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. 80 journeys so far, 1929 to 2022, 27,685 specimens between them.
59 collectors and expeditions1,737 days in the field1,004,023 km between stops18,168 photographed specimens
80 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
Harold St.John
16 islands · Jun – Aug 1956
Harold St.John across 16 islands, June – August 1956140 specimens · 31 stops · 69 days · 26,065 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
Johnson Randall
8 islands · Jun – Sep 1986
Johnson Randall across 8 islands, June – September 1986167 specimens · 23 stops · 68 days · 75,616 km
M. McArthur
8 islands · Jun – Jul 2022
M. McArthur across 8 islands, June – July 2022108 specimens · 13 stops · 17 days
Steven Perlman
10 islands · Dec 2007 – Feb 2008
Steven Perlman across 10 islands, December 2007 – February 200883 specimens · 18 stops · 53 days · 7,666 km
Timothy Flynn
8 islands · Jun – Jul 2022
Timothy Flynn across 8 islands, June – July 2022102 specimens · 12 stops · 18 days
M. Bates
4 islands · Jul – Sep 1953
M. Bates across 4 islands, July – September 1953114 specimens · 13 stops · 64 days
U. Nagendra
8 islands · Jun – Jul 2022
U. Nagendra across 8 islands, June – July 202286 specimens · 12 stops · 18 days
E. Gardner
8 islands · Jun – Jul 2022
E. Gardner across 8 islands, June – July 202285 specimens · 11 stops · 15 days
David H. Lorence
8 islands · Jun – Jul 2022
David H. Lorence across 8 islands, June – July 202286 specimens · 9 stops · 17 days
A. Kitalong
3 islands · 4–15 Nov 2013
A. Kitalong in Palau, Palao and Ngeruktabel, 4–15 November 201393 specimens · 8 stops · 12 days
Van-Ray Tadao
Palau and Palao · 4–21 Nov 2013
Van-Ray Tadao in Palau and Palao, 4–21 November 2013100 specimens · 5 stops · 18 days
H.A. Miller
5 islands · May – Jun 1965
H.A. Miller across 5 islands, May – June 196595 specimens · 5 stops · 20 days · 2,591 km
M.J. Balick
Palau and Palao · 4–21 Nov 2013
M.J. Balick in Palau and Palao, 4–21 November 201387 specimens · 6 stops · 18 days
B. Emmons
5 islands of Palau · Dec 1967 – Feb 1968
B. Emmons across 5 islands of Palau, December 1967 – February 196865 specimens · 18 stops · 61 days · 4,935 km
W. Law
10 islands · Jan – Feb 2008
W. Law across 10 islands, January – February 200876 specimens · 9 stops · 24 days · 139 km
T. Hosokawa
5 islands · Jul – Sep 1941
T. Hosokawa across 5 islands, July – September 194162 specimens · 13 stops · 56 days · 829 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
C. Costion
6 islands · Nov – Dec 2011
C. Costion across 6 islands, November – December 201150 specimens · 12 stops · 33 days · 41 km
David H. Lorence
17 islands · Mar – Apr 2008
David H. Lorence across 17 islands, March – April 200872 specimens · 9 stops · 13 days · 682 km
S.J. Schou
6 islands · Jun – Jul 2022
S.J. Schou across 6 islands, June – July 202260 specimens · 9 stops · 14 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.