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. 281 journeys so far, 1970 to 1980, 35,652 specimens between them.
147 collectors and expeditions4,651 days in the field852,009 km between stops26,601 photographed specimens
281 journeys match
F.R. Warshauer
Oʻahu · 6–28 Feb 1977
F.R. Warshauer in Oʻahu, 6–28 February 197745 specimens · 7 stops · 23 days
Dana G. Griffin III
Venezuela · Jul – Aug 1975
Dana G. Griffin III in Venezuela, July – August 197553 specimens · 4 stops · 33 days
Steven Perlman
Kauaʻi · Aug – Sep 1977
Steven Perlman in Kauaʻi, August – September 197748 specimens · 6 stops · 25 days
Isabelle Abbott
Maui and Espiritu Santo · Aug – Sep 1971
Isabelle Abbott in Maui and Espiritu Santo, August – September 197142 specimens · 6 stops · 45 days · 5,752 km
F. Raymond Fosberg
4 islands of the United States · 10–25 Apr 1974
F. Raymond Fosberg across 4 islands of the United States, 10–25 April 197443 specimens · 8 stops · 16 days · 886 km
M.A. Weiner
5 islands of Fiji · Jun – Jul 1971
M.A. Weiner across 5 islands of Fiji, June – July 197171 specimens · 9 stops · 25 days · 11,374 km
R.L. Stemmermann
Maui · 1–13 Jun 1977
R.L. Stemmermann in Maui, 1–13 June 197758 specimens · 6 stops · 13 days
Wayne C. Gagne
3 islands of the United States · May – Aug 1971
Wayne C. Gagne in Lānaʻi, Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, May – August 197149 specimens · 12 stops · 85 days · 509 km
van Royen
South Island and Australia · Feb – Mar 1975
van Royen in South Island and Australia, February – March 197553 specimens · 4 stops · 29 days
Heinar Streimann
7 islands of Papua New Guinea · 21–27 Oct 1971
Heinar Streimann across 7 islands of Papua New Guinea, 21–27 October 197149 specimens · 7 stops · 7 days · 379 km
Luther E. Bishop
Oʻahu · 14–18 Jun 1971
Luther E. Bishop in Oʻahu, 14–18 June 197177 specimens · 3 stops · 5 days
G.J. Spence
3 islands of the United States · Apr – May 1975
G.J. Spence in Hawaiʻi Island, Oʻahu and Lānaʻi, April – May 197540 specimens · 7 stops · 31 days · 391 km
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Steven L. Montgomery
7 islands of French Polynesia · Jul – Sep 1977
Steven L. Montgomery across 7 islands of French Polynesia, July – September 197745 specimens · 12 stops · 71 days · 4,361 km
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
4 islands · Feb – Mar 1975
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. across 4 islands, February – March 197565 specimens · 7 stops · 18 days
F. Raymond Fosberg
3 islands of the United States · 2–15 Apr 1971
F. Raymond Fosberg in Hawaiʻi Island, Kauaʻi and Maui, 2–15 April 197141 specimens · 8 stops · 14 days · 585 km
W.A. Whistler
Upolu · Dec 1974 – Jan 1975
W.A. Whistler in Upolu, December 1974 – January 197561 specimens · 9 stops · 17 days
F. Raymond Fosberg
8 islands · 14–31 Mar 1975
F. Raymond Fosberg across 8 islands, 14–31 March 197544 specimens · 8 stops · 18 days · 136 km
R.C. Phillips
4 islands · Jun – Jul 1973
R.C. Phillips across 4 islands, June – July 197355 specimens · 4 stops · 26 days · 4,659 km
G.T. Higuchi
Oʻahu · Apr – May 1971
G.T. Higuchi in Oʻahu, April – May 197143 specimens · 5 stops · 31 days · 166 km
Betsy H. Gagne
Maui · Jun – Aug 1973
Betsy H. Gagne in Maui, June – August 197348 specimens · 6 stops · 53 days · 42 km
B.J. Conn
3 islands of Papua New Guinea · Sep – Oct 1974
B.J. Conn in Umboi Island, New Guinea and Umboi, September – October 197445 specimens · 4 stops · 52 days · 516 km
Chan Wid
Nakhon Ratchasima · 22–26 Oct 1971
Chan Wid in Nakhon Ratchasima, 22–26 October 197170 specimens · 3 stops · 5 days
Joan E. Canfield
8 islands of Palau · Dec 1977 – Mar 1978
Joan E. Canfield across 8 islands of Palau, December 1977 – March 197847 specimens · 11 stops · 80 days · 21,364 km
K.Q. Damas
4 islands of Papua New Guinea · 1–29 Mar 1979
K.Q. Damas across 4 islands of Papua New Guinea, 1–29 March 197950 specimens · 4 stops · 29 days · 258 km
How a journey is found
Every specimen with a full date (year, month and day; a bare “1 January” is treated as a missing day) and a named collector is a diary entry. For each collector the days are read in order, each day given the place most of its labels name. The place where a collector spent more than forty percent of their days, and at least sixty of them, is home: days there are left out.
A gap of more than 21 days between collecting days ends one journey and begins the next. A journey must run five to four hundred days, hold at least forty specimens and touch at least two places. Within it, consecutive days inside the same or a neighbouring tenth-of-a-degree cell (about eleven kilometres) are one stop; the stop’s point is the mean of its labels’ coordinates, or the island’s centre when none carry any.
Companions are collectors whose own labels put them in the same cell on the same days. Staff can name a journey, write about it, feature it or hide it; those words survive every rebuild. Everything else is read off the specimens and rebuilt by harvest.mjs expeditions as the records improve.