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. 7 journeys so far, 1924 to 1976, 3,091 specimens between them.
5 collectors and expeditions229 days in the field67,991 km between stops2,306 photographed specimens
7 journeys match
Laurence H. MacDaniels
12 islands · Oct 1926 – Jul 1927
Laurence H. MacDaniels across 12 islands, October 1926 – July 19272,144 specimens · 105 stops · 274 days · 40,135 km
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Gerrit Parmele Wilder
18 islands · Nov 1924 – May 1925
Gerrit Parmele Wilder across 18 islands, November 1924 – May 1925244 specimens · 43 stops · 188 days · 15,411 km
Harold E. Parks
5 islands · May – Jun 1926
Harold E. Parks across 5 islands, May – June 1926333 specimens · 7 stops · 32 days · 1,859 km
Patrick V. Kirch
Niuatoputapu Island · Aug – Nov 1976
Patrick V. Kirch in Niuatoputapu Island, August – November 1976154 specimens · 20 stops · 100 days
T.A. Jaggar Jr
Niuafo'Ou Island · Aug – Oct 1930
T.A. Jaggar Jr in Niuafo'Ou Island, August – October 1930100 specimens · 8 stops · 34 days
Gerrit Parmele Wilder
7 islands · Jun – Aug 1925
Gerrit Parmele Wilder across 7 islands, June – August 192552 specimens · 22 stops · 65 days · 10,586 km
Patrick V. Kirch
Niuatoputapu Island · 13–19 Jul 1976
Patrick V. Kirch in Niuatoputapu Island, 13–19 July 197664 specimens · 4 stops · 7 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.