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. 282 journeys so far, 1970 to 1980, 39,583 specimens between them.
148 collectors and expeditions4,885 days in the field870,419 km between stops26,525 photographed specimens
282 journeys match
R.W. Clegern
4 islands of Kiribati · 1–19 Sep 1973
R.W. Clegern across 4 islands of Kiribati, 1–19 September 197383 specimens · 2 stops · 19 days
G.J. Spence
Hawaiʻi Island · 15–19 Jul 1975
G.J. Spence in Hawaiʻi Island, 15–19 July 197541 specimens · 5 stops · 5 days
Dana G. Griffin III
Cartago and San Jose · Aug – Sep 1973
Dana G. Griffin III in Cartago and San Jose, August – September 197342 specimens · 3 stops · 14 days
J.S. Davis
Kauaʻi · Aug – Sep 1977
J.S. Davis in Kauaʻi, August – September 197742 specimens · 4 stops · 5 days
Patrick V. Kirch
Niuatoputapu Island · 13–19 Jul 1976
Patrick V. Kirch in Niuatoputapu Island, 13–19 July 197664 specimens · 4 stops · 7 days
D. Eakin
Cartago and San Jose · Aug – Sep 1973
D. Eakin in Cartago and San Jose, August – September 197341 specimens · 3 stops · 14 days
Mary Ann Lee
3 islands · 12–18 Feb 1975
Mary Ann Lee in Enewetak Atoll, Enewetok Atoll and Eniwetok Atoll, 12–18 February 197548 specimens · 6 stops · 7 days
Dominique Baré
Huahine · 8–25 Mar 1977
Dominique Baré in Huahine, 8–25 March 197740 specimens · 6 stops · 18 days
R.B. Sylva
Maui · 3–12 Jul 1978
R.B. Sylva in Maui, 3–12 July 197841 specimens · 3 stops · 10 days · 64 km
W.A. Whistler
6 islands · Apr – May 1979
W.A. Whistler across 6 islands, April – May 197941 specimens · 8 stops · 11 days · 80 km
Maxwell S. Doty
3 islands · Jan – Feb 1972
Maxwell S. Doty in Sitangkai, Tumindao and Taiwan, January – February 197291 specimens · 2 stops · 19 days
Maxwell S. Doty
Borneo and Bohol · 12–25 Oct 1978
Maxwell S. Doty in Borneo and Bohol, 12–25 October 197844 specimens · 5 stops · 14 days · 1,531 km
E.F. Bishop
Kodiak and Kodiak Island · 3–14 Jun 1973
E.F. Bishop in Kodiak and Kodiak Island, 3–14 June 197349 specimens · 2 stops · 12 days
J.S. Davis
Kauaʻi · 2–9 Sep 1979
J.S. Davis in Kauaʻi, 2–9 September 197944 specimens · 3 stops · 8 days
R.L. Stemmermann
Yap · Jul – Aug 1978
R.L. Stemmermann in Yap, July – August 197861 specimens · 4 stops · 5 days
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Steven L. Montgomery
Maui · Sep – Oct 1979
Steven L. Montgomery in Maui, September – October 197950 specimens · 5 stops · 13 days
Zennoske Iwatsuki
Oʻahu and Kauaʻi · 3–21 Jun 1974
Zennoske Iwatsuki in Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, 3–21 June 197451 specimens · 3 stops · 19 days
K. Taho
New Guinea · Aug – Sep 1973
K. Taho in New Guinea, August – September 197341 specimens · 2 stops · 7 days · 56 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.