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. 203 journeys so far, 1950 to 1960, 34,889 specimens between them.
95 collectors and expeditions4,305 days in the field1,013,928 km between stops23,870 photographed specimens
203 journeys match
H.B.S. Womersley
Australia · 10–19 Aug 1957
H.B.S. Womersley in Australia, 10–19 August 195755 specimens · 2 stops · 10 days
R. Won
Oʻahu · 5–10 May 1954
R. Won in Oʻahu, 5–10 May 195452 specimens · 2 stops · 6 days
Ernani Meñez
Palmyra Atoll · Dec 1959 – Jan 1960
Ernani Meñez in Palmyra Atoll, December 1959 – January 196044 specimens · 3 stops · 6 days
Judson Linsley Gressitt
the United States · Jun – Aug 1954
Judson Linsley Gressitt in the United States, June – August 195452 specimens · 4 stops · 47 days
Judson Linsley Gressitt
the United States · 1–7 Dec 1956
Judson Linsley Gressitt in the United States, 1–7 December 195664 specimens · 4 stops · 7 days
M. Gilmartin
Enewetak Atoll · Aug – Sep 1955
M. Gilmartin in Enewetak Atoll, August – September 195541 specimens · 6 stops · 10 days
George F. Arnemann
Oʻahu · Nov – Dec 1951
George F. Arnemann in Oʻahu, November – December 195141 specimens · 2 stops · 8 days · 129 km
Ernani Meñez
3 islands of the Philippines · Apr – May 1958
Ernani Meñez in Cuyo, Palawan and Mindanao, April – May 195843 specimens · 2 stops · 6 days · 402 km
Philip Weber
Apr – May 1952
Philip Weber, April – May 195259 specimens · 2 stops · 17 days
Robert L. Usinger
19–23 Jul 1956
Robert L. Usinger, 19–23 July 195655 specimens · 2 stops · 5 days
Yasuhiro Oshiro
the United States · 1–11 May 1957
Yasuhiro Oshiro in the United States, 1–11 May 195748 specimens · 2 stops · 11 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.