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
Aushalom Levy
3 islands · 15–21 Sep 1974
Aushalom Levy in Ras Muhammad, Sharm El-Moya and Dahab, 15–21 September 197462 specimens · 4 stops · 7 days
Albert Baranes
6 islands · Oct – Nov 1975
Albert Baranes across 6 islands, October – November 197553 specimens · 5 stops · 9 days
Arnold Suzumoto
Enewetak Atoll · Apr – May 1978
Arnold Suzumoto in Enewetak Atoll, April – May 197848 specimens · 5 stops · 14 days
Ofer Gon
5 islands · Oct – Nov 1975
Ofer Gon across 5 islands, October – November 197544 specimens · 6 stops · 10 days
Johnson Randall
Kwajalein Atoll and Enewetak Atoll · Mar – Apr 1976
Johnson Randall in Kwajalein Atoll and Enewetak Atoll, March – April 197646 specimens · 5 stops · 13 days · 901 km
W.P. Mull
11–22 Dec 1976
W.P. Mull, 11–22 December 197651 specimens · 4 stops · 12 days
W.P. Mull
5–25 Sep 1976
W.P. Mull, 5–25 September 197646 specimens · 4 stops · 21 days
Ono K. Sumadhiharga
Ambon and Indonesia · 14–30 Jan 1975
Ono K. Sumadhiharga in Ambon and Indonesia, 14–30 January 197541 specimens · 5 stops · 17 days
L.A. Maugé
New Caledonia and Uvea Island · 2–15 Jan 1979
L.A. Maugé in New Caledonia and Uvea Island, 2–15 January 197946 specimens · 4 stops · 14 days
K. Taho
New Guinea · Aug – Sep 1973
K. Taho in New Guinea, August – September 197341 specimens · 2 stops · 7 days · 56 km
R. Lubbock
New Caledonia and Viti Levu · 11–20 Mar 1975
R. Lubbock in New Caledonia and Viti Levu, 11–20 March 197543 specimens · 5 stops · 10 days · 2,851 km
A. Diamant
5 islands · Oct – Nov 1975
A. Diamant across 5 islands, October – November 197548 specimens · 4 stops · 9 days
Richard H. Randall
Viti Levu and New Caledonia · 7–14 Aug 1971
Richard H. Randall in Viti Levu and New Caledonia, 7–14 August 197171 specimens · 2 stops · 8 days · 2,851 km
Mrs. Arthur Smith
KwaZulu-Natal · Jun – Jul 1977
Mrs. Arthur Smith in KwaZulu-Natal, June – July 197741 specimens · 5 stops · 10 days
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Oʻahu and Molokaʻi · Feb – Mar 1971
station, February – March 197145 specimens · 3 stops · 30 days · 200 km
D.J. Woodland
La Digue · 1–5 Jun 1977
D.J. Woodland in La Digue, 1–5 June 197756 specimens · 3 stops · 5 days
Mike McCoy
Guadalcanal · 7–31 Jul 1973
Mike McCoy in Guadalcanal, 7–31 July 197356 specimens · 2 stops · 25 days
T. Yoshino
Okinawa and Ryukyu Islands · 7–14 Sep 1977
T. Yoshino in Okinawa and Ryukyu Islands, 7–14 September 197750 specimens · 3 stops · 8 days
W.P. Mull
8–20 Feb 1978
W.P. Mull, 8–20 February 197843 specimens · 3 stops · 13 days
Alfred Make
3 islands · Feb – Mar 1971
Alfred Make in Marotiri Isles, Rapa Island and Rapa, February – March 197143 specimens · 3 stops · 10 days
Pierre Fourmanoir
New Caledonia · 11–16 Aug 1971
Pierre Fourmanoir in New Caledonia, 11–16 August 197147 specimens · 3 stops · 6 days
John W. Beardsley
1–14 Jun 1975
John W. Beardsley, 1–14 June 197541 specimens · 3 stops · 14 days
V Townsend Cromwell cruise 52
Oʻahu and Molokaʻi · Feb – Mar 1971
V Townsend Cromwell cruise 52, February – March 197144 specimens · 2 stops · 26 days · 50 km
Peter J. Vine
Sudan · 11–15 Oct 1974
Peter J. Vine in Sudan, 11–15 October 197450 specimens · 2 stops · 5 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.