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. 99 journeys so far, 1970 to 1979, 20,270 specimens between them.
59 collectors and expeditions1,896 days in the field345,082 km between stops65 photographed specimens
99 journeys match
Rich Costello
6 islands · Dec 1970 – Feb 1971
Rich Costello across 6 islands, December 1970 – February 1971196 specimens · 11 stops · 72 days
Gerald R. Allen
9 islands · Feb – Apr 1979
Gerald R. Allen across 9 islands, February – April 1979163 specimens · 18 stops · 73 days · 5,891 km
Johnson Randall
3 islands · Dec 1971 – Apr 1972
Johnson Randall in Enewetak Atoll, Oʻahu and Maui, December 1971 – April 1972108 specimens · 28 stops · 120 days · 19,165 km
B. Goldman
5 islands of the Solomon Islands · Jun – Aug 1973
B. Goldman across 5 islands of the Solomon Islands, June – August 1973145 specimens · 15 stops · 40 days · 87 km
Johnson Randall
Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Oct 1970
Johnson Randall in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, July – October 1970117 specimens · 19 stops · 83 days · 459 km
Ofer Gon
11 islands · 7–27 Sep 1974
Ofer Gon across 11 islands, 7–27 September 1974148 specimens · 15 stops · 21 days
William F. Smith-Vaniz
8 islands · Feb – Mar 1977
William F. Smith-Vaniz across 8 islands, February – March 1977119 specimens · 18 stops · 46 days · 2,555 km
Johnson Randall
Tutuila Island and Tutuila · Apr – May 1974
Johnson Randall in Tutuila Island and Tutuila, April – May 1974129 specimens · 14 stops · 21 days · 5,399 km
Maxwell S. Doty
6 islands · Nov 1975 – Mar 1976
Maxwell S. Doty across 6 islands, November 1975 – March 197661 specimens · 13 stops · 131 days · 16,972 km
N.Y. Young
Pitcairn Island and Ducie Atoll · Dec 1970 – Jan 1971
N.Y. Young in Pitcairn Island and Ducie Atoll, December 1970 – January 1971163 specimens · 7 stops · 22 days
B.C. Russell
Lord Howe and One Tree · Jan – Feb 1973
B.C. Russell in Lord Howe and One Tree, January – February 1973102 specimens · 18 stops · 47 days
Gerald R. Allen
7 islands of Oman · Feb – Mar 1977
Gerald R. Allen across 7 islands of Oman, February – March 197790 specimens · 17 stops · 44 days · 2,615 km
Dennis M. Devaney
8 islands · Feb – Mar 1971
Dennis M. Devaney across 8 islands, February – March 197190 specimens · 13 stops · 41 days · 1,684 km
Akihiko Sinoto
5 islands · Jan – Mar 1971
Akihiko Sinoto across 5 islands, January – March 1971111 specimens · 10 stops · 32 days · 1,942 km
Gerald R. Allen
One Tree and Lord Howe · Jan – Feb 1973
Gerald R. Allen in One Tree and Lord Howe, January – February 197388 specimens · 16 stops · 41 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
Mrs. Arthur Smith
3 islands · Oct – Nov 1973
Mrs. Arthur Smith in Mauritius, RéUnion and Mozambique, October – November 197394 specimens · 10 stops · 37 days
Roger C. Steene
3 islands · 8–20 Aug 1973
Roger C. Steene in Madang Province, Port Moresby and New Britain, 8–20 August 1973108 specimens · 10 stops · 13 days · 1,009 km
Helen A. Randall
4 islands · Apr – Jun 1977
Helen A. Randall across 4 islands, April – June 197795 specimens · 6 stops · 63 days
K. Rama Rao
3 islands · Feb – Mar 1975
K. Rama Rao in Madras, India and Tuticorin, February – March 1975104 specimens · 8 stops · 12 days
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
J. Howard Choat
3 islands · 10–22 Jan 1973
J. Howard Choat in One Tree, Heron Island and Wistari Reef, 10–22 January 197392 specimens · 9 stops · 13 days
station
4 islands of the United States · Oct – Nov 1972
station, October – November 197278 specimens · 9 stops · 25 days · 700 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.