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. 16 journeys so far, 1921 to 1991, 14,763 specimens between them.
15 collectors and expeditions547 days in the field97,209 km between stops12,510 photographed specimens
16 journeys match
Donald Anderson
34 islands · Apr – Oct 1934
Donald Anderson across 34 islands, April – October 19348,872 specimens · 35 stops · 202 days · 16,221 km
F. Raymond Fosberg
32 islands · Apr – Oct 1934
F. Raymond Fosberg across 32 islands, April – October 19342,503 specimens · 85 stops · 201 days · 23,387 km
Elwood Curtin Zimmerman
21 islands · Feb – Oct 1934
Elwood Curtin Zimmerman across 21 islands, February – October 19341,714 specimens · 56 stops · 248 days · 12,587 km
Jean Maireau
3 islands · Jun – Jul 1934
Jean Maireau in Rapa, Karapo Rahi and Pitcairn Island, June – July 1934345 specimens · 20 stops · 55 days · 2,910 km
Johnson Randall
9 islands · Jul – Oct 1967
Johnson Randall across 9 islands, July – October 1967303 specimens · 29 stops · 95 days · 2,620 km
Jacques Florence
4 islands · Apr – Jul 1991
Jacques Florence across 4 islands, April – July 1991294 specimens · 7 stops · 85 days · 5,985 km
J.C. Chapin
15 islands · Oct 1934 – Jan 1935
J.C. Chapin across 15 islands, October 1934 – January 1935125 specimens · 26 stops · 107 days · 13,508 km
Ernest H. Quayle
14 islands · Apr – May 1922
Ernest H. Quayle across 14 islands, April – May 1922112 specimens · 12 stops · 40 days · 3,640 km
S. Waldren
3 islands of the Pitcairn Islands · May – Jul 1991
S. Waldren in Henderson Island, Oeno Island and Pitcairn Island, May – July 1991105 specimens · 4 stops · 72 days · 697 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
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
A.J. Chepstov-Lusty
3 islands of the Pitcairn Islands · Apr – Jul 1991
A.J. Chepstov-Lusty in Henderson Island, Oeno Island and Pitcairn Island, April – July 199179 specimens · 4 stops · 75 days · 695 km
Robert C. Clark Jr.
Pitcairn Island · 4–15 Jun 1934
Robert C. Clark Jr. in Pitcairn Island, 4–15 June 193459 specimens · 4 stops · 12 days
B. Christian
Pitcairn Island · 3–14 Jun 1934
B. Christian in Pitcairn Island, 3–14 June 193474 specimens · 2 stops · 12 days
T. Spencer
3 islands of the Pitcairn Islands · 12–28 May 1987
T. Spencer in Henderson Island, Oeno Island and Pitcairn Island, 12–28 May 198741 specimens · 4 stops · 17 days · 285 km
Gustav Paulay
3 islands of the Pitcairn Islands · 12–28 May 1987
Gustav Paulay in Henderson Island, Oeno Island and Pitcairn Island, 12–28 May 198741 specimens · 4 stops · 17 days · 285 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.