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. 177 journeys so far, 1912 to 2017, 61,403 specimens between them.
91 collectors and expeditions4,863 days in the field1,575,960 km between stops35,631 photographed specimens
177 journeys match
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
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Gerrit Parmele Wilder
7 islands · Jun – Aug 1925
Gerrit Parmele Wilder across 7 islands, June – August 192552 specimens · 22 stops · 65 days · 10,586 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
Dennis M. Devaney
8 islands · Feb – Mar 1971
Dennis M. Devaney across 8 islands, February – March 197190 specimens · 13 stops · 41 days · 1,684 km
Jacques Florence
Moorea and Makatea · Dec 1981 – Jan 1982
Jacques Florence in Moorea and Makatea, December 1981 – January 1982114 specimens · 6 stops · 22 days · 282 km
A. Mouly
5 islands of French Polynesia · Jun – Jul 2004
A. Mouly across 5 islands of French Polynesia, June – July 200460 specimens · 17 stops · 37 days · 1,785 km
N. Hallé
Rurutu · 17–27 Apr 1981
N. Hallé in Rurutu, 17–27 April 198194 specimens · 10 stops · 11 days
Jacques Florence
Raiatea and Nuku Hiva · Jun – Jul 1982
Jacques Florence in Raiatea and Nuku Hiva, June – July 1982127 specimens · 5 stops · 13 days · 1,520 km
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss
7 islands · Nov 1977 – Feb 1978
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss across 7 islands, November 1977 – February 197861 specimens · 19 stops · 80 days · 5,557 km
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss
4 islands · Jan – Feb 1962
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss across 4 islands, January – February 196257 specimens · 12 stops · 30 days · 22,109 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
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
F. Raymond Fosberg
7 islands · May – Jun 1985
F. Raymond Fosberg across 7 islands, May – June 198565 specimens · 10 stops · 35 days · 36,228 km
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss
7 islands · Jan – Mar 1960
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss across 7 islands, January – March 196057 specimens · 7 stops · 58 days · 16,910 km
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss
5 islands · Jan – Feb 1961
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss across 5 islands, January – February 196149 specimens · 14 stops · 40 days · 5,401 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
M. Teikiteetini
4 islands of French Polynesia · Jul – Aug 1988
M. Teikiteetini across 4 islands of French Polynesia, July – August 1988102 specimens · 3 stops · 30 days · 195 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
John Francis Gray Stokes
3 islands of French Polynesia · Mar – Apr 1922
John Francis Gray Stokes in Raivavae, Rapa and Rimatara, March – April 192250 specimens · 9 stops · 52 days · 8 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
J.C. Jolinon
4 islands of French Polynesia · Jan – Feb 1987
J.C. Jolinon across 4 islands of French Polynesia, January – February 198749 specimens · 15 stops · 53 days · 85 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
P.A. Schafer
4 islands of French Polynesia · Aug – Nov 1975
P.A. Schafer across 4 islands of French Polynesia, August – November 197544 specimens · 17 stops · 98 days · 2,534 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.