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
P.D. Ashlock
22–30 Jun 1966
P.D. Ashlock, 22–30 June 196650 specimens · 6 stops · 9 days
R. Traub
Papua New Guinea · Oct – Nov 1968
R. Traub in Papua New Guinea, October – November 196842 specimens · 5 stops · 44 days
O. Custer
4 islands · 8–12 Jun 1968
O. Custer across 4 islands, 8–12 June 196872 specimens · 3 stops · 5 days
Maxwell S. Doty
Oʻahu · Mar – Apr 1960
Maxwell S. Doty in Oʻahu, March – April 196042 specimens · 5 stops · 19 days · 164 km
G.E. Fosse
Guam · 21–30 Jun 1968
G.E. Fosse in Guam, 21–30 June 196854 specimens · 4 stops · 10 days
P.D. Ashlock
Jun – Jul 1968
P.D. Ashlock, June – July 196846 specimens · 4 stops · 29 days
Philip Helfrich
Marakei Atoll · 1–24 Jun 1964
Philip Helfrich in Marakei Atoll, 1–24 June 196454 specimens · 3 stops · 24 days
Natives
Guadalcanal Island · 13–17 Feb 1966
Natives in Guadalcanal Island, 13–17 February 196642 specimens · 2 stops · 5 days · 21 km
Robert L. Usinger
23–27 Aug 1965
Robert L. Usinger, 23–27 August 196555 specimens · 4 stops · 5 days
Townsend-Cromwell Survey TC
Molokaʻi and Oʻahu · Nov – Dec 1968
Townsend-Cromwell Survey TC, November – December 196843 specimens · 4 stops · 27 days · 256 km
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
Kazue Ozaki Earl T. Ozaki Collection
Oʻahu · 4–11 Aug 1963
Kazue Ozaki Earl T. Ozaki Collection, 4–11 August 196340 specimens · 3 stops · 8 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.