood across 4 islands of French Polynesia, June – July 200376 specimens · 6 stops · 28 days · 576 km
Steven Perlman
5 islands · Jun – Aug 2005
Steven Perlman across 5 islands, June – August 200548 specimens · 11 stops · 40 days · 12,795 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.