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
H.E. Connor
New Zealand and South Island · Jan – Feb 1962
H.E. Connor in New Zealand and South Island, January – February 1962114 specimens · 13 stops · 57 days · 9,986 km
Benjamin C. Stone
11 islands · Dec 1964 – Feb 1965
Benjamin C. Stone across 11 islands, December 1964 – February 1965145 specimens · 14 stops · 51 days · 64,561 km
V.J. Krajina
Hawaiʻi Island · 25–31 Dec 1961
V.J. Krajina in Hawaiʻi Island, 25–31 December 1961203 specimens · 7 stops · 7 days · 204 km
T.K. Newell
9 islands · Aug – Nov 1966
T.K. Newell across 9 islands, August – November 1966116 specimens · 27 stops · 91 days · 12,029 km
Gordon Allan Samuelson
5 islands of New Zealand · Sep – Oct 1962
Gordon Allan Samuelson across 5 islands of New Zealand, September – October 196285 specimens · 27 stops · 58 days · 9,986 km
P.J. Darbyshire
New Guinea · Jun – Sep 1961
P.J. Darbyshire in New Guinea, June – September 196176 specimens · 40 stops · 109 days · 2,501 km
Benjamin C. Stone
7 islands · Dec 1967 – Apr 1968
Benjamin C. Stone across 7 islands, December 1967 – April 196895 specimens · 22 stops · 121 days · 1,715 km
G.A. Santos
4 islands of the Philippines · Feb – Jun 1968
G.A. Santos across 4 islands of the Philippines, February – June 196884 specimens · 23 stops · 117 days · 3,115 km
M.D. Hoyle
6 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 1968
M.D. Hoyle across 6 islands of the United States, July – August 196891 specimens · 22 stops · 46 days
D.R. Stoddart
Aitutaki and Rarotonga · Aug – Sep 1969
D.R. Stoddart in Aitutaki and Rarotonga, August – September 1969109 specimens · 17 stops · 21 days
M.H.S. MacKee
7 islands · Oct – Nov 1968
M.H.S. MacKee across 7 islands, October – November 1968120 specimens · 11 stops · 29 days · 80 km
V.B. Alvarez
9 islands of the Philippines · Dec 1964 – Feb 1965
V.B. Alvarez across 9 islands of the Philippines, December 1964 – February 1965122 specimens · 9 stops · 41 days · 2,185 km
C.D. Sayers
New Britain · Feb – Mar 1965
C.D. Sayers in New Britain, February – March 1965159 specimens · 5 stops · 31 days · 222 km
Pele Expedition 1961-1962
Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · Feb – May 1962
Pele Expedition 1961-1962, February – May 196299 specimens · 10 stops · 99 days · 472 km
Benjamin C. Stone
3 islands · Aug – Sep 1961
Benjamin C. Stone in Kauaʻi, Oʻahu and New Caledonia, August – September 196194 specimens · 16 stops · 48 days · 15,390 km
C.H. Lamoureux
Maui and Oʻahu · 6–16 Aug 1967
C.H. Lamoureux in Maui and Oʻahu, 6–16 August 1967193 specimens · 4 stops · 11 days · 45 km
F. Raymond Fosberg
4 islands of the United States · 9–27 Mar 1961
F. Raymond Fosberg across 4 islands of the United States, 9–27 March 1961105 specimens · 15 stops · 19 days · 925 km
R. Melville
6 islands of New Zealand · Feb – Mar 1962
R. Melville across 6 islands of New Zealand, February – March 1962124 specimens · 9 stops · 37 days
R.E. DeWreede
Maui · 1–22 Aug 1967
R.E. DeWreede in Maui, 1–22 August 1967169 specimens · 4 stops · 22 days · 45 km
SEATO Medical Research Lab
Jul 1965 – Mar 1966
SEATO Medical Research Lab, July 1965 – March 196654 specimens · 41 stops · 239 days
Ernani Meñez
11 islands of the Philippines · Sep – Oct 1967
Ernani Meñez across 11 islands of the Philippines, September – October 196791 specimens · 14 stops · 41 days · 3,373 km
Harold St.John
Singapore and Penang · May – Jul 1960
Harold St.John in Singapore and Penang, May – July 196082 specimens · 18 stops · 53 days · 3,081 km
C.M. Pat Burgess
May – Jun 1960
C.M. Pat Burgess, May – June 196082 specimens · 17 stops · 50 days
L.A.C. Craven
New Guinea · Jan – Apr 1966
L.A.C. Craven in New Guinea, January – April 196673 specimens · 22 stops · 102 days · 1,525 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.