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. 327 journeys so far, 1960 to 1970, 47,749 specimens between them.
196 collectors and expeditions6,004 days in the field1,569,757 km between stops28,684 photographed specimens
327 journeys match
F. Raymond Fosberg
4 islands · Nov – Dec 1963
F. Raymond Fosberg across 4 islands, November – December 196357 specimens · 9 stops · 20 days
Donald Anderson
6 islands · Aug – Nov 1969
Donald Anderson across 6 islands, August – November 196942 specimens · 15 stops · 94 days · 36,629 km
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
M.J.E. Coode
New Ireland and Lavongai · Jan – Feb 1967
M.J.E. Coode in New Ireland and Lavongai, January – February 196763 specimens · 6 stops · 26 days · 472 km
W.M. Hamilton
3 islands of New Zealand · 5–16 Mar 1962
W.M. Hamilton in Little Barrier, New Zealand and North Island, 5–16 March 196261 specimens · 8 stops · 12 days
P.D. Ashlock
Jul – Sep 1965
P.D. Ashlock, July – September 196594 specimens · 9 stops · 52 days
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss
5 islands · Feb – Apr 1964
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss across 5 islands, February – April 196452 specimens · 8 stops · 81 days · 17,676 km
Isa Degener
Oʻahu · Mar – May 1962
Isa Degener in Oʻahu, March – May 196246 specimens · 10 stops · 50 days · 319 km
R.G. Buggeln
Tutuila and Ofu · 1–27 Aug 1964
R.G. Buggeln in Tutuila and Ofu, 1–27 August 196485 specimens · 9 stops · 27 days
D.E. Yen
3 islands · Jul – Aug 1969
D.E. Yen in Futuna Island, 'Alofi Island and Molokaʻi, July – August 1969139 specimens · 2 stops · 7 days
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss
7 islands · Jan – Mar 1960
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss across 7 islands, January – March 196057 specimens · 7 stops · 58 days · 16,910 km
John W. Beardsley
Laysan and Nihoa · Jun – Jul 1962
John W. Beardsley in Laysan and Nihoa, June – July 1962105 specimens · 6 stops · 31 days · 1,046 km
W.L. Stern
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · 1–14 Aug 1961
W.L. Stern in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, 1–14 August 196175 specimens · 4 stops · 14 days · 137 km
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss
5 islands · Jan – Feb 1961
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss across 5 islands, January – February 196149 specimens · 14 stops · 40 days · 5,401 km
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
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3 islands of the United States · Oct – Nov 1967
station, 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
J.W. Grear Jr.
Brazil · Feb – Jul 1966
J.W. Grear Jr. in Brazil, February – July 196646 specimens · 36 stops · 164 days · 396 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
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
Harold St.John
Reunion and Direction Island · Jan – Mar 1961
Harold St.John in Reunion and Direction Island, January – March 196142 specimens · 12 stops · 54 days
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
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.