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. 246 journeys so far, 1980 to 1990, 32,665 specimens between them.
133 collectors and expeditions3,543 days in the field905,123 km between stops19,611 photographed specimens
246 journeys match
Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr.
Penang · Aug – Nov 1983
Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr. in Penang, August – November 198355 specimens · 14 stops · 77 days
J.R. Croft
Tasmania · 14–25 Feb 1989
J.R. Croft in Tasmania, 14–25 February 198980 specimens · 9 stops · 12 days · 374 km
O.G. Gideon
New Guinea · Dec 1988 – Jan 1989
O.G. Gideon in New Guinea, December 1988 – January 198988 specimens · 6 stops · 24 days · 840 km
L.D. Whiteaker
3 islands · May – Aug 1980
L.D. Whiteaker in Oʻahu, Savaii and Upolu, May – August 198062 specimens · 16 stops · 82 days · 4,343 km
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S.G. Weller
3 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1985
S.G. Weller in Hawaiʻi Island, Lānaʻi and Maui, June – July 198574 specimens · 10 stops · 14 days · 289 km
M.M. Richardson
Tasmania · 14–25 Feb 1989
M.M. Richardson in Tasmania, 14–25 February 198977 specimens · 9 stops · 12 days · 374 km
Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr.
4 islands of Malaysia · Feb – Apr 1983
Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr. across 4 islands of Malaysia, February – April 198354 specimens · 15 stops · 76 days
Timothy Flynn
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · Feb – Mar 1984
Timothy Flynn in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, February – March 198479 specimens · 6 stops · 30 days · 230 km
Thomas G. Lammers
4 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1985
Thomas G. Lammers across 4 islands of the United States, June – July 198563 specimens · 12 stops · 18 days · 636 km
P.A. Fryxell
Australia · Apr – May 1983
P.A. Fryxell in Australia, April – May 198351 specimens · 20 stops · 27 days · 2,204 km
A. AllisonA Allison
New Guinea · Aug – Oct 1988
A. AllisonA Allison in New Guinea, August – October 198861 specimens · 12 stops · 71 days
Warren L. Wagner Jr.
Hawaiʻi Island · 16–21 Nov 1982
Warren L. Wagner Jr. in Hawaiʻi Island, 16–21 November 1982104 specimens · 5 stops · 6 days · 16 km
H.J. Fortner
6 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1984
H.J. Fortner across 6 islands of the United States, June – July 198467 specimens · 8 stops · 35 days · 2,689 km
Isa Degener
14 islands · May – Aug 1982
Isa Degener across 14 islands, May – August 198266 specimens · 25 stops · 81 days · 26,529 km
A.K. Sakai
3 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1985
A.K. Sakai in Hawaiʻi Island, Lānaʻi and Maui, June – July 198570 specimens · 9 stops · 14 days · 289 km
R.L. Stemmermann
Hawaiʻi Island and Maui · Mar – Jul 1980
R.L. Stemmermann in Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, March – July 198041 specimens · 18 stops · 132 days · 766 km
R.L. Stemmermann
Hawaiʻi Island and Maui · 7–28 Apr 1984
R.L. Stemmermann in Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, 7–28 April 198491 specimens · 4 stops · 22 days
H.J. Fortner
3 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1983
H.J. Fortner in Midway Atoll, Sand Island and Oʻahu, June – July 198389 specimens · 4 stops · 24 days
Seymour H. Sohmer
6 islands of the Philippines · Oct – Nov 1985
Seymour H. Sohmer across 6 islands of the Philippines, October – November 198579 specimens · 6 stops · 12 days · 286 km
Ismail Tukirin
Sumatra · Nov – Dec 1988
Ismail Tukirin in Sumatra, November – December 198852 specimens · 14 stops · 34 days · 2,272 km
S.-F. Wu Huang
Taiwan · Sep – Oct 1983
S.-F. Wu Huang in Taiwan, September – October 198355 specimens · 9 stops · 51 days
W.P. Char
Kahoʻolawe · 21–25 Apr 1980
W.P. Char in Kahoʻolawe, 21–25 April 1980128 specimens · 3 stops · 5 days · 54 km
Jacques Florence
Moorea and Makatea · Dec 1981 – Jan 1982
Jacques Florence in Moorea and Makatea, December 1981 – January 1982114 specimens · 6 stops · 22 days · 282 km
I. Adachi
Sri Lanka · Feb – Mar 1987
I. Adachi in Sri Lanka, February – March 198758 specimens · 11 stops · 16 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.