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. 161 journeys so far, 1950 to 1960, 29,039 specimens between them.
72 collectors and expeditions3,687 days in the field855,830 km between stops19,771 photographed specimens
161 journeys match
A.J. Bernatowicz
13 islands of Bermuda · Nov 1950 – Feb 1951
A.J. Bernatowicz across 13 islands of Bermuda, November 1950 – February 1951250 specimens · 56 stops · 97 days
Harold St.John
4 islands of the United States · Sep 1952 – Feb 1953
Harold St.John across 4 islands of the United States, September 1952 – February 1953271 specimens · 28 stops · 151 days · 1,245 km
Benjamin C. Stone
22 islands · Feb – Aug 1957
Benjamin C. Stone across 22 islands, February – August 1957301 specimens · 47 stops · 169 days · 33,594 km
Harold St.John
6 islands · Nov 1955 – Jan 1956
Harold St.John across 6 islands, November 1955 – January 1956293 specimens · 22 stops · 65 days · 13,814 km
Otto Degener
3 islands · Feb – Sep 1959
Otto Degener in Maui, Oʻahu and Molokaʻi, February – September 1959214 specimens · 48 stops · 242 days · 2,169 km
Judson Linsley Gressitt
3 islands · Jun – Oct 1955
Judson Linsley Gressitt in New Guinea, Vanua Levu and New Britain, June – October 1955229 specimens · 62 stops · 128 days · 3,623 km
T. Amano
Okinawa and Iriomote Island · Jun – Aug 1951
T. Amano in Okinawa and Iriomote Island, June – August 1951214 specimens · 31 stops · 63 days
E.Y. Dawson
Enewetak Atoll and Mauke · Aug – Sep 1955
E.Y. Dawson in Enewetak Atoll and Mauke, August – September 1955435 specimens · 10 stops · 16 days
Donald P. Abbott
4 islands · Jul – Oct 1953
Donald P. Abbott across 4 islands, July – October 1953221 specimens · 38 stops · 115 days
Benjamin C. Stone
13 islands · Nov 1955 – Feb 1956
Benjamin C. Stone across 13 islands, November 1955 – February 1956233 specimens · 36 stops · 93 days · 11,844 km
Jan Newhouse
5 islands · May – Sep 1954
Jan Newhouse across 5 islands, May – September 1954224 specimens · 51 stops · 114 days · 18,081 km
Reid Moran
Okinawa · Feb – Apr 1955
Reid Moran in Okinawa, February – April 1955167 specimens · 32 stops · 75 days · 6,395 km
Harold St.John
7 islands · Nov – Dec 1953
Harold St.John across 7 islands, November – December 1953254 specimens · 14 stops · 33 days · 9,010 km
Harold St.John
4 islands of the United States · Nov 1954 – Feb 1955
Harold St.John across 4 islands of the United States, November 1954 – February 1955193 specimens · 22 stops · 97 days · 1,375 km
A.R.H. Lamberton
4 islands of the United States · May – Jul 1953
A.R.H. Lamberton across 4 islands of the United States, May – July 1953292 specimens · 31 stops · 36 days · 445 km
G.T. Velasquez
Catanduanes and Luzon · Apr – May 1958
G.T. Velasquez in Catanduanes and Luzon, April – May 1958338 specimens · 7 stops · 36 days · 640 km
Hugh Shaw MacKee
9 islands · Jul – Sep 1955
Hugh Shaw MacKee across 9 islands, July – September 1955222 specimens · 28 stops · 64 days · 5,455 km
S. Sonohara
Okinawa and Ie Island · Jul – Aug 1951
S. Sonohara in Okinawa and Ie Island, July – August 1951195 specimens · 20 stops · 32 days
Benjamin C. Stone
3 islands of the United States · Jun – Aug 1955
Benjamin C. Stone in Kauaʻi, Lānaʻi and Oʻahu, June – August 1955209 specimens · 13 stops · 62 days · 841 km
H.A. Woolford
Maui · 1–31 Dec 1955
H.A. Woolford in Maui, 1–31 December 1955229 specimens · 14 stops · 31 days · 42 km
E. Soakai
16 islands of Tonga · Jan – Aug 1959
E. Soakai across 16 islands of Tonga, January – August 1959133 specimens · 38 stops · 206 days · 603 km
H.A. Miller
4 islands of the United States · May – Jun 1953
H.A. Miller across 4 islands of the United States, May – June 1953191 specimens · 24 stops · 33 days · 441 km
Alvin K. Chock
3 islands of the United States · Dec 1951 – Mar 1952
Alvin K. Chock in Maui, Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, December 1951 – March 1952166 specimens · 19 stops · 99 days · 1,160 km
E.T. Moul
6 islands · Jun – Sep 1951
E.T. Moul across 6 islands, June – September 1951160 specimens · 50 stops · 93 days · 2,573 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.