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. 385 journeys so far, 1970 to 1980, 55,826 specimens between them.
210 collectors and expeditions6,585 days in the field1,142,433 km between stops26,601 photographed specimens
385 journeys match
K. Ziegelbauer
Oʻahu · Feb – Apr 1975
K. Ziegelbauer in Oʻahu, February – April 197544 specimens · 7 stops · 58 days
M.-H Sachet
4 islands · May – Jun 1973
M.-H Sachet across 4 islands, May – June 197364 specimens · 13 stops · 17 days · 51,159 km
Donald Bruce Foreman
Manus Island · Oct – Nov 1974
Donald Bruce Foreman in Manus Island, October – November 197459 specimens · 6 stops · 13 days · 502 km
van Royen
Kauaʻi · Aug – Sep 1977
van Royen in Kauaʻi, August – September 197766 specimens · 4 stops · 25 days
Y. Lelean
8 islands of Papua New Guinea · 2–27 Oct 1971
Y. Lelean across 8 islands of Papua New Guinea, 2–27 October 197146 specimens · 8 stops · 26 days · 1,028 km
William J. Hoe
Kauaʻi and Maui · 5–13 Aug 1974
William J. Hoe in Kauaʻi and Maui, 5–13 August 197466 specimens · 6 stops · 9 days
Harold St.John
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · Jun – Jul 1971
Harold St.John in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, June – July 197162 specimens · 5 stops · 11 days · 230 km
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
P.A. Schafer
4 islands of French Polynesia · Aug – Nov 1975
P.A. Schafer across 4 islands of French Polynesia, August – November 197544 specimens · 17 stops · 98 days · 2,534 km
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
A.F. Chambers
Nanumea · Nov – Dec 1974
A.F. Chambers in Nanumea, November – December 197445 specimens · 10 stops · 38 days
G.Y. Daida
Oʻahu · Jun – Jul 1977
G.Y. Daida in Oʻahu, June – July 197748 specimens · 8 stops · 51 days
John W. Beardsley
the United States · 15–29 Jun 1976
John W. Beardsley in the United States, 15–29 June 197698 specimens · 7 stops · 15 days
P.A. Cox
Savaii and Tau · Jun – Jul 1979
P.A. Cox in Savaii and Tau, June – July 197966 specimens · 9 stops · 24 days · 328 km
F. Raymond Fosberg
3 islands of the United States · Mar – Apr 1978
F. Raymond Fosberg in Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi Island and Kauaʻi, March – April 197842 specimens · 9 stops · 24 days · 718 km
Wayne C. Gagne
4 islands of the United States · Nov 1972 – Jan 1973
Wayne C. Gagne across 4 islands of the United States, November 1972 – January 197340 specimens · 11 stops · 63 days · 1,004 km
Francis G. Howarth
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · May – Jul 1976
Francis G. Howarth in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, May – July 197667 specimens · 11 stops · 70 days · 230 km
N. Hallé
3 islands of French Polynesia · May – Jun 1979
N. Hallé in Tubuai, Tahiti and Marotiri, May – June 197950 specimens · 16 stops · 41 days
N. Ogden
Maui · 4–25 Aug 1978
N. Ogden in Maui, 4–25 August 197843 specimens · 8 stops · 22 days · 243 km
E. Earle
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · May – Jul 1972
E. Earle in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, May – July 197250 specimens · 5 stops · 43 days
Benjamin C. Stone
Malaya and Pahang · Apr – May 1976
Benjamin C. Stone in Malaya and Pahang, April – May 197650 specimens · 6 stops · 18 days
station
4 islands of the United States · Oct – Nov 1972
station, October – November 197278 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 197278 specimens · 9 stops · 25 days · 700 km
T.P. Bayliss-Smith
3 islands of the Solomon Islands · Jan – May 1971
T.P. Bayliss-Smith in Ontong Java Atoll, Sikaiana and Onton Java Atoll, January – May 197142 specimens · 18 stops · 123 days
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.