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
B. Emmons
5 islands of Palau · Dec 1967 – Feb 1968
B. Emmons across 5 islands of Palau, December 1967 – February 196865 specimens · 18 stops · 61 days · 4,935 km
M.A. Evans
Australia · Sep 1967 – Jan 1968
M.A. Evans in Australia, September 1967 – January 196849 specimens · 15 stops · 108 days
S. Carlquist
Australia · Oct – Nov 1962
S. Carlquist in Australia, October – November 196251 specimens · 17 stops · 47 days
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Ding Hou
3 islands · Jun – Sep 1966
Ding Hou in Borneo, Sarawak and Pahang, June – September 196641 specimens · 24 stops · 106 days
B.G. Decker
5 islands of French Polynesia · Jan – Apr 1960
B.G. Decker across 5 islands of French Polynesia, January – April 196069 specimens · 12 stops · 67 days · 865 km
J. Vandenberg
6 islands of Papua New Guinea · May – Jun 1969
J. Vandenberg across 6 islands of Papua New Guinea, May – June 196985 specimens · 6 stops · 25 days · 913 km
George F. Arnemann
Oʻahu and Lānaʻi · Mar – Apr 1961
George F. Arnemann in Oʻahu and Lānaʻi, March – April 196183 specimens · 5 stops · 39 days · 265 km
Seymour H. Sohmer
Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · Aug – Sep 1969
Seymour H. Sohmer in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, August – September 196975 specimens · 6 stops · 41 days
C.H. Lamoureux
4 islands · 6–17 Dec 1962
C.H. Lamoureux across 4 islands, 6–17 December 196293 specimens · 6 stops · 12 days
Zennoske Iwatsuki
4 islands of Japan · 1–28 Dec 1964
Zennoske Iwatsuki across 4 islands of Japan, 1–28 December 196462 specimens · 10 stops · 28 days · 943 km
Benjamin C. Stone
Guam and Rota · Feb – Jun 1964
Benjamin C. Stone in Guam and Rota, February – June 196451 specimens · 18 stops · 129 days
S.R. Gradstein
Crete · Apr – May 1967
S.R. Gradstein in Crete, April – May 196749 specimens · 16 stops · 36 days
J.H. Smittenberg
Crete · Apr – May 1967
J.H. Smittenberg in Crete, April – May 196748 specimens · 16 stops · 36 days
K. Larsen
Thailand · Jul – Aug 1966
K. Larsen in Thailand, July – August 196643 specimens · 20 stops · 56 days
Evelyn B. Sharp
4 islands of Japan · 1–28 Dec 1964
Evelyn B. Sharp across 4 islands of Japan, 1–28 December 196459 specimens · 10 stops · 28 days · 943 km
M.G. Iltis
3 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 1967
M.G. Iltis in Maui, Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, July – August 196786 specimens · 5 stops · 12 days · 141 km
S. Carlquist
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · 1–27 Aug 1961
S. Carlquist in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, 1–27 August 196165 specimens · 7 stops · 27 days · 392 km
A.Y. Yoshinaga
4 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 1967
A.Y. Yoshinaga across 4 islands of the United States, July – August 196764 specimens · 8 stops · 43 days · 555 km
M.L. Bristol
Savaii · Aug – Sep 1968
M.L. Bristol in Savaii, August – September 196896 specimens · 7 stops · 30 days
G.W. Gillett
6 islands of the United States · May – Jul 1966
G.W. Gillett across 6 islands of the United States, May – July 196646 specimens · 12 stops · 66 days · 1,081 km
A.J.H. Sharp
3 islands of Japan · 1–28 Dec 1964
A.J.H. Sharp in Yakushima Island, Kyushu and Honshu, 1–28 December 196456 specimens · 10 stops · 28 days · 943 km
Seymour H. Sohmer
3 islands of the United States · Dec 1969 – Jan 1970
Seymour H. Sohmer in Hawaiʻi Island, Maui and Oʻahu, December 1969 – January 197067 specimens · 8 stops · 13 days · 136 km
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss
4 islands · Jan – Feb 1962
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss across 4 islands, January – February 196257 specimens · 12 stops · 30 days · 22,109 km
Nengah Wirawan
3 islands of Indonesia · Dec 1963 – Jan 1964
Nengah Wirawan in Java, Peucang Island and Bogor, December 1963 – January 196443 specimens · 17 stops · 33 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.