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. 8 journeys so far, 1971 to 1979, 630 specimens between them.
7 collectors and expeditions74 days in the field32,839 km between stops1 photographed specimens
8 journeys match
Johnson Randall
5 islands · Jun – Dec 1971
Johnson Randall across 5 islands, June – December 1971221 specimens · 23 stops · 158 days · 27,137 km
Johnson Randall
New Caledonia and Uvea Island · 2–16 Jan 1979
Johnson Randall in New Caledonia and Uvea Island, 2–16 January 197988 specimens · 10 stops · 15 days
Jean-Louis Menou
New Caledonia and Uvea Island · 5–16 Jan 1979
Jean-Louis Menou in New Caledonia and Uvea Island, 5–16 January 197964 specimens · 8 stops · 12 days
Pierre Laboute
New Caledonia and Uvea Island · 5–13 Jan 1979
Pierre Laboute in New Caledonia and Uvea Island, 5–13 January 197950 specimens · 7 stops · 9 days
L.A. Maugé
New Caledonia and Uvea Island · 2–15 Jan 1979
L.A. Maugé in New Caledonia and Uvea Island, 2–15 January 197946 specimens · 4 stops · 14 days
R. Lubbock
New Caledonia and Viti Levu · 11–20 Mar 1975
R. Lubbock in New Caledonia and Viti Levu, 11–20 March 197543 specimens · 5 stops · 10 days · 2,851 km
Richard H. Randall
Viti Levu and New Caledonia · 7–14 Aug 1971
Richard H. Randall in Viti Levu and New Caledonia, 7–14 August 197171 specimens · 2 stops · 8 days · 2,851 km
Pierre Fourmanoir
New Caledonia · 11–16 Aug 1971
Pierre Fourmanoir in New Caledonia, 11–16 August 197147 specimens · 3 stops · 6 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.