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
Moorea · 8–21 Aug 1983
Jacques Florence in Moorea, 8–21 August 1983154 specimens · 2 stops · 14 days · 10 km
Ernest H. Quayle
8 islands · Dec 1921 – Feb 1922
Ernest H. Quayle across 8 islands, December 1921 – February 192246 specimens · 12 stops · 57 days · 6,573 km
C.C. Curtis
6 islands · Apr – May 1922
C.C. Curtis across 6 islands, April – May 192263 specimens · 6 stops · 15 days · 21 km
C.C. Curtis
9 islands of French Polynesia · 5–29 Jun 1922
C.C. Curtis across 9 islands of French Polynesia, 5–29 June 192266 specimens · 9 stops · 25 days
Jacques Florence
Tahaa and Raiatea · 13–22 Sep 1983
Jacques Florence in Tahaa and Raiatea, 13–22 September 1983103 specimens · 4 stops · 10 days · 30 km
N. Hallé
3 islands of French Polynesia · May – Jun 1979
N. Hallé in Tubuai, Tahiti and Marotiri, May – June 197950 specimens · 16 stops · 41 days
T.J. Motley
4 islands · Mar – May 2002
T.J. Motley across 4 islands, March – May 200281 specimens · 4 stops · 67 days · 5,882 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
A.M. Stokes
Raivavae · Mar – Apr 1922
A.M. Stokes in Raivavae, March – April 192255 specimens · 6 stops · 37 days
V Hugh M. Smith cruise 35
12 islands · Aug – Sep 1956
V Hugh M. Smith cruise 35, August – September 195650 specimens · 25 stops · 60 days · 13,190 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
R. Fenstemacher
3 islands · Mar – May 2002
R. Fenstemacher in Rapa, Tauturau and Easter Island (=Isla De Pascua), March – May 200292 specimens · 3 stops · 55 days · 268 km
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Steven L. Montgomery
7 islands of French Polynesia · Jul – Sep 1977
Steven L. Montgomery across 7 islands of French Polynesia, July – September 197745 specimens · 12 stops · 71 days · 4,361 km
Steven Perlman
5 islands · Jun – Aug 2005
Steven Perlman across 5 islands, June – August 200548 specimens · 11 stops · 40 days · 12,795 km
L. Wester
3 islands · 1–22 Aug 1983
L. Wester in Washington (=Teraina), Fanning (=Tabuaeran) and Ua Huka, 1–22 August 198360 specimens · 4 stops · 22 days
Jacques Florence
Makatea and Rurutu · Jan – Mar 1988
Jacques Florence in Makatea and Rurutu, January – March 198863 specimens · 4 stops · 61 days · 1,038 km
H. Kennedy
3 islands · Aug – Sep 1979
H. Kennedy in Tahiti, Hawaiʻi Island and Upolu, August – September 197942 specimens · 11 stops · 33 days · 6,642 km
Seymour H. Sohmer
Tubuai · Jun – Jul 1971
Seymour H. Sohmer in Tubuai, June – July 197169 specimens · 6 stops · 23 days
Kenneth R. Wood
3 islands of French Polynesia · Nov – Dec 2003
Kenneth R. Wood in Ua Huka, Ua Pou and Huahine, November – December 200352 specimens · 11 stops · 28 days · 1,630 km
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
Jacques Florence
Raiatea and Nuku Hiva · Aug – Sep 1982
Jacques Florence in Raiatea and Nuku Hiva, August – September 198265 specimens · 4 stops · 20 days · 1,513 km
Walter Hambuechen
3 islands of French Polynesia · 1–5 Dec 1960
Walter Hambuechen in Rurutu, Tubuai and Raivavae, 1–5 December 196083 specimens · 3 stops · 5 days
M.D. Merlin
5 islands · Jul – Aug 1986
M.D. Merlin across 5 islands, July – August 198645 specimens · 8 stops · 41 days · 7,686 km
V. Pele
9 islands of French Polynesia · Sep – Oct 1967
V. Pele across 9 islands of French Polynesia, September – October 196745 specimens · 11 stops · 50 days · 6,143 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.