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
Derral R. Herbst
3 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 1973
Derral R. Herbst in Maui, Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, July – August 1973122 specimens · 12 stops · 44 days · 1,166 km
J.R. Croft
3 islands of Papua New Guinea · Nov – Dec 1976
J.R. Croft in Fergusson Island, Normanby Island and Fergusson Island., November – December 1976149 specimens · 8 stops · 39 days · 605 km
Heinar Streimann
Australia and Oʻahu · 10–19 Dec 1975
Heinar Streimann in Australia and Oʻahu, 10–19 December 1975152 specimens · 10 stops · 10 days
D.J. Russell Jr.
Fanning (=Tabuaeran) · Jul – Aug 1972
D.J. Russell Jr. in Fanning (=Tabuaeran), July – August 1972142 specimens · 16 stops · 47 days
G.J. Leach
New Guinea · May – Aug 1972
G.J. Leach in New Guinea, May – August 1972127 specimens · 9 stops · 75 days · 1,995 km
T.R. Herat
Oʻahu · 11–29 Aug 1972
T.R. Herat in Oʻahu, 11–29 August 1972120 specimens · 13 stops · 19 days · 268 km
P.E. Hegewald
Jamaica · Jul – Nov 1973
P.E. Hegewald in Jamaica, July – November 197380 specimens · 23 stops · 106 days
Seymour H. Sohmer
3 islands of the United States · May – Jul 1970
Seymour H. Sohmer in Kauaʻi, Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, May – July 1970111 specimens · 13 stops · 60 days · 1,246 km
W.A. Whistler
5 islands · Aug – Oct 1978
W.A. Whistler across 5 islands, August – October 1978139 specimens · 24 stops · 67 days
R.C. Gardner
6 islands of the United States · Jan – Feb 1974
R.C. Gardner across 6 islands of the United States, January – February 197489 specimens · 24 stops · 54 days · 1,081 km
Mrs. Fred E. Lewis
Oʻahu and Maui · Jan – Apr 1979
Mrs. Fred E. Lewis in Oʻahu and Maui, January – April 197980 specimens · 22 stops · 105 days · 89 km
R.R. Ireland Jr.
Canada · 3–28 Jul 1974
R.R. Ireland Jr. in Canada, 3–28 July 1974100 specimens · 18 stops · 26 days
de Vogel
3 islands of Indonesia · Oct – Nov 1973
de Vogel in Celebes, Sulawesi and Suluwesi, October – November 1973111 specimens · 13 stops · 31 days · 780 km
van Zanten
3 islands · Dec 1973 – Feb 1974
van Zanten in North Island, South Island and New Zealand, December 1973 – February 197480 specimens · 26 stops · 62 days · 14,958 km
Patrick V. Kirch
3 islands · Jun – Jul 1974
Patrick V. Kirch in Futuna Island, Niuatoputapu Island and Nuku Hiva, June – July 1974162 specimens · 15 stops · 44 days
Betsy H. Gagne
3 islands of Papua New Guinea · 9–30 Mar 1979
Betsy H. Gagne in Misima Island, Rossel Island and Tagula Island, 9–30 March 1979179 specimens · 6 stops · 22 days · 267 km
L.K. Croft
Hawaiʻi Island · Jun – Aug 1977
L.K. Croft in Hawaiʻi Island, June – August 1977123 specimens · 7 stops · 56 days
E. Hegewald
Jamaica · Jul – Nov 1973
E. Hegewald in Jamaica, July – November 197376 specimens · 21 stops · 106 days
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R.J. Baker
Oʻahu and Kauaʻi · Apr – Jun 1975
R.J. Baker in Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, April – June 1975114 specimens · 10 stops · 66 days
Roy Tsuda
Fanning (=Tabuaeran) · Jul – Aug 1972
Roy Tsuda in Fanning (=Tabuaeran), July – August 1972131 specimens · 14 stops · 42 days
J. Raynal
9 islands · Jun – Oct 1971
J. Raynal across 9 islands, June – October 1971106 specimens · 42 stops · 103 days · 21,113 km
Peter F. Stevens
New Britain · May – Jun 1973
Peter F. Stevens in New Britain, May – June 1973128 specimens · 7 stops · 39 days · 351 km
G.W. Gillett
4 islands · Jul – Sep 1970
G.W. Gillett across 4 islands, July – September 197094 specimens · 13 stops · 74 days · 5,743 km
M.J.S. Sands
6 islands of Papua New Guinea · Sep – Dec 1975
M.J.S. Sands across 6 islands of Papua New Guinea, September – December 1975102 specimens · 11 stops · 71 days · 3,193 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.