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. 20 journeys so far, 1980 to 1988, 4,655 specimens between them.
1 collectors and expeditions451 days in the field99,509 km between stops22 photographed specimens
20 journeys match
Johnson Randall
20 islands · Aug – Nov 1987
Johnson Randall across 20 islands, August – November 1987700 specimens · 51 stops · 87 days · 9,036 km
Johnson Randall
11 islands · Aug – Oct 1988
Johnson Randall across 11 islands, August – October 1988522 specimens · 31 stops · 72 days · 5,627 km
Johnson Randall
8 islands of the Marshall Islands · Sep – Dec 1982
Johnson Randall across 8 islands of the Marshall Islands, September – December 1982435 specimens · 30 stops · 84 days · 895 km
Johnson Randall
14 islands · Jan – Apr 1980
Johnson Randall across 14 islands, January – April 1980346 specimens · 38 stops · 101 days
Johnson Randall
5 islands · Feb – Mar 1983
Johnson Randall across 5 islands, February – March 1983426 specimens · 24 stops · 37 days
Johnson Randall
4 islands · Jan – Mar 1984
Johnson Randall across 4 islands, January – March 1984376 specimens · 20 stops · 38 days
Johnson Randall
4 islands · 6–27 Mar 1988
Johnson Randall across 4 islands, 6–27 March 1988277 specimens · 17 stops · 22 days
Johnson Randall
8 islands · Jun – Sep 1986
Johnson Randall across 8 islands, June – September 1986167 specimens · 23 stops · 68 days · 75,616 km
Johnson Randall
8 islands of Iceland · Aug – Sep 1985
Johnson Randall across 8 islands of Iceland, August – September 1985229 specimens · 13 stops · 37 days
Johnson Randall
20 islands of Indonesia · Sep – Nov 1986
Johnson Randall across 20 islands of Indonesia, September – November 1986166 specimens · 27 stops · 52 days · 1,511 km
Johnson Randall
7 islands · May – Jun 1984
Johnson Randall across 7 islands, May – June 1984177 specimens · 16 stops · 39 days · 385 km
Johnson Randall
Bahrain · Oct – Nov 1983
Johnson Randall in Bahrain, October – November 1983150 specimens · 14 stops · 39 days
Johnson Randall
4 islands · May – Jun 1981
Johnson Randall across 4 islands, May – June 1981142 specimens · 7 stops · 14 days · 913 km
Johnson Randall
Easter Island and Bonaire · 4–22 Feb 1985
Johnson Randall in Easter Island and Bonaire, 4–22 February 1985112 specimens · 10 stops · 19 days
Johnson Randall
Easter Island and Tahiti · Jan – Feb 1986
Johnson Randall in Easter Island and Tahiti, January – February 198690 specimens · 12 stops · 21 days
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
Johnson Randall
Red Sea and Jeddah · 1–17 May 1982
Johnson Randall in Red Sea and Jeddah, 1–17 May 198275 specimens · 9 stops · 17 days
Johnson Randall
Enewetak Atoll and Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Aug 1983
Johnson Randall in Enewetak Atoll and Hawaiʻi Island, July – August 198367 specimens · 9 stops · 35 days · 4,844 km
Johnson Randall
Johnston Atoll · 6–12 Apr 1984
Johnson Randall in Johnston Atoll, 6–12 April 198460 specimens · 7 stops · 7 days
Johnson Randall
Kiritimati Atoll · Jul – Aug 1987
Johnson Randall in Kiritimati Atoll, July – August 198743 specimens · 6 stops · 7 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.