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
station
4 islands of the United States · Mar – May 1968
station, March – May 1968346 specimens · 11 stops · 41 days · 932 km
R. Schodde
3 islands of Papua New Guinea · Jul – Sep 1964
R. Schodde in Bougainville Island, Bougainville and Bougainville Islands, July – September 1964122 specimens · 43 stops · 70 days · 334 km
L.A.C. Craven
4 islands of Papua New Guinea · Jul – Sep 1964
L.A.C. Craven across 4 islands of Papua New Guinea, July – September 1964116 specimens · 43 stops · 85 days · 1,230 km
R. Melville
3 islands of New Zealand · Oct 1961 – Jan 1962
R. Melville in North Island, New Zealand and South Island, October 1961 – January 1962137 specimens · 21 stops · 100 days · 40,252 km
G.W. Gillett
3 islands of the United States · Jan – May 1964
G.W. Gillett in Oʻahu, Kauaʻi and Maui, January – May 1964114 specimens · 22 stops · 121 days · 912 km
Maxwell S. Doty
11 islands · Dec 1964 – Feb 1965
Maxwell S. Doty across 11 islands, December 1964 – February 1965158 specimens · 14 stops · 38 days · 6,438 km
Derral R. Herbst
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · Jul – Sep 1966
Derral R. Herbst in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, July – September 1966129 specimens · 17 stops · 57 days · 459 km
van Royen
3 islands · Jun – Sep 1967
van Royen in Oʻahu, Kauaʻi and Moorea, June – September 1967147 specimens · 11 stops · 80 days · 8,799 km
R. Gankin
3 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1968
R. Gankin in Hawaiʻi Island, Maui and Oʻahu, June – July 1968143 specimens · 12 stops · 50 days · 1,198 km
M. Hotta
9 islands · Jul – Oct 1960
M. Hotta across 9 islands, July – October 1960126 specimens · 38 stops · 113 days · 3,718 km
F. Raymond Fosberg
8 islands · Sep – Oct 1960
F. Raymond Fosberg across 8 islands, September – October 1960112 specimens · 22 stops · 56 days · 12,270 km
Richard Pearson
Dec 1962 – Jan 1963
Richard Pearson, December 1962 – January 1963187 specimens · 7 stops · 18 days
Jan Newhouse
3 islands of French Polynesia · 2–24 Aug 1967
Jan Newhouse in Tahiti, Bora Bora and Moorea, 2–24 August 1967139 specimens · 18 stops · 23 days · 941 km
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo
Lānaʻi and Oʻahu · Feb – Apr 1961
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo in Lānaʻi and Oʻahu, February – April 1961141 specimens · 11 stops · 50 days · 429 km
N. Price
Vancouver and Vancouver Island · May – Jul 1969
N. Price in Vancouver and Vancouver Island, May – July 196993 specimens · 31 stops · 65 days
R.L. Halbert
Vancouver and Vancouver Island · May – Jul 1969
R.L. Halbert in Vancouver and Vancouver Island, May – July 196991 specimens · 31 stops · 77 days
station
3 islands of the United States · Nov – Dec 1968
station, November – December 1968344 specimens · 7 stops · 28 days · 298 km
V Townsend Cromwell cruise 40
3 islands of the United States · Nov – Dec 1968
V Townsend Cromwell cruise 40, November – December 1968344 specimens · 7 stops · 28 days · 298 km
Edwin Smith
Moorea · Jun – Aug 1967
Edwin Smith in Moorea, June – August 1967147 specimens · 26 stops · 69 days
V.J. Krajina
Maui and Hawaiʻi Island · 14–22 Apr 1962
V.J. Krajina in Maui and Hawaiʻi Island, 14–22 April 1962201 specimens · 8 stops · 9 days · 494 km
Johnson Randall
3 islands of the United States · Oct – Dec 1967
Johnson Randall in Enewetak Atoll, Oʻahu and Tahiti, October – December 1967238 specimens · 14 stops · 40 days · 20,674 km
H.B.S. Womersley
5 islands of the Solomon Islands · Aug – Sep 1965
H.B.S. Womersley across 5 islands of the Solomon Islands, August – September 1965129 specimens · 16 stops · 36 days · 277 km
Isa Degener
4 islands · Nov – Dec 1960
Isa Degener across 4 islands, November – December 1960102 specimens · 20 stops · 40 days · 12,274 km
Luke Seli
Vatoa · Oct – Nov 1968
Luke Seli in Vatoa, October – November 1968163 specimens · 7 stops · 17 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.