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. 297 journeys so far, 1980 to 1990, 40,814 specimens between them.
159 collectors and expeditions4,209 days in the field966,673 km between stops19,611 photographed specimens
297 journeys match
Jacques Florence
3 islands of French Polynesia · Apr – May 1988
Jacques Florence in Rurutu, Raiatea and Hao Atoll, April – May 198843 specimens · 2 stops · 21 days · 1,193 km
M.E. Leu
Molokaʻi and Oʻahu · 9–21 Jul 1988
M.E. Leu in Molokaʻi and Oʻahu, 9–21 July 198856 specimens · 2 stops · 13 days · 109 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
Alfredo Cea Egaña
Easter Island · 10–15 Feb 1985
Alfredo Cea Egaña in Easter Island, 10–15 February 198564 specimens · 2 stops · 6 days
Lisa Boucher
Enewetak Atoll · Sep – Oct 1982
Lisa Boucher in Enewetak Atoll, September – October 198264 specimens · 2 stops · 5 days
Betsy H. Gagne
7–15 Jul 1983
Betsy H. Gagne, 7–15 July 198351 specimens · 2 stops · 9 days
Local fishermen
Kerala State and India · 1–15 Feb 1980
Local fishermen in Kerala State and India, 1–15 February 198045 specimens · 2 stops · 15 days
J.C.E. Riotte
Kauaʻi · 7–25 Sep 1981
J.C.E. Riotte in Kauaʻi, 7–25 September 198140 specimens · 2 stops · 19 days
Helms
Oʻahu · 7–14 Jun 1988
Helms in Oʻahu, 7–14 June 198843 specimens · 2 stops · 8 days · 37 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.