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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. 16 journeys so far, 1970 to 1976, 3,346 specimens between them.

8 collectors and expeditions380 days in the field204,422 km between stops45 photographed specimens

Johnson Randall

12 islands · Jun – Sep 1973

Johnson Randall across 12 islands, June – September 1973

770 specimens · 45 stops · 83 days · 15,630 km

Johnson Randall

10 islands · Jan – Apr 1973

Johnson Randall across 10 islands, January – April 1973

499 specimens · 49 stops · 110 days · 10,184 km

Johnson Randall

10 islands · May – Jul 1975

Johnson Randall across 10 islands, May – July 1975

457 specimens · 30 stops · 79 days · 14,699 km

Johnson Randall

15 islands of Palau · Mar – May 1970

Johnson Randall across 15 islands of Palau, March – May 1970

432 specimens · 21 stops · 54 days · 44,188 km

Johnson Randall

5 islands · Jun – Dec 1971

Johnson Randall across 5 islands, June – December 1971

221 specimens · 23 stops · 158 days · 27,137 km

A.R. Emery

11 islands of Palau · Mar – Apr 1970

A.R. Emery across 11 islands of Palau, March – April 1970

294 specimens · 18 stops · 28 days · 43,958 km

Johnson Randall

3 islands · Dec 1971 – Apr 1972

Johnson Randall in Enewetak Atoll, Oʻahu and Maui, December 1971 – April 1972

108 specimens · 28 stops · 120 days · 19,165 km

Johnson Randall

Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Oct 1970

Johnson Randall in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, July – October 1970

117 specimens · 19 stops · 83 days · 459 km

Maxwell S. Doty

6 islands · Nov 1975 – Mar 1976

Maxwell S. Doty across 6 islands, November 1975 – March 1976

61 specimens · 13 stops · 131 days · 16,972 km

station

4 islands of the United States · Oct – Nov 1972

station, October – November 1972

78 specimens · 9 stops · 25 days · 700 km

V Townsend Cromwell cruise 61

4 islands of the United States · Oct – Nov 1972

V Townsend Cromwell cruise 61, October – November 1972

78 specimens · 9 stops · 25 days · 700 km

Paul Allen

3 islands · May – Aug 1973

Paul Allen in Enewetak Atoll, Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, May – August 1973

47 specimens · 12 stops · 94 days · 4,973 km

station

5 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 1972

station, July – August 1972

45 specimens · 9 stops · 42 days · 4,512 km

V Townsend Cromwell cruise 59

5 islands of the United States · 12–27 Jul 1972

V Townsend Cromwell cruise 59, 12–27 July 1972

50 specimens · 8 stops · 16 days · 895 km

station

Oʻahu and Molokaʻi · Feb – Mar 1971

station, February – March 1971

45 specimens · 3 stops · 30 days · 200 km

V Townsend Cromwell cruise 52

Oʻahu and Molokaʻi · Feb – Mar 1971

V Townsend Cromwell cruise 52, February – March 1971

44 specimens · 2 stops · 26 days · 50 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.