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. 14 journeys so far, 1961 to 1969, 2,328 specimens between them.
11 collectors and expeditions311 days in the field199,279 km between stops1,979 photographed specimens
14 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
William J. Hoe
3 islands · Jun – Sep 1966
William J. Hoe in Hawaiʻi Island, Maui and South Island, June – September 1966330 specimens · 50 stops · 79 days · 274 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
F. Raymond Fosberg
7 islands · Jan – Mar 1968
F. Raymond Fosberg across 7 islands, January – March 1968177 specimens · 44 stops · 62 days
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
H.E. Connor
New Zealand and South Island · Jan – Feb 1962
H.E. Connor in New Zealand and South Island, January – February 1962114 specimens · 13 stops · 57 days · 9,986 km
Gordon Allan Samuelson
5 islands of New Zealand · Sep – Oct 1962
Gordon Allan Samuelson across 5 islands of New Zealand, September – October 196285 specimens · 27 stops · 58 days · 9,986 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.F. Melville
5 islands of New Zealand · Feb – Mar 1962
E.F. Melville across 5 islands of New Zealand, February – March 1962104 specimens · 9 stops · 37 days
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
C.H. Lamoureux
South Island and New Zealand · 12–25 Oct 1965
C.H. Lamoureux in South Island and New Zealand, 12–25 October 196565 specimens · 5 stops · 14 days · 18,752 km
C.H. Lamoureux
South Island and New Caledonia · 12–25 Jul 1966
C.H. Lamoureux in South Island and New Caledonia, 12–25 July 196655 specimens · 3 stops · 14 days · 2,990 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.