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. 9 journeys so far, 1972 to 1977, 2,169 specimens between them.
4 collectors and expeditions236 days in the field16,972 km between stops
9 journeys match
Johnson Randall
35 islands · Feb – Sep 1977
Johnson Randall across 35 islands, February – September 19771,178 specimens · 101 stops · 216 days · 16,972 km
Johnson Randall
15 islands of Israel · Sep – Oct 1974
Johnson Randall across 15 islands of Israel, September – October 1974454 specimens · 30 stops · 42 days
Ofer Gon
11 islands · 7–27 Sep 1974
Ofer Gon across 11 islands, 7–27 September 1974148 specimens · 15 stops · 21 days
Johnson Randall
10 islands of Egypt · Jul – Aug 1976
Johnson Randall across 10 islands of Egypt, July – August 197680 specimens · 19 stops · 44 days
Johnson Randall
6 islands · 1–15 Jun 1972
Johnson Randall across 6 islands, 1–15 June 1972112 specimens · 10 stops · 15 days
Ofer Gon
7 islands of Egypt · Jul – Aug 1976
Ofer Gon across 7 islands of Egypt, July – August 197652 specimens · 12 stops · 17 days
Albert Baranes
6 islands · Oct – Nov 1975
Albert Baranes across 6 islands, October – November 197553 specimens · 5 stops · 9 days
Ofer Gon
5 islands · Oct – Nov 1975
Ofer Gon across 5 islands, October – November 197544 specimens · 6 stops · 10 days
A. Diamant
5 islands · Oct – Nov 1975
A. Diamant across 5 islands, October – November 197548 specimens · 4 stops · 9 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.