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. 12 journeys so far, 1991 to 1996, 1,587 specimens between them.
11 collectors and expeditions127 days in the field18,994 km between stops389 photographed specimens
12 journeys match
Angela Kay Kepler
10 islands of Palau · 3–17 Jun 1992
Angela Kay Kepler across 10 islands of Palau, 3–17 June 1992341 specimens · 6 stops · 15 days · 196 km
Joan E. Canfield
5 islands of Palau · 16–29 Jul 1991
Joan E. Canfield across 5 islands of Palau, 16–29 July 1991234 specimens · 14 stops · 14 days · 414 km
Derral R. Herbst
6 islands of Palau · 16–29 Jul 1991
Derral R. Herbst across 6 islands of Palau, 16–29 July 1991232 specimens · 14 stops · 14 days · 414 km
R.L. Stemmermann
5 islands of Palau · 16–29 Jul 1991
R.L. Stemmermann across 5 islands of Palau, 16–29 July 1991231 specimens · 14 stops · 14 days · 414 km
Joe Ward
4 islands of Palau · May – Jun 1996
Joe Ward across 4 islands of Palau, May – June 199693 specimens · 8 stops · 35 days · 1,015 km
A.F. Rinehart
Babeldaob Island · Mar – Apr 1996
A.F. Rinehart in Babeldaob Island, March – April 199688 specimens · 9 stops · 9 days
L. Raulerson
Babeldaob Island and Babeldaob · Mar – Apr 1996
L. Raulerson in Babeldaob Island and Babeldaob, March – April 199673 specimens · 9 stops · 15 days
Derral R. Herbst
8 islands · May – Jun 1994
Derral R. Herbst across 8 islands, May – June 199465 specimens · 7 stops · 44 days · 16,541 km
M.V.C. Falanruw
Babeldaob Island and Babeldaob (=Babelthuap) · Mar – Apr 1996
M.V.C. Falanruw in Babeldaob Island and Babeldaob (=Babelthuap), March – April 199666 specimens · 9 stops · 9 days
S. Slappy
Babeldaob Island and Babeldaob · Mar – Apr 1996
S. Slappy in Babeldaob Island and Babeldaob, March – April 199658 specimens · 7 stops · 8 days
Y. Singeo
Babeldaob Island and Babeldaob · Mar – Apr 1996
Y. Singeo in Babeldaob Island and Babeldaob, March – April 199651 specimens · 8 stops · 8 days
S. Victor
Babeldaob Island · Mar – Apr 1996
S. Victor in Babeldaob Island, March – April 199655 specimens · 7 stops · 8 days
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.