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. 51 journeys so far, 1980 to 1988, 8,366 specimens between them.
28 collectors and expeditions693 days in the field140,699 km between stops29 photographed specimens
51 journeys match
Lewis W. Bell
Enewetak Atoll and Kwajalein Atoll · Sep – Oct 1982
Lewis W. Bell in Enewetak Atoll and Kwajalein Atoll, September – October 1982166 specimens · 4 stops · 15 days · 895 km
Brock E. Stanaland
3 islands of Iceland · 4–17 Sep 1985
Brock E. Stanaland in Jana Island, Half Moon Bay and Persian Gulf, 4–17 September 1985139 specimens · 5 stops · 14 days
Johnson Randall
Easter Island and Tahiti · Jan – Feb 1986
Johnson Randall in Easter Island and Tahiti, January – February 198690 specimens · 12 stops · 21 days
Patrick Colin
Enewetak Atoll · Sep – Oct 1982
Patrick Colin in Enewetak Atoll, September – October 1982126 specimens · 5 stops · 16 days
Johnson Randall
4 islands of Australia · 18–31 Jan 1987
Johnson Randall across 4 islands of Australia, 18–31 January 198795 specimens · 10 stops · 14 days · 682 km
A. Bradley Tarr
4 islands of Saudi Arabia · May – Jun 1984
A. Bradley Tarr across 4 islands of Saudi Arabia, May – June 198496 specimens · 8 stops · 22 days
A. Bradley Tarr
3 islands of Iceland · 6–13 Sep 1985
A. Bradley Tarr in Jana Island, Jurayd Island and Persian Gulf, 6–13 September 1985143 specimens · 4 stops · 8 days
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss
5 islands · Jan – Apr 1986
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss across 5 islands, January – April 198662 specimens · 10 stops · 77 days · 2,638 km
Kazuhiro Okamoto
Vavau Island and Vavau Group · 14–18 Mar 1983
Kazuhiro Okamoto in Vavau Island and Vavau Group, 14–18 March 1983149 specimens · 3 stops · 5 days
Johnson Randall
Red Sea and Jeddah · 1–17 May 1982
Johnson Randall in Red Sea and Jeddah, 1–17 May 198275 specimens · 9 stops · 17 days
Johnson Randall
Enewetak Atoll and Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Aug 1983
Johnson Randall in Enewetak Atoll and Hawaiʻi Island, July – August 198367 specimens · 9 stops · 35 days · 4,844 km
Mike Gawel
3 islands · May – Jun 1981
Mike Gawel in Negros Island, Cebu and Luzon, May – June 198186 specimens · 4 stops · 11 days · 913 km
Richard L. Pyle
4 islands · May – Jun 1988
Richard L. Pyle across 4 islands, May – June 198852 specimens · 9 stops · 27 days · 22,549 km
John L. Earle
Easter Island and Tahiti · Jan – Feb 1986
John L. Earle in Easter Island and Tahiti, January – February 198667 specimens · 6 stops · 14 days
K.E. Carpenter
3 islands · May – Jul 1981
K.E. Carpenter in Cebu, Philippines and Negros Island, May – July 198151 specimens · 8 stops · 36 days · 185 km
Johnson Randall
Johnston Atoll · 6–12 Apr 1984
Johnson Randall in Johnston Atoll, 6–12 April 198460 specimens · 7 stops · 7 days
William F. Smith-Vaniz
Kerala State and India · 2–12 Feb 1980
William F. Smith-Vaniz in Kerala State and India, 2–12 February 198083 specimens · 3 stops · 11 days
H. Shareef
South Male Atoll and North Male Atoll · 18–24 Mar 1988
H. Shareef in South Male Atoll and North Male Atoll, 18–24 March 198895 specimens · 2 stops · 7 days
E. Clark
3 islands of Indonesia · 6–16 Oct 1987
E. Clark in Komodo, Gunung Api and Mai Island (Penyu), 6–16 October 198760 specimens · 3 stops · 11 days · 815 km
Johnson Randall
Kiritimati Atoll · Jul – Aug 1987
Johnson Randall in Kiritimati Atoll, July – August 198743 specimens · 6 stops · 7 days
Jane Culp
Kiritimati Atoll · Jul – Aug 1987
Jane Culp in Kiritimati Atoll, July – August 198741 specimens · 4 stops · 27 days
Randy Kosaki
3 islands · 1–19 Jun 1988
Randy Kosaki in Johnston Atoll, Pohnpei and Oʻahu, 1–19 June 198841 specimens · 4 stops · 19 days · 9,155 km
Patrick Colin
Port Moresby and Madang Province · Oct – Nov 1987
Patrick Colin in Port Moresby and Madang Province, October – November 198766 specimens · 2 stops · 7 days · 512 km
K.S. Merrill
Johnston Atoll · 7–12 Apr 1984
K.S. Merrill in Johnston Atoll, 7–12 April 198444 specimens · 4 stops · 6 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.