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. 8 journeys so far, 1991 to 1992, 780 specimens between them.
6 collectors and expeditions79 days in the field18,455 km between stops
8 journeys match
John L. Earle
7 islands · Jul – Sep 1991
John L. Earle across 7 islands, July – September 1991180 specimens · 19 stops · 78 days · 2,979 km
Johnson Randall
8 islands · Jul – Sep 1991
Johnson Randall across 8 islands, July – September 1991189 specimens · 17 stops · 61 days · 15,392 km
Johnson Randall
6 islands of Saudi Arabia · May – Jun 1992
Johnson Randall across 6 islands of Saudi Arabia, May – June 199289 specimens · 10 stops · 28 days · 84 km
Richard L. Pyle
5 islands · May – Jun 1992
Richard L. Pyle across 5 islands, May – June 199291 specimens · 11 stops · 13 days
Hitoshi Ida
Ani-Jima and Chichi-Jima · 21–26 Jul 1991
Hitoshi Ida in Ani-Jima and Chichi-Jima, 21–26 July 199174 specimens · 5 stops · 6 days
Hitoshi Ida
4 islands · May – Jun 1992
Hitoshi Ida across 4 islands, May – June 199261 specimens · 6 stops · 7 days
Hiromi Terashima
4 islands · 1–9 Jun 1992
Hiromi Terashima across 4 islands, 1–9 June 199255 specimens · 4 stops · 9 days
Johnson Kimura
Ani-Jima and Chichi-Jima · 21–26 Jul 1991
Johnson Kimura in Ani-Jima and Chichi-Jima, 21–26 July 199141 specimens · 4 stops · 6 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.