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. 48 journeys so far, 1961 to 1969, 8,263 specimens between them.
31 collectors and expeditions807 days in the field292,391 km between stops89 photographed specimens
48 journeys match
V Townsend Cromwell cruise 33
3 islands of the United States · Oct – Nov 1967
V Townsend Cromwell cruise 33, October – November 196795 specimens · 10 stops · 20 days · 397 km
Gerald R. Allen
Enewetak Atoll · Nov – Dec 1968
Gerald R. Allen in Enewetak Atoll, November – December 1968106 specimens · 7 stops · 25 days
Gerald R. Allen
4 islands of the United States · May – Aug 1967
Gerald R. Allen across 4 islands of the United States, May – August 196776 specimens · 11 stops · 84 days · 1,310 km
Dennis M. Devaney
16 islands · Sep – Oct 1967
Dennis M. Devaney across 16 islands, September – October 196750 specimens · 18 stops · 56 days · 7,816 km
R.S. Jones
Guam and Ulithi Atoll · May – Jun 1968
R.S. Jones in Guam and Ulithi Atoll, May – June 196894 specimens · 8 stops · 34 days
Philip Helfrich
4 islands · May – Jun 1968
Philip Helfrich across 4 islands, May – June 1968114 specimens · 6 stops · 18 days
B.A. Baker
Easter Island and Tahiti · Jan – Feb 1969
B.A. Baker in Easter Island and Tahiti, January – February 196993 specimens · 6 stops · 33 days
Harold Yuen
3 islands · Oct – Nov 1961
Harold Yuen in Rangiroa Atoll, Tahiti and Makemo Atoll, October – November 196196 specimens · 4 stops · 21 days · 332 km
station
8–29 May 1969
station, 8–29 May 196959 specimens · 12 stops · 22 days · 1,677 km
V Townsend Cromwell cruise 43
8–29 May 1969
V Townsend Cromwell cruise 43, 8–29 May 196959 specimens · 12 stops · 22 days · 1,677 km
Johnson Randall
4 islands · Nov – Dec 1966
Johnson Randall across 4 islands, November – December 196664 specimens · 9 stops · 26 days · 43 km
A.H. Banner O.R.D.M. Banner
Johnston Atoll and Oʻahu · Jul – Aug 1968
A.H. Banner O.R.D.M. Banner in Johnston Atoll and Oʻahu, July – August 196872 specimens · 6 stops · 18 days · 1,381 km
Crew of R
9 islands of French Polynesia · Sep – Oct 1967
Crew of R, September – October 196745 specimens · 11 stops · 50 days · 6,143 km
V. Pele
9 islands of French Polynesia · Sep – Oct 1967
V. Pele across 9 islands of French Polynesia, September – October 196745 specimens · 11 stops · 50 days · 6,143 km
William Hashimoto
4 islands · Oct – Nov 1968
William Hashimoto across 4 islands, October – November 196858 specimens · 6 stops · 33 days · 5,091 km
A.J. Stark
Guam · 21–30 Jun 1968
A.J. Stark in Guam, 21–30 June 196874 specimens · 5 stops · 10 days
William Hashimoto
Enewetak Atoll · 24–29 Nov 1967
William Hashimoto in Enewetak Atoll, 24–29 November 196795 specimens · 3 stops · 6 days
O. Custer
4 islands · 8–12 Jun 1968
O. Custer across 4 islands, 8–12 June 196872 specimens · 3 stops · 5 days
G.E. Fosse
Guam · 21–30 Jun 1968
G.E. Fosse in Guam, 21–30 June 196854 specimens · 4 stops · 10 days
Philip Helfrich
Marakei Atoll · 1–24 Jun 1964
Philip Helfrich in Marakei Atoll, 1–24 June 196454 specimens · 3 stops · 24 days
B. Jennions
Fanning Island and Teraina Island · Oct – Nov 1968
B. Jennions in Fanning Island and Teraina Island, October – November 196846 specimens · 4 stops · 11 days
Ralph Bowers
Johnston Atoll · 25–30 Jul 1968
Ralph Bowers in Johnston Atoll, 25–30 July 196858 specimens · 3 stops · 6 days
V Charles H. Gilbert cruise
3 islands · 11–19 Oct 1961
V Charles H. Gilbert cruise, 11–19 October 196147 specimens · 3 stops · 9 days · 184 km
A.H. Banner O.R.D.M. Banner
Marakei Atoll · 1–24 Jun 1964
A.H. Banner O.R.D.M. Banner in Marakei Atoll, 1–24 June 196448 specimens · 2 stops · 24 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.