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
W. Law
Kosrae and Kosrae (=Kusaie) · Jan – Feb 2010
W. Law in Kosrae and Kosrae (=Kusaie), January – February 201040 specimens · 7 stops · 11 days · 2,660 km
B.M. Waterhouse
7 islands of Palau · 4–19 Dec 2002
B.M. Waterhouse across 7 islands of Palau, 4–19 December 200250 specimens · 6 stops · 16 days · 19,441 km
station
10 islands · Apr – Jun 1971
station, April – June 197146 specimens · 10 stops · 57 days · 5,591 km
V Townsend Cromwell cruise 53
10 islands · Apr – Jun 1971
V Townsend Cromwell cruise 53, April – June 197146 specimens · 10 stops · 57 days · 5,591 km
S. Victor
Babeldaob Island · Mar – Apr 1996
S. Victor in Babeldaob Island, March – April 199655 specimens · 7 stops · 8 days
Brian D. Greene
8 islands · 9–27 Apr 2007
Brian D. Greene across 8 islands, 9–27 April 200749 specimens · 9 stops · 19 days · 2,074 km
Richard L. Pyle
6 islands · 11–28 Apr 2007
Richard L. Pyle across 6 islands, 11–28 April 200743 specimens · 8 stops · 18 days · 1,784 km
Richard L. Pyle
Augulpelu Reef and Ngemlis Island · 6–18 May 1997
Richard L. Pyle in Augulpelu Reef and Ngemlis Island, 6–18 May 199751 specimens · 6 stops · 13 days · 179 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.