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
Carl Masaru Yoshimoto
the United States · 19–30 Jul 1965
Carl Masaru Yoshimoto in the United States, 19–30 July 1965101 specimens · 6 stops · 12 days
Donald Bruce Foreman
Bougainville Island and Bougainville · Aug – Sep 1969
Donald Bruce Foreman in Bougainville Island and Bougainville, August – September 196950 specimens · 5 stops · 25 days · 115 km
H.B.S. Womersley
Kangaroo · 13–21 Jan 1965
H.B.S. Womersley in Kangaroo, 13–21 January 196549 specimens · 7 stops · 9 days
V.J. Krajina
Hawaiʻi Island · Jun – Jul 1966
V.J. Krajina in Hawaiʻi Island, June – July 196645 specimens · 7 stops · 18 days · 155 km
E.B. Mann
3 islands of Papua New Guinea · Jun – Jul 1969
E.B. Mann in Bagabag Island, Kar Kar and New Guinea, June – July 196956 specimens · 4 stops · 22 days · 380 km
R.M. Bird
Thailand · Jun – Jul 1963
R.M. Bird in Thailand, June – July 196340 specimens · 6 stops · 42 days
van Steenis
Taiwan and Formosa · 7–18 Aug 1966
van Steenis in Taiwan and Formosa, 7–18 August 196640 specimens · 9 stops · 12 days
F. Raymond Fosberg
Kwajalein Atoll and Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Sep 1966
F. Raymond Fosberg in Kwajalein Atoll and Hawaiʻi Island, July – September 196644 specimens · 8 stops · 53 days · 8,276 km
George F. Arnemann
Guadalcanal Island · 10–16 Feb 1966
George F. Arnemann in Guadalcanal Island, 10–16 February 196660 specimens · 4 stops · 7 days · 78 km
K.E. Mshigeni
Mbudya · Oct – Nov 1969
K.E. Mshigeni in Mbudya, October – November 196941 specimens · 8 stops · 31 days
A.L. Young
Pearl and Hermes Atoll and Lisianski · 1–22 Aug 1964
A.L. Young in Pearl and Hermes Atoll and Lisianski, 1–22 August 196447 specimens · 5 stops · 22 days · 271 km
H.O. Whittier
Oʻahu and Kauaʻi · Feb – Mar 1964
H.O. Whittier in Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, February – March 196443 specimens · 5 stops · 36 days · 509 km
R.T. Hansen
Jul – Aug 1966
R.T. Hansen, July – August 1966106 specimens · 3 stops · 42 days
J. Cooper
7 islands · Jul – Aug 1962
J. Cooper across 7 islands, July – August 196257 specimens · 3 stops · 32 days · 5,566 km
William J. Hoe
Maui and Molokaʻi · 25–29 Jan 1965
William J. Hoe in Maui and Molokaʻi, 25–29 January 196553 specimens · 5 stops · 5 days · 122 km
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
Grace Burgess Grace Burgess
Johnston Atoll · Jan – Mar 1964
Grace Burgess Grace Burgess in Johnston Atoll, January – March 196445 specimens · 17 stops · 68 days · 5,031 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
S. Pillay
Viti Levu and Naitasiri · Jun – Jul 1960
S. Pillay in Viti Levu and Naitasiri, June – July 196040 specimens · 8 stops · 49 days
K.E. Mshigeni
3 islands · Dec 1969 – Jan 1970
K.E. Mshigeni in Fundo, Pemba and Kwata, December 1969 – January 197044 specimens · 6 stops · 29 days
H.W. Frings
Midway Atoll · 1–16 Apr 1962
H.W. Frings in Midway Atoll, 1–16 April 196256 specimens · 3 stops · 16 days
de Wreede
Oʻahu and Maui · 6–10 Aug 1967
de Wreede in Oʻahu and Maui, 6–10 August 196755 specimens · 4 stops · 5 days · 124 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.