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
Crew of R
9 islands of French Polynesia · Sep – Oct 1967
Crew of R, September – October 196745 specimens · 11 stops · 50 days · 6,143 km
M.-H Sachet
4 islands · Jun – Jul 1976
M.-H Sachet across 4 islands, June – July 197646 specimens · 8 stops · 28 days · 2,621 km
David H. Lorence
Ua Pou and Ua Huka · 11–22 Jun 2004
David H. Lorence in Ua Pou and Ua Huka, 11–22 June 200461 specimens · 4 stops · 12 days · 794 km
Alex B. Anderson
3 islands of French Polynesia · 8–26 Aug 1934
Alex B. Anderson in Tubuai, Rurutu and Raivavae, 8–26 August 193440 specimens · 5 stops · 19 days · 411 km
Jean-Yves Meyer
Rapa · 18–30 Mar 2002
Jean-Yves Meyer in Rapa, 18–30 March 200244 specimens · 7 stops · 13 days · 439 km
Dominique Baré
Huahine · 8–25 Mar 1977
Dominique Baré in Huahine, 8–25 March 197740 specimens · 6 stops · 18 days
Ronald A. Englund
French Polynesia · 18–31 Mar 2007
Ronald A. Englund in French Polynesia, 18–31 March 200740 specimens · 7 stops · 14 days · 620 km
Jacques Florence
Tikehau · Oct – Nov 1984
Jacques Florence in Tikehau, October – November 198464 specimens · 2 stops · 8 days · 16 km
Jacques Florence
3 islands of French Polynesia · Apr – May 1988
Jacques Florence in Rurutu, Raiatea and Hao Atoll, April – May 198843 specimens · 2 stops · 21 days · 1,193 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.