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. 9 journeys so far, 1961 to 1969, 1,577 specimens between them.
8 collectors and expeditions171 days in the field194,879 km between stops1,321 photographed specimens
9 journeys match
C.H. Lamoureux
7 islands of New Zealand · Nov 1965 – May 1966
C.H. Lamoureux across 7 islands of New Zealand, November 1965 – May 1966485 specimens · 37 stops · 167 days · 26,488 km
Otto Degener
6 islands · Dec 1968 – Feb 1969
Otto Degener across 6 islands, December 1968 – February 1969258 specimens · 29 stops · 52 days · 41,268 km
Isa Degener
6 islands · Dec 1968 – Feb 1969
Isa Degener across 6 islands, December 1968 – February 1969230 specimens · 30 stops · 52 days · 41,268 km
R. Melville
3 islands of New Zealand · Oct 1961 – Jan 1962
R. Melville in North Island, New Zealand and South Island, October 1961 – January 1962137 specimens · 21 stops · 100 days · 40,252 km
R. Melville
6 islands of New Zealand · Feb – Mar 1962
R. Melville across 6 islands of New Zealand, February – March 1962124 specimens · 9 stops · 37 days
L.B. Moore
3 islands of New Zealand · 2–15 Nov 1961
L.B. Moore in North Island, New Zealand and South Island, 2–15 November 1961104 specimens · 13 stops · 14 days · 8,015 km
E.J. Godley
4 islands of New Zealand · 6–18 Mar 1962
E.J. Godley across 4 islands of New Zealand, 6–18 March 196260 specimens · 8 stops · 13 days
W.M. Hamilton
3 islands of New Zealand · 5–16 Mar 1962
W.M. Hamilton in Little Barrier, New Zealand and North Island, 5–16 March 196261 specimens · 8 stops · 12 days
R.G. Buggeln
4 islands · 17–26 Aug 1965
R.G. Buggeln across 4 islands, 17–26 August 1965118 specimens · 6 stops · 10 days · 37,588 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.