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
4 islands of French Polynesia · Feb – Mar 1986
Jacques Florence across 4 islands of French Polynesia, February – March 1986133 specimens · 7 stops · 27 days · 15,964 km
J.S. Burley
Sumatra · Nov – Dec 1988
J.S. Burley in Sumatra, November – December 198864 specimens · 17 stops · 34 days · 1,515 km
van Balgooy
Java and Bali · Sep – Oct 1985
van Balgooy in Java and Bali, September – October 198572 specimens · 10 stops · 37 days
Warren L. Wagner Jr.
3 islands of the United States · May – Jun 1985
Warren L. Wagner Jr. in Hawaiʻi Island, Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, May – June 198590 specimens · 6 stops · 32 days · 484 km
T.F. Stuessy
Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · 20–30 May 1982
T.F. Stuessy in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, 20–30 May 1982111 specimens · 5 stops · 11 days · 467 km
W. Teraoka
3 islands · May – Aug 1980
W. Teraoka in Oʻahu, Savaii and Upolu, May – August 198066 specimens · 17 stops · 85 days · 4,343 km
W.C. Martin
3 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 1983
W.C. Martin in Hawaiʻi Island, Molokaʻi and Maui, July – August 198392 specimens · 8 stops · 10 days · 223 km
A. Nether
Oʻahu · Dec 1989 – Jan 1990
A. Nether in Oʻahu, December 1989 – January 1990136 specimens · 7 stops · 44 days
A.M. Greller
Sri Lanka · 11–29 Aug 1984
A.M. Greller in Sri Lanka, 11–29 August 198494 specimens · 6 stops · 19 days
Jacques Florence
4 islands of French Polynesia · Apr – May 1982
Jacques Florence across 4 islands of French Polynesia, April – May 1982122 specimens · 6 stops · 54 days · 3,245 km
C. Corn
Molokaʻi and Kauaʻi · Apr – May 1982
C. Corn in Molokaʻi and Kauaʻi, April – May 1982103 specimens · 5 stops · 24 days · 293 km
van Balgooy
Oʻahu and Kauaʻi · May – Jun 1982
van Balgooy in Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, May – June 198291 specimens · 7 stops · 13 days · 509 km
S. Balasubramaniam
Sri Lanka · 11–29 Aug 1984
S. Balasubramaniam in Sri Lanka, 11–29 August 198492 specimens · 6 stops · 19 days
F. Raymond Fosberg
3 islands · Jan – Feb 1983
F. Raymond Fosberg in North Island, South Island and Hawaiʻi Island, January – February 198360 specimens · 15 stops · 36 days · 19,213 km
K.L. Marr
3 islands of the United States · Apr – Aug 1988
K.L. Marr in Oʻahu, Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island, April – August 198850 specimens · 16 stops · 107 days · 1,706 km
W.R. Sykes
3 islands of the Cook Islands · Aug – Sep 1982
W.R. Sykes in Rarotonga, Mitiaro and Mauke, August – September 198287 specimens · 24 stops · 25 days
F.R. Warshauer
Kauaʻi and Molokaʻi · May – Jun 1981
F.R. Warshauer in Kauaʻi and Molokaʻi, May – June 198162 specimens · 15 stops · 44 days · 236 km
Otto Degener
15 islands · May – Aug 1982
Otto Degener across 15 islands, May – August 198271 specimens · 26 stops · 89 days · 26,628 km
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
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.