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. 236 journeys so far, 1960 to 1970, 35,586 specimens between them.
137 collectors and expeditions4,785 days in the field1,403,897 km between stops25,497 photographed specimens
236 journeys match
H.O. Whittier
21 islands · Jun – Aug 1960
H.O. Whittier across 21 islands, June – August 1960310 specimens · 20 stops · 77 days · 1,577 km
H.H. Iltis
4 islands of the United States · Jun – Aug 1967
H.H. Iltis across 4 islands of the United States, June – August 1967263 specimens · 40 stops · 74 days · 2,290 km
C.R. Long
24 islands · Apr – Jul 1964
C.R. Long across 24 islands, April – July 1964264 specimens · 39 stops · 91 days · 15,404 km
Benjamin C. Stone
4 islands of the United States · Feb – Jun 1960
Benjamin C. Stone across 4 islands of the United States, February – June 1960273 specimens · 22 stops · 115 days · 2,148 km
S. Carlquist
14 islands · Jun – Oct 1966
S. Carlquist across 14 islands, June – October 1966208 specimens · 55 stops · 112 days · 6,722 km
G.A. Santos
8 islands · Apr – Jun 1969
G.A. Santos across 8 islands, April – June 1969298 specimens · 16 stops · 89 days
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
M.A. Evans
21 islands · Jun – Aug 1965
M.A. Evans across 21 islands, June – August 1965313 specimens · 36 stops · 62 days · 22,345 km
A.J. Bernatowicz
6 islands · Dec 1961 – Apr 1962
A.J. Bernatowicz across 6 islands, December 1961 – April 1962229 specimens · 29 stops · 98 days
A. Bailey
7 islands of the Solomon Islands · Jul – Oct 1965
A. Bailey across 7 islands of the Solomon Islands, July – October 1965208 specimens · 37 stops · 123 days · 1,149 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
M.-H Sachet
6 islands · Jul – Nov 1963
M.-H Sachet across 6 islands, July – November 1963308 specimens · 22 stops · 118 days · 9,873 km
H.O. Sleumer
New Guinea and Oʻahu · Jan – Feb 1962
H.O. Sleumer in New Guinea and Oʻahu, January – February 1962239 specimens · 22 stops · 42 days · 9,681 km
H.P. Nooteboom
3 islands · Jan – Mar 1969
H.P. Nooteboom in Borneo, Sabah and Java, January – March 1969194 specimens · 27 stops · 73 days · 38,443 km
B.G. Decker
Hiva Oa and Hivaoa · Sep – Dec 1963
B.G. Decker in Hiva Oa and Hivaoa, September – December 1963250 specimens · 26 stops · 83 days
M. Jacobs
Sumatra · Apr – May 1968
M. Jacobs in Sumatra, April – May 1968255 specimens · 13 stops · 35 days · 1,817 km
L.E. Hair
25 islands · Jun – Aug 1966
L.E. Hair across 25 islands, June – August 1966263 specimens · 10 stops · 73 days · 5,300 km
Otto Degener
6 islands · Apr – Sep 1964
Otto Degener across 6 islands, April – September 1964168 specimens · 57 stops · 146 days · 10,662 km
William J. Hoe
Maui and Hawaiʻi Island · Aug – Sep 1967
William J. Hoe in Maui and Hawaiʻi Island, August – September 1967295 specimens · 9 stops · 32 days · 151 km
H.U. Stauffer
10 islands · Dec 1963 – Apr 1964
H.U. Stauffer across 10 islands, December 1963 – April 1964165 specimens · 43 stops · 140 days · 17,939 km
C.R. Long
9 islands · Jun – Jul 1965
C.R. Long across 9 islands, June – July 1965244 specimens · 17 stops · 33 days · 2,563 km
Isa Degener
6 islands · Apr – Sep 1964
Isa Degener across 6 islands, April – September 1964153 specimens · 55 stops · 146 days · 10,662 km
Johnson Randall
9 islands · Jul – Oct 1967
Johnson Randall across 9 islands, July – October 1967303 specimens · 29 stops · 95 days · 2,620 km
Benjamin C. Stone
Guam and Rota · Nov 1961 – Aug 1962
Benjamin C. Stone in Guam and Rota, November 1961 – August 1962147 specimens · 52 stops · 255 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.