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
V Townsend Cromwell cruise 61
4 islands of the United States · Oct – Nov 1972
V Townsend Cromwell cruise 61, October – November 197278 specimens · 9 stops · 25 days · 700 km
Roger C. Steene
4 islands · Feb – Mar 1979
Roger C. Steene across 4 islands, February – March 197991 specimens · 6 stops · 24 days
Lucius G. Eldredge III
Taiwan · 3–13 Jul 1978
Lucius G. Eldredge III in Taiwan, 3–13 July 1978108 specimens · 5 stops · 11 days
Helen A. Randall
3 islands · Apr – May 1971
Helen A. Randall in Nukuhiva, Hivaoa and Rangiroa Atoll, April – May 197188 specimens · 5 stops · 49 days · 1,045 km
G.S. Haywood
3 islands · Apr – May 1971
G.S. Haywood in Uapou, Hivaoa and Nukuhiva, April – May 197189 specimens · 6 stops · 21 days
K.E. Carpenter
3 islands of the Philippines · Jul – Aug 1978
K.E. Carpenter in Luzon, Philippines and Negros Island, July – August 197888 specimens · 6 stops · 18 days · 1,577 km
E.S. Helfman
5 islands · 16–22 Apr 1970
E.S. Helfman across 5 islands, 16–22 April 1970108 specimens · 5 stops · 7 days · 10 km
B. Goldman
Lord Howe · 5–26 Feb 1973
B. Goldman in Lord Howe, 5–26 February 197368 specimens · 10 stops · 22 days
D.F. Hoese
Lord Howe · 5–26 Feb 1973
D.F. Hoese in Lord Howe, 5–26 February 197365 specimens · 11 stops · 22 days
Sam Tay
Tioman Island and Singapore · Jul – Aug 1977
Sam Tay in Tioman Island and Singapore, July – August 197782 specimens · 7 stops · 13 days · 362 km
R.C. Wass
Tutuila Island · 4–13 May 1974
R.C. Wass in Tutuila Island, 4–13 May 197490 specimens · 6 stops · 10 days
L. Goldman
4 islands of the Solomon Islands · 18–31 Jul 1973
L. Goldman across 4 islands of the Solomon Islands, 18–31 July 197380 specimens · 7 stops · 14 days · 43 km
Gerald R. Allen
Enewetak Atoll · 2–19 Jan 1970
Gerald R. Allen in Enewetak Atoll, 2–19 January 197063 specimens · 10 stops · 18 days
Paul Allen
3 islands · May – Aug 1973
Paul Allen in Enewetak Atoll, Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, May – August 197347 specimens · 12 stops · 94 days · 4,973 km
Johnson Randall
Enewetak Atoll and Kwajalein Atoll · Nov – Dec 1974
Johnson Randall in Enewetak Atoll and Kwajalein Atoll, November – December 197462 specimens · 9 stops · 24 days · 901 km
G.S. Haywood
7 islands · Dec 1970 – Feb 1971
G.S. Haywood across 7 islands, December 1970 – February 197141 specimens · 14 stops · 81 days · 2,509 km
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
Ofer Gon
7 islands of Egypt · Jul – Aug 1976
Ofer Gon across 7 islands of Egypt, July – August 197652 specimens · 12 stops · 17 days
station
10 islands · Apr – Jun 1971
station, April – June 197146 specimens · 10 stops · 57 days · 5,591 km
V Townsend Cromwell cruise 53
10 islands · Apr – Jun 1971
V Townsend Cromwell cruise 53, April – June 197146 specimens · 10 stops · 57 days · 5,591 km
Local aquarium fisherman
3 islands · Feb – Mar 1975
Local aquarium fisherman in Tuticorin, Madras and India, February – March 197560 specimens · 6 stops · 32 days
Johnson Randall
Enewetak Atoll and Kwajalein Atoll · Apr – May 1978
Johnson Randall in Enewetak Atoll and Kwajalein Atoll, April – May 197855 specimens · 8 stops · 17 days · 901 km
A. Haywood
4 islands · Apr – May 1971
A. Haywood across 4 islands, April – May 197160 specimens · 5 stops · 32 days · 1,709 km
station
5 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 1972
station, July – August 197245 specimens · 9 stops · 42 days · 4,512 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.