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
R.E. DeWreede
Maui · 1–22 Aug 1967
R.E. DeWreede in Maui, 1–22 August 1967169 specimens · 4 stops · 22 days · 45 km
Ernani Meñez
11 islands of the Philippines · Sep – Oct 1967
Ernani Meñez across 11 islands of the Philippines, September – October 196791 specimens · 14 stops · 41 days · 3,373 km
Harold St.John
Singapore and Penang · May – Jul 1960
Harold St.John in Singapore and Penang, May – July 196082 specimens · 18 stops · 53 days · 3,081 km
L.A.C. Craven
New Guinea · Jan – Apr 1966
L.A.C. Craven in New Guinea, January – April 196673 specimens · 22 stops · 102 days · 1,525 km
Jan Newhouse
5 islands · Jul – Aug 1968
Jan Newhouse across 5 islands, July – August 196898 specimens · 10 stops · 50 days · 6,701 km
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
van Balgooy
New Guinea · Apr – Jul 1965
van Balgooy in New Guinea, April – July 1965102 specimens · 9 stops · 74 days · 1,118 km
J.R. Conway
4 islands · Jun – Aug 1967
J.R. Conway across 4 islands, June – August 196783 specimens · 17 stops · 68 days
van Royen
Australia · Jul – Oct 1965
van Royen in Australia, July – October 196578 specimens · 24 stops · 108 days
E.J. Hehre
Campobello · Aug 1966 – Jan 1967
E.J. Hehre in Campobello, August 1966 – January 196764 specimens · 23 stops · 150 days
P.F. Hunt
6 islands · Jul – Nov 1965
P.F. Hunt across 6 islands, July – November 196569 specimens · 35 stops · 147 days · 15,687 km
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss
Maui · Mar – May 1967
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss in Maui, March – May 196796 specimens · 17 stops · 62 days · 301 km
Carl Masaru Yoshimoto
4 islands · Jan – Mar 1963
Carl Masaru Yoshimoto across 4 islands, January – March 196387 specimens · 19 stops · 39 days · 7,539 km
C. Kalkman
New Guinea · Jun – Sep 1966
C. Kalkman in New Guinea, June – September 1966104 specimens · 6 stops · 98 days · 628 km
F. Raymond Fosberg
4 islands of the United States · Feb – Apr 1963
F. Raymond Fosberg across 4 islands of the United States, February – April 1963100 specimens · 18 stops · 41 days · 24,929 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
C.H. Lamoureux
3 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1962
C.H. Lamoureux in Molokaʻi, Maui and Midway Atoll, June – July 1962151 specimens · 4 stops · 36 days · 2,230 km
W.T. Brooks
Manihi · Apr – Jun 1967
W.T. Brooks in Manihi, April – June 1967101 specimens · 22 stops · 71 days
C.C. Brooks
Manihi · Apr – Jun 1967
C.C. Brooks in Manihi, April – June 1967101 specimens · 22 stops · 71 days
R.M. King
Thailand · Jun – Jul 1963
R.M. King in Thailand, June – July 196395 specimens · 8 stops · 44 days
Otto Degener
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · Feb – May 1961
Otto Degener in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, February – May 196171 specimens · 15 stops · 76 days · 1,137 km
M.D. Hoyle
the United States · Jun – Jul 1967
M.D. Hoyle in the United States, June – July 196782 specimens · 14 stops · 28 days
D.G. Frodin
New Britain and Marklo Island · Mar – May 1966
D.G. Frodin in New Britain and Marklo Island, March – May 196671 specimens · 15 stops · 84 days · 2,009 km
Robert Hobdy
Kauaʻi and Lānaʻi · Nov 1968 – Jan 1969
Robert Hobdy in Kauaʻi and Lānaʻi, November 1968 – January 196975 specimens · 15 stops · 69 days · 587 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.