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
J. Nishioka
the United States · Jul – Sep 1977
J. Nishioka in the United States, July – September 197755 specimens · 13 stops · 55 days
B. Goldman
Lord Howe · 5–26 Feb 1973
B. Goldman in Lord Howe, 5–26 February 197368 specimens · 10 stops · 22 days
Judson Linsley Gressitt
New Caledonia · Jan – Mar 1972
Judson Linsley Gressitt in New Caledonia, January – March 197251 specimens · 14 stops · 81 days · 1,654 km
D.F. Hoese
Lord Howe · 5–26 Feb 1973
D.F. Hoese in Lord Howe, 5–26 February 197365 specimens · 11 stops · 22 days
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
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
Chan Wid
Nakhon Ratchasima · 22–26 Oct 1971
Chan Wid in Nakhon Ratchasima, 22–26 October 197170 specimens · 3 stops · 5 days
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
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
S. Ishikawa
Maui · Nov – Dec 1973
S. Ishikawa in Maui, November – December 197353 specimens · 5 stops · 5 days · 53 km
H. Kennedy
3 islands · Aug – Sep 1979
H. Kennedy in Tahiti, Hawaiʻi Island and Upolu, August – September 197942 specimens · 11 stops · 33 days · 6,642 km
Seymour H. Sohmer
Tubuai · Jun – Jul 1971
Seymour H. Sohmer in Tubuai, June – July 197169 specimens · 6 stops · 23 days
Donald P. Abbott
4 islands · Jun – Jul 1973
Donald P. Abbott across 4 islands, June – July 197349 specimens · 4 stops · 26 days · 4,659 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
Derral R. Herbst
Lānaʻi and Oʻahu · May – Jun 1974
Derral R. Herbst in Lānaʻi and Oʻahu, May – June 197440 specimens · 5 stops · 28 days · 113 km
R. Ueki
Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · Nov 1971 – Mar 1972
R. Ueki in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, November 1971 – March 197241 specimens · 16 stops · 110 days · 459 km
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
T. Umba
New Guinea · Mar – May 1975
T. Umba in New Guinea, March – May 197561 specimens · 2 stops · 45 days · 353 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.