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. 26 journeys so far, 1970 to 1979, 10,367 specimens between them.
3 collectors and expeditions892 days in the field189,439 km between stops8 photographed specimens
26 journeys match
Johnson Randall
27 islands · Dec 1970 – May 1971
Johnson Randall across 27 islands, December 1970 – May 19712,367 specimens · 98 stops · 175 days · 9,120 km
Johnson Randall
35 islands · Feb – Sep 1977
Johnson Randall across 35 islands, February – September 19771,178 specimens · 101 stops · 216 days · 16,972 km
Johnson Randall
12 islands · Jun – Sep 1978
Johnson Randall across 12 islands, June – September 1978840 specimens · 52 stops · 92 days · 8,104 km
Johnson Randall
14 islands of Sri Lanka · Jan – Apr 1975
Johnson Randall across 14 islands of Sri Lanka, January – April 1975811 specimens · 56 stops · 88 days
Johnson Randall
12 islands · Jun – Sep 1973
Johnson Randall across 12 islands, June – September 1973770 specimens · 45 stops · 83 days · 15,630 km
Johnson Randall
4 islands of Réunion · Oct – Dec 1973
Johnson Randall across 4 islands of Réunion, October – December 1973565 specimens · 45 stops · 78 days · 215 km
Johnson Randall
10 islands · Jan – Apr 1973
Johnson Randall across 10 islands, January – April 1973499 specimens · 49 stops · 110 days · 10,184 km
Johnson Randall
10 islands · May – Jul 1975
Johnson Randall across 10 islands, May – July 1975457 specimens · 30 stops · 79 days · 14,699 km
Johnson Randall
15 islands of Israel · Sep – Oct 1974
Johnson Randall across 15 islands of Israel, September – October 1974454 specimens · 30 stops · 42 days
Johnson Randall
15 islands of Palau · Mar – May 1970
Johnson Randall across 15 islands of Palau, March – May 1970432 specimens · 21 stops · 54 days · 44,188 km
Johnson Randall
13 islands · Feb – Jun 1979
Johnson Randall across 13 islands, February – June 1979344 specimens · 33 stops · 111 days · 11,568 km
Johnson Randall
7 islands of Israel · Sep – Nov 1975
Johnson Randall across 7 islands of Israel, September – November 1975284 specimens · 25 stops · 39 days
Johnson Randall
5 islands · Jun – Dec 1971
Johnson Randall across 5 islands, June – December 1971221 specimens · 23 stops · 158 days · 27,137 km
Johnson Randall
3 islands · Dec 1971 – Apr 1972
Johnson Randall in Enewetak Atoll, Oʻahu and Maui, December 1971 – April 1972108 specimens · 28 stops · 120 days · 19,165 km
Johnson Randall
Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Oct 1970
Johnson Randall in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, July – October 1970117 specimens · 19 stops · 83 days · 459 km
Johnson Randall
Tutuila Island and Tutuila · Apr – May 1974
Johnson Randall in Tutuila Island and Tutuila, April – May 1974129 specimens · 14 stops · 21 days · 5,399 km
Johnson Randall
10 islands of Egypt · Jul – Aug 1976
Johnson Randall across 10 islands of Egypt, July – August 197680 specimens · 19 stops · 44 days
Johnson Randall
6 islands · 1–15 Jun 1972
Johnson Randall across 6 islands, 1–15 June 1972112 specimens · 10 stops · 15 days
Helen A. Randall
4 islands · Apr – Jun 1977
Helen A. Randall across 4 islands, April – June 197795 specimens · 6 stops · 63 days
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
Helen A. Randall
3 islands · Apr – May 1971
Helen A. Randall in Nukuhiva, Hivaoa and Rangiroa Atoll, April – May 197188 specimens · 5 stops · 49 days · 1,045 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
Johnson Randall
Enewetak Atoll and Kwajalein Atoll · Apr – May 1978
Johnson Randall in Enewetak Atoll and Kwajalein Atoll, April – May 197855 specimens · 8 stops · 17 days · 901 km
Richard H. Randall
Taiwan · Jun – Jul 1978
Richard H. Randall in Taiwan, June – July 197894 specimens · 2 stops · 15 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.