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. 39 journeys so far, 1924 to 2006, 9,414 specimens between them.
25 collectors and expeditions934 days in the field177,563 km between stops4,649 photographed specimens
39 journeys match
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss
7 islands · Nov 1977 – Feb 1978
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss across 7 islands, November 1977 – February 197861 specimens · 19 stops · 80 days · 5,557 km
Masatomi Suzuki
'Eua Island and Tongatapu Island · Nov – Dec 2000
Masatomi Suzuki in 'Eua Island and Tongatapu Island, November – December 200096 specimens · 7 stops · 8 days
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss
6 islands · Nov 1978 – Jan 1979
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss across 6 islands, November 1978 – January 197957 specimens · 17 stops · 90 days · 2,398 km
Masatomi Suzuki
3 islands of Tonga · 12–21 Mar 2001
Masatomi Suzuki in Tongatapu Island, 'Eua Island and 'Euaiki Island, 12–21 March 200178 specimens · 9 stops · 10 days
F. Tokelau
'Eua Island and Tongatapu Island · Nov – Dec 2000
F. Tokelau in 'Eua Island and Tongatapu Island, November – December 200067 specimens · 7 stops · 8 days · 713 km
S. Satini
'Eua Island and Tongatapu Island · Nov – Dec 2000
S. Satini in 'Eua Island and Tongatapu Island, November – December 200066 specimens · 7 stops · 8 days · 713 km
F. Tokelau
3 islands of Tonga · 12–20 Mar 2001
F. Tokelau in Tongatapu Island, 'Eua Island and 'Euaiki Island, 12–20 March 200172 specimens · 8 stops · 9 days
S. Satini
3 islands of Tonga · 12–20 Mar 2001
S. Satini in Tongatapu Island, 'Eua Island and 'Euaiki Island, 12–20 March 200171 specimens · 8 stops · 9 days
N. Inagaki
3 islands of Tonga · 12–20 Mar 2001
N. Inagaki in Tongatapu Island, 'Eua Island and 'Euaiki Island, 12–20 March 200170 specimens · 8 stops · 9 days
Masatomi Suzuki
4 islands of Tonga · 20–29 Sep 2001
Masatomi Suzuki across 4 islands of Tonga, 20–29 September 200151 specimens · 8 stops · 10 days
F. Tokelau
3 islands of Tonga · 20–29 Sep 2001
F. Tokelau in Vava'U, Nuapapu Island and Tongatapu Island, 20–29 September 200149 specimens · 7 stops · 10 days
S. Satini
3 islands of Tonga · 20–29 Sep 2001
S. Satini in Vava'U, Nuapapu Island and Tongatapu Island, 20–29 September 200148 specimens · 7 stops · 10 days
O. Amone
'Eua Island · Nov – Dec 2000
O. Amone in 'Eua Island, November – December 200049 specimens · 5 stops · 6 days · 713 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
Masatomi Suzuki
3 islands of Tonga · 14–28 Mar 2002
Masatomi Suzuki in 'Eua Island, Niuatoputapu Island and Tafahi Island, 14–28 March 200266 specimens · 2 stops · 15 days · 615 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.