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
7 islands · 8–24 Nov 1968
F. Raymond Fosberg across 7 islands, 8–24 November 196877 specimens · 9 stops · 17 days · 40,884 km
B. Tantisewie
Thailand · 8–28 Jan 1969
B. Tantisewie in Thailand, 8–28 January 196947 specimens · 9 stops · 21 days
W. Cadenhead
Kauaʻi · Nov – Dec 1960
W. Cadenhead in Kauaʻi, November – December 196041 specimens · 15 stops · 18 days
Pele Expedition 1962
Oʻahu · Feb – May 1962
Pele Expedition 1962, February – May 196240 specimens · 8 stops · 97 days · 571 km
W. Cadenheads
Kauaʻi · Nov – Dec 1960
W. Cadenheads in Kauaʻi, November – December 196042 specimens · 12 stops · 18 days
Robert Hobdy
Kauaʻi and Lānaʻi · Jun – Jul 1969
Robert Hobdy in Kauaʻi and Lānaʻi, June – July 196945 specimens · 8 stops · 49 days · 592 km
V.J. Krajina
3 islands of the United States · 11–21 Jun 1962
V.J. Krajina in Molokaʻi, Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, 11–21 June 1962114 specimens · 2 stops · 11 days · 269 km
R.G. Buggeln
4 islands · 17–26 Aug 1965
R.G. Buggeln across 4 islands, 17–26 August 1965118 specimens · 6 stops · 10 days · 37,588 km
C. Lockwood
3 islands · Oct – Nov 1966
C. Lockwood in Woodlark, Rossel Island and Panawina Island, October – November 1966103 specimens · 3 stops · 27 days · 402 km
R.A. Darrow
Thailand · Jun – Jul 1963
R.A. Darrow in Thailand, June – July 196348 specimens · 6 stops · 42 days
E.L. Robinson
Thailand · Jun – Jul 1963
E.L. Robinson in Thailand, June – July 196347 specimens · 6 stops · 42 days
N.R. Spencer
Vietnam · May – Jul 1961
N.R. Spencer in Vietnam, May – July 196164 specimens · 11 stops · 58 days
P.C. Hutchison
3 islands · 13–21 Jan 1967
P.C. Hutchison in Oʻahu, Kauaʻi and Tutuila, 13–21 January 196751 specimens · 8 stops · 9 days · 522 km
P.D. Ashlock
Maui · Mar – Apr 1966
P.D. Ashlock in Maui, March – April 1966116 specimens · 4 stops · 27 days
M.A. Evans
3 islands of the Northern Mariana Islands · 18–23 Jun 1966
M.A. Evans in Sariguan, Saipan and Sarigan, 18–23 June 196691 specimens · 5 stops · 6 days
M.V.C. Falanruw
3 islands of Micronesia · Jun – Aug 1968
M.V.C. Falanruw in Guam, Pohnpei and Garim Islet, June – August 196842 specimens · 16 stops · 86 days · 17,281 km
A.B. Mirza
Papua New Guinea · Sep – Nov 1968
A.B. Mirza in Papua New Guinea, September – November 196879 specimens · 7 stops · 74 days · 335 km
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
Cranwell Smith
3 islands of the United States · May – Jul 1966
Cranwell Smith in Maui, Hawaiʻi Island and Kauaʻi, May – July 196647 specimens · 6 stops · 39 days · 476 km
E.E. Henty
New Britain · 14–27 May 1968
E.E. Henty in New Britain, 14–27 May 196852 specimens · 6 stops · 14 days · 205 km
Maxwell S. Doty
6 islands · Dec 1965 – Jan 1966
Maxwell S. Doty across 6 islands, December 1965 – January 196658 specimens · 5 stops · 32 days · 657 km
Larry W. Quate
Hawaiʻi Island and Maui · Mar – Apr 1961
Larry W. Quate in Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, March – April 196161 specimens · 14 stops · 43 days · 11,144 km
Benjamin C. Stone
3 islands · Apr – May 1969
Benjamin C. Stone in Kedah, Viti Levu and Malaya, April – May 196949 specimens · 6 stops · 20 days
S. Pillay
Viti Levu · Sep – Dec 1960
S. Pillay in Viti Levu, September – December 196042 specimens · 12 stops · 81 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.