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. 242 journeys so far, 1980 to 1990, 32,345 specimens between them.
129 collectors and expeditions3,479 days in the field873,347 km between stops19,611 photographed specimens
242 journeys match
M.E. Leu
3 islands of the United States · Dec 1988 – Mar 1989
M.E. Leu in Oʻahu, Kauaʻi and Maui, December 1988 – March 1989235 specimens · 13 stops · 99 days · 1,105 km
J.E. Lewis
3 islands of the United States · Mar – May 1984
J.E. Lewis in Hawaiʻi Island, Oʻahu and Maui, March – May 1984129 specimens · 12 stops · 90 days · 948 km
Isa Degener
5 islands · Aug – Oct 1981
Isa Degener across 5 islands, August – October 1981115 specimens · 26 stops · 41 days · 26,632 km
P. Ollerenshaw
Australia · Oct – Dec 1986
P. Ollerenshaw in Australia, October – December 1986116 specimens · 17 stops · 65 days · 412 km
W.A. Whistler
9 islands · Apr – Jun 1985
W.A. Whistler across 9 islands, April – June 1985140 specimens · 32 stops · 75 days · 9,570 km
Derral R. Herbst
10 islands · 1–25 Sep 1988
Derral R. Herbst across 10 islands, 1–25 September 1988174 specimens · 13 stops · 25 days
Johnson Randall
8 islands · Jun – Sep 1986
Johnson Randall across 8 islands, June – September 1986167 specimens · 23 stops · 68 days · 75,616 km
F. Raymond Fosberg
3 islands of French Polynesia · Aug – Sep 1985
F. Raymond Fosberg in Maupiti Island, Tahiti and Maupiti, August – September 1985158 specimens · 22 stops · 27 days
J.S. Burley
Borneo and Kalimantan · Mar – May 1988
J.S. Burley in Borneo and Kalimantan, March – May 1988100 specimens · 20 stops · 42 days · 4,807 km
Thomas G. Lammers
3 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1984
Thomas G. Lammers in Maui, Molokaʻi and Oʻahu, June – July 1984115 specimens · 14 stops · 36 days · 403 km
D.A. Madulid
Palawan and Palawan Island · Jun – Aug 1988
D.A. Madulid in Palawan and Palawan Island, June – August 1988121 specimens · 11 stops · 42 days · 624 km
C. Corn
3 islands of the United States · Mar – Apr 1980
C. Corn in Kahoʻolawe, Hawaiʻi Island and Kauaʻi, March – April 1980171 specimens · 5 stops · 30 days · 902 km
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Steven L. Montgomery
5 islands of the United States · May – Sep 1987
Steven L. Montgomery across 5 islands of the United States, May – September 198789 specimens · 15 stops · 102 days · 1,657 km
M.-H Sachet
5 islands of French Polynesia · Jun – Jul 1982
M.-H Sachet across 5 islands of French Polynesia, June – July 1982169 specimens · 12 stops · 28 days · 297 km
K.U. Kramer
3 islands · Oct – Nov 1980
K.U. Kramer in Taiwan, Formosa and Orchid Island, October – November 198078 specimens · 27 stops · 46 days
J.C. Wang
Taiwan · Mar – Jun 1985
J.C. Wang in Taiwan, March – June 1985103 specimens · 9 stops · 69 days
T.Y. Yang
Taiwan and Formosa · Aug – Nov 1984
T.Y. Yang in Taiwan and Formosa, August – November 198478 specimens · 18 stops · 98 days
L. Wester
4 islands of Kiribati · 1–29 Aug 1982
L. Wester across 4 islands of Kiribati, 1–29 August 1982118 specimens · 14 stops · 29 days
W.S. Tang
Taiwan and Chihyuanshanchuang · Sep – Dec 1984
W.S. Tang in Taiwan and Chihyuanshanchuang, September – December 198476 specimens · 18 stops · 98 days
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Wayne N. Takeuchi
Hawaiʻi Island · Apr – May 1989
Wayne N. Takeuchi in Hawaiʻi Island, April – May 1989164 specimens · 5 stops · 22 days · 122 km
P.L. Beesley
Australia and Lady Musgrave · Nov – Dec 1986
P.L. Beesley in Australia and Lady Musgrave, November – December 1986108 specimens · 11 stops · 22 days · 818 km
H. Gassner
3 islands · Oct – Nov 1980
H. Gassner in Taiwan, Formosa and Orchid Island, October – November 198073 specimens · 27 stops · 46 days
E. Zogg
3 islands · Oct – Nov 1980
E. Zogg in Taiwan, Formosa and Orchid Island, October – November 198072 specimens · 27 stops · 46 days
D. Mueller-Dombois
12 islands · Oct – Dec 1981
D. Mueller-Dombois across 12 islands, October – December 1981139 specimens · 18 stops · 53 days · 3,711 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.