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. 47 journeys so far, 1903 to 2015, 8,990 specimens between them.
39 collectors and expeditions1,179 days in the field206,014 km between stops4,093 photographed specimens
47 journeys match
Masahiko Takamatsu
31 islands · Dec 1935 – Jun 1936
Masahiko Takamatsu across 31 islands, December 1935 – June 19362,083 specimens · 77 stops · 205 days · 15,209 km
Leonard J. Brass
13 islands · Jul 1932 – Jan 1933
Leonard J. Brass across 13 islands, July 1932 – January 1933816 specimens · 69 stops · 206 days · 10,057 km
Benjamin C. Stone
20 islands · Sep 1957 – Feb 1958
Benjamin C. Stone across 20 islands, September 1957 – February 1958507 specimens · 64 stops · 154 days · 21,480 km
Johnson Randall
12 islands · Jun – Sep 1973
Johnson Randall across 12 islands, June – September 1973770 specimens · 45 stops · 83 days · 15,630 km
J.M. Powell
6 islands · Apr – Jul 1972
J.M. Powell across 6 islands, April – July 1972377 specimens · 34 stops · 109 days · 11,538 km
Leonard J. Brass
5 islands · Jan – May 1932
Leonard J. Brass across 5 islands, January – May 1932291 specimens · 44 stops · 120 days · 1,876 km
S. Frank Kajewski
Guadalcanal and Malaita · Nov 1930 – Jun 1931
S. Frank Kajewski in Guadalcanal and Malaita, November 1930 – June 1931335 specimens · 38 stops · 214 days · 177 km
A. Bailey
7 islands of the Solomon Islands · Jul – Oct 1965
A. Bailey across 7 islands of the Solomon Islands, July – October 1965208 specimens · 37 stops · 123 days · 1,149 km
D.E. Yen
6 islands of the Solomon Islands · Feb – May 1971
D.E. Yen across 6 islands of the Solomon Islands, February – May 1971161 specimens · 31 stops · 107 days · 1,964 km
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo
13 islands · Feb – Jun 1966
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo across 13 islands, February – June 1966155 specimens · 40 stops · 141 days · 4,507 km
Judson Linsley Gressitt
6 islands · Aug – Dec 1957
Judson Linsley Gressitt across 6 islands, August – December 1957131 specimens · 30 stops · 113 days · 9,370 km
Johnson Randall
20 islands · Aug – Dec 1993
Johnson Randall across 20 islands, August – December 1993214 specimens · 31 stops · 114 days · 29,910 km
Gerald R. Allen
7 islands · Jul – Aug 1973
Gerald R. Allen across 7 islands, July – August 1973241 specimens · 22 stops · 48 days · 2,361 km
Alvin Seale
5 islands · May – Jun 1903
Alvin Seale across 5 islands, May – June 1903311 specimens · 7 stops · 32 days · 1,333 km
H.B.S. Womersley
5 islands of the Solomon Islands · Aug – Sep 1965
H.B.S. Womersley across 5 islands of the Solomon Islands, August – September 1965129 specimens · 16 stops · 36 days · 277 km
T.K. Newell
9 islands · Aug – Nov 1966
T.K. Newell across 9 islands, August – November 1966116 specimens · 27 stops · 91 days · 12,029 km
T. Watanabe
7 islands · Jul – Aug 2009
T. Watanabe across 7 islands, July – August 2009138 specimens · 11 stops · 40 days · 1,464 km
D. Mueller-Dombois
12 islands · Oct – Dec 1981
D. Mueller-Dombois across 12 islands, October – December 1981139 specimens · 18 stops · 53 days · 3,711 km
P.F. Hunt
6 islands · Jul – Nov 1965
P.F. Hunt across 6 islands, July – November 196569 specimens · 35 stops · 147 days · 15,687 km
Derral R. Herbst
3 islands · Jan – Feb 1991
Derral R. Herbst in Hawaiʻi Island, Mbanika and Oʻahu, January – February 1991168 specimens · 6 stops · 29 days · 230 km
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss
13 islands · Dec 1976 – Apr 1977
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss across 13 islands, December 1976 – April 197788 specimens · 27 stops · 104 days · 15,072 km
B. Goldman
5 islands of the Solomon Islands · Jun – Aug 1973
B. Goldman across 5 islands of the Solomon Islands, June – August 1973145 specimens · 15 stops · 40 days · 87 km
J. Barrau
6 islands · Jan – Apr 1958
J. Barrau across 6 islands, January – April 195856 specimens · 22 stops · 81 days · 4,806 km
T. Watanabe
6 islands of the Solomon Islands · Jul – Sep 2008
T. Watanabe across 6 islands of the Solomon Islands, July – September 2008128 specimens · 9 stops · 41 days · 638 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.