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. 10 journeys so far, 1923 to 1928, 7,399 specimens between them.
8 collectors and expeditions417 days in the field93,337 km between stops5,923 photographed specimens
10 journeys match
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
85 islands · Nov 1923 – Nov 1924
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. across 85 islands, November 1923 – November 19242,392 specimens · 109 stops · 342 days · 30,927 km
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
J.R. Le B. Tomlin Ex Jens M. Ostergaard
3 islands · Jun – Aug 1926
J.R. Le B. Tomlin Ex Jens M. Ostergaard in Viti Levu, Upolu and Tongatapu, June – August 1926868 specimens · 15 stops · 86 days · 4,546 km
Harold E. Parks
4 islands · May – Jul 1927
Harold E. Parks across 4 islands, May – July 1927771 specimens · 22 stops · 72 days · 542 km
Harry S. Ladd
Viti Levu and Vatulele · May – Aug 1928
Harry S. Ladd in Viti Levu and Vatulele, May – August 1928467 specimens · 22 stops · 105 days · 2,628 km
John E. Hoffmeister
Viti Levu · May – Aug 1928
John E. Hoffmeister in Viti Levu, May – August 1928190 specimens · 15 stops · 96 days
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
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William A. Setchell
4 islands · May – Jun 1926
William A. Setchell across 4 islands, May – June 1926124 specimens · 6 stops · 32 days
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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
Harry S. Ladd
Viti Levu · Jul – Aug 1926
Harry S. Ladd in Viti Levu, July – August 192658 specimens · 3 stops · 12 days · 2,114 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.