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. 65 journeys so far, 1903 to 2016, 15,312 specimens between them.
41 collectors and expeditions1,550 days in the field304,335 km between stops9,541 photographed specimens
65 journeys match
P.A. Cox
Savaii and Tau · Jun – Jul 1979
P.A. Cox in Savaii and Tau, June – July 197966 specimens · 9 stops · 24 days · 328 km
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Alfred F. Judd Jr
3 islands · Feb – Mar 1926
Alfred F. Judd Jr in Tutuila, Lānaʻi and Ofu, February – March 192643 specimens · 6 stops · 46 days · 4,276 km
W.A. Whistler
Upolu · Dec 1974 – Jan 1975
W.A. Whistler in Upolu, December 1974 – January 197561 specimens · 9 stops · 17 days
Anthony C. Robinson
Savaii and Niue · 2–29 May 1994
Anthony C. Robinson in Savaii and Niue, 2–29 May 199474 specimens · 7 stops · 28 days · 728 km
H. Kennedy
3 islands · Aug – Sep 1979
H. Kennedy in Tahiti, Hawaiʻi Island and Upolu, August – September 197942 specimens · 11 stops · 33 days · 6,642 km
W.A. Whistler
5 islands · Dec 1975 – Jan 1976
W.A. Whistler across 5 islands, December 1975 – January 197643 specimens · 13 stops · 21 days · 509 km
Anthony C. Robinson
Upolu and Nuutele · Nov – Dec 1993
Anthony C. Robinson in Upolu and Nuutele, November – December 199370 specimens · 5 stops · 45 days · 118 km
P.A. Cox
Savaii · Jun – Jul 1986
P.A. Cox in Savaii, June – July 198641 specimens · 10 stops · 26 days
M. Uili
Upolu and Savaii · 2–28 Jun 2016
M. Uili in Upolu and Savaii, 2–28 June 201644 specimens · 6 stops · 27 days · 80 km
M.-H Sachet
4 islands · Jun – Jul 1976
M.-H Sachet across 4 islands, June – July 197646 specimens · 8 stops · 28 days · 2,621 km
Anthony C. Robinson
Savaii and Upolu · Feb – Mar 1994
Anthony C. Robinson in Savaii and Upolu, February – March 199459 specimens · 5 stops · 19 days · 322 km
W.A. Whistler
6 islands · Apr – May 1979
W.A. Whistler across 6 islands, April – May 197941 specimens · 8 stops · 11 days · 80 km
Timothy Flynn
3 islands · Oct – Nov 1989
Timothy Flynn in Upolu, Savaii and Maui, October – November 198943 specimens · 7 stops · 13 days · 4,300 km
Erling Christophersen
Tutuila and Upolu · 24–29 Jun 1931
Erling Christophersen in Tutuila and Upolu, 24–29 June 193153 specimens · 3 stops · 6 days · 145 km
T. Foliga
Upolu and Savaii · 2–15 Jun 2016
T. Foliga in Upolu and Savaii, 2–15 June 201641 specimens · 5 stops · 14 days · 80 km
M.L. Bristol
Savaii · 25–29 Jun 1968
M.L. Bristol in Savaii, 25–29 June 196848 specimens · 5 stops · 5 days
Anthony C. Robinson
Upolu and Savaii · 20–24 Jun 1994
Anthony C. Robinson in Upolu and Savaii, 20–24 June 199459 specimens · 3 stops · 5 days · 92 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.