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
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
Johnson Randall
7 islands · May – Jun 1984
Johnson Randall across 7 islands, May – June 1984177 specimens · 16 stops · 39 days · 385 km
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
Scott Johnson
3 islands · Sep – Nov 1982
Scott Johnson in Enewetak Atoll, Enewetok Atoll and Kwajalein Atoll, September – November 1982221 specimens · 7 stops · 63 days · 1,155 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
Jacques Florence
Nuku Hiva and Moorea · Jul – Aug 1987
Jacques Florence in Nuku Hiva and Moorea, July – August 1987128 specimens · 11 stops · 62 days · 4,316 km
S.W. Mill
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · 5–31 Aug 1983
S.W. Mill in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, 5–31 August 1983126 specimens · 6 stops · 27 days · 254 km
D. Mueller-Dombois
3 islands of New Caledonia · 6–19 Aug 1981
D. Mueller-Dombois in New Caledonia, Grande-Terre and Isle Of Pines, 6–19 August 1981199 specimens · 10 stops · 14 days
Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr.
6 islands · Oct – Dec 1989
Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr. across 6 islands, October – December 1989103 specimens · 14 stops · 61 days · 893 km
L.W. Cuddihy
Kahoʻolawe and Kauaʻi · 9–25 Apr 1980
L.W. Cuddihy in Kahoʻolawe and Kauaʻi, 9–25 April 1980142 specimens · 5 stops · 17 days · 434 km
Sheila Conant
5 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 1983
Sheila Conant across 5 islands of the United States, July – August 198390 specimens · 12 stops · 28 days · 1,048 km
W. Greuter
Australia · Sep – Oct 1988
W. Greuter in Australia, September – October 198864 specimens · 26 stops · 53 days
Peter J. Doherty
Chesterfield Islands · Aug – Sep 1988
Peter J. Doherty in Chesterfield Islands, August – September 1988276 specimens · 5 stops · 14 days · 24 km
Jacques Florence
4 islands of French Polynesia · Apr – Jun 1984
Jacques Florence across 4 islands of French Polynesia, April – June 1984147 specimens · 7 stops · 63 days · 9,717 km
P.H. Birnbaum
4 islands of French Polynesia · Sep – Nov 1988
P.H. Birnbaum across 4 islands of French Polynesia, September – November 1988110 specimens · 13 stops · 79 days · 698 km
David H. Lorence
Molokaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Aug 1987
David H. Lorence in Molokaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island, July – August 1987158 specimens · 4 stops · 9 days · 220 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.