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
Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr.
4 islands of Malaysia · Feb – Apr 1983
Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr. across 4 islands of Malaysia, February – April 198354 specimens · 15 stops · 76 days
Timothy Flynn
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · Feb – Mar 1984
Timothy Flynn in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, February – March 198479 specimens · 6 stops · 30 days · 230 km
Thomas G. Lammers
4 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1985
Thomas G. Lammers across 4 islands of the United States, June – July 198563 specimens · 12 stops · 18 days · 636 km
P.A. Fryxell
Australia · Apr – May 1983
P.A. Fryxell in Australia, April – May 198351 specimens · 20 stops · 27 days · 2,204 km
A. AllisonA Allison
New Guinea · Aug – Oct 1988
A. AllisonA Allison in New Guinea, August – October 198861 specimens · 12 stops · 71 days
Warren L. Wagner Jr.
Hawaiʻi Island · 16–21 Nov 1982
Warren L. Wagner Jr. in Hawaiʻi Island, 16–21 November 1982104 specimens · 5 stops · 6 days · 16 km
H.J. Fortner
6 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1984
H.J. Fortner across 6 islands of the United States, June – July 198467 specimens · 8 stops · 35 days · 2,689 km
V.G. Springer
13 islands of Fiji · Apr – Jun 1982
V.G. Springer across 13 islands of Fiji, April – June 198295 specimens · 17 stops · 46 days · 1,834 km
Isa Degener
14 islands · May – Aug 1982
Isa Degener across 14 islands, May – August 198266 specimens · 25 stops · 81 days · 26,529 km
A.K. Sakai
3 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1985
A.K. Sakai in Hawaiʻi Island, Lānaʻi and Maui, June – July 198570 specimens · 9 stops · 14 days · 289 km
R.L. Stemmermann
Hawaiʻi Island and Maui · Mar – Jul 1980
R.L. Stemmermann in Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, March – July 198041 specimens · 18 stops · 132 days · 766 km
R.L. Stemmermann
Hawaiʻi Island and Maui · 7–28 Apr 1984
R.L. Stemmermann in Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, 7–28 April 198491 specimens · 4 stops · 22 days
H.J. Fortner
3 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1983
H.J. Fortner in Midway Atoll, Sand Island and Oʻahu, June – July 198389 specimens · 4 stops · 24 days
Seymour H. Sohmer
6 islands of the Philippines · Oct – Nov 1985
Seymour H. Sohmer across 6 islands of the Philippines, October – November 198579 specimens · 6 stops · 12 days · 286 km
Ismail Tukirin
Sumatra · Nov – Dec 1988
Ismail Tukirin in Sumatra, November – December 198852 specimens · 14 stops · 34 days · 2,272 km
S.-F. Wu Huang
Taiwan · Sep – Oct 1983
S.-F. Wu Huang in Taiwan, September – October 198355 specimens · 9 stops · 51 days
W.P. Char
Kahoʻolawe · 21–25 Apr 1980
W.P. Char in Kahoʻolawe, 21–25 April 1980128 specimens · 3 stops · 5 days · 54 km
Johnson Randall
4 islands · May – Jun 1981
Johnson Randall across 4 islands, May – June 1981142 specimens · 7 stops · 14 days · 913 km
Jacques Florence
Moorea and Makatea · Dec 1981 – Jan 1982
Jacques Florence in Moorea and Makatea, December 1981 – January 1982114 specimens · 6 stops · 22 days · 282 km
I. Adachi
Sri Lanka · Feb – Mar 1987
I. Adachi in Sri Lanka, February – March 198758 specimens · 11 stops · 16 days
W.A. Whistler
4 islands of the Cook Islands · Jul – Aug 1986
W.A. Whistler across 4 islands of the Cook Islands, July – August 198656 specimens · 20 stops · 58 days · 5,124 km
P.H. McEldowney
Kauaʻi and Molokaʻi · May – Jun 1981
P.H. McEldowney in Kauaʻi and Molokaʻi, May – June 198152 specimens · 13 stops · 44 days · 236 km
Local fishermen
Lombok · Jan – Feb 1984
Local fishermen in Lombok, January – February 1984100 specimens · 12 stops · 30 days
B. Tate
Oʻahu · Oct – Nov 1984
B. Tate in Oʻahu, October – November 198454 specimens · 8 stops · 55 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.