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
F. Raymond Fosberg
7 islands · May – Jun 1985
F. Raymond Fosberg across 7 islands, May – June 198565 specimens · 10 stops · 35 days · 36,228 km
Johnson Randall
Easter Island and Tahiti · Jan – Feb 1986
Johnson Randall in Easter Island and Tahiti, January – February 198690 specimens · 12 stops · 21 days
Robert Hobdy
Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi · Mar – Apr 1985
Robert Hobdy in Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi, March – April 198548 specimens · 8 stops · 36 days · 215 km
S.P. Carper
Oʻahu · 11–16 May 1988
S.P. Carper in Oʻahu, 11–16 May 1988136 specimens · 2 stops · 6 days
M. Teikiteetini
4 islands of French Polynesia · Jul – Aug 1988
M. Teikiteetini across 4 islands of French Polynesia, July – August 1988102 specimens · 3 stops · 30 days · 195 km
R. Fox
Oʻahu · 11–16 May 1988
R. Fox in Oʻahu, 11–16 May 1988133 specimens · 2 stops · 6 days
W.R. Sykes
Norfolk Island and Norfolk · 7–20 Apr 1980
W.R. Sykes in Norfolk Island and Norfolk, 7–20 April 198044 specimens · 14 stops · 14 days
Patrick Colin
Enewetak Atoll · Sep – Oct 1982
Patrick Colin in Enewetak Atoll, September – October 1982126 specimens · 5 stops · 16 days
K.Q. Damas
New Guinea · Jan – Feb 1989
K.Q. Damas in New Guinea, January – February 198971 specimens · 5 stops · 15 days · 602 km
J.C. Jolinon
4 islands of French Polynesia · Jan – Feb 1987
J.C. Jolinon across 4 islands of French Polynesia, January – February 198749 specimens · 15 stops · 53 days · 85 km
A. Moscal
Tasmania · 5–19 Apr 1984
A. Moscal in Tasmania, 5–19 April 198449 specimens · 9 stops · 15 days · 1,622 km
Johnson Randall
4 islands of Australia · 18–31 Jan 1987
Johnson Randall across 4 islands of Australia, 18–31 January 198795 specimens · 10 stops · 14 days · 682 km
W.A. Weber
Kauaʻi · Mar – Apr 1985
W.A. Weber in Kauaʻi, March – April 198560 specimens · 10 stops · 15 days
G.S. Varadarajan
Panay and Panay Island · 3–8 Aug 1987
G.S. Varadarajan in Panay and Panay Island, 3–8 August 198781 specimens · 4 stops · 6 days
M. Ito
Iriomote Island and Iriomote · 8–17 Mar 1982
M. Ito in Iriomote Island and Iriomote, 8–17 March 198252 specimens · 9 stops · 10 days
D. Randolph
Kauaʻi · Mar – Apr 1985
D. Randolph in Kauaʻi, March – April 198559 specimens · 10 stops · 15 days
A. Bradley Tarr
4 islands of Saudi Arabia · May – Jun 1984
A. Bradley Tarr across 4 islands of Saudi Arabia, May – June 198496 specimens · 8 stops · 22 days
G.G. Murata
Honshu · May – Jun 1984
G.G. Murata in Honshu, May – June 198462 specimens · 5 stops · 15 days
S.W. Mill
Kauaʻi · 12–22 Dec 1983
S.W. Mill in Kauaʻi, 12–22 December 198371 specimens · 4 stops · 11 days
G. George D. Peterson
Kauaʻi · 12–22 Dec 1983
G. George D. Peterson in Kauaʻi, 12–22 December 198371 specimens · 4 stops · 11 days
E.J. Reynosa
Panay · 3–8 Aug 1987
E.J. Reynosa in Panay, 3–8 August 198777 specimens · 4 stops · 6 days
Isabelle Abbott
Maui · 1–27 Jul 1984
Isabelle Abbott in Maui, 1–27 July 198451 specimens · 6 stops · 27 days · 315 km
A. Bradley Tarr
3 islands of Iceland · 6–13 Sep 1985
A. Bradley Tarr in Jana Island, Jurayd Island and Persian Gulf, 6–13 September 1985143 specimens · 4 stops · 8 days
de Lappe
Kauaʻi · May – Jun 1987
de Lappe in Kauaʻi, May – June 198760 specimens · 4 stops · 31 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.