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. 274 journeys so far, 1990 to 1999, 30,092 specimens between them.
143 collectors and expeditions3,716 days in the field692,605 km between stops16,376 photographed specimens
274 journeys match
Dan A. Polhemus
the United States · Mar – May 1993
Dan A. Polhemus in the United States, March – May 199348 specimens · 13 stops · 49 days
Anthony C. Robinson
Upolu and Nuutele · Nov – Dec 1993
Anthony C. Robinson in Upolu and Nuutele, November – December 199370 specimens · 5 stops · 45 days · 118 km
Johnson Randall
4 islands · Nov – Dec 1996
Johnson Randall across 4 islands, November – December 199658 specimens · 10 stops · 18 days · 1,947 km
S. Slappy
Babeldaob Island and Babeldaob · Mar – Apr 1996
S. Slappy in Babeldaob Island and Babeldaob, March – April 199658 specimens · 7 stops · 8 days
Johnson Randall
4 islands · Oct – Nov 1991
Johnson Randall across 4 islands, October – November 199162 specimens · 8 stops · 19 days
Derral R. Herbst
3 islands · Feb – Apr 1992
Derral R. Herbst in Palmyra Atoll, Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, February – April 199247 specimens · 6 stops · 41 days · 1,763 km
Y. Singeo
Babeldaob Island and Babeldaob · Mar – Apr 1996
Y. Singeo in Babeldaob Island and Babeldaob, March – April 199651 specimens · 8 stops · 8 days
B.K. Kirchoff
Oʻahu · 7–20 Jun 1991
B.K. Kirchoff in Oʻahu, 7–20 June 199154 specimens · 3 stops · 14 days
E.B. Barbon
Luzon and Leyte · Oct – Nov 1992
E.B. Barbon in Luzon and Leyte, October – November 199241 specimens · 5 stops · 35 days
J.C. Regalado Jr.
New Guinea · Jun – Jul 1995
J.C. Regalado Jr. in New Guinea, June – July 199561 specimens · 2 stops · 23 days · 624 km
F.J.M. Gaerlan
Mindanao · Aug – Sep 1993
F.J.M. Gaerlan in Mindanao, August – September 199358 specimens · 3 stops · 32 days
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Frank A. Parrish
4 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1990
Frank A. Parrish across 4 islands of the United States, June – July 199091 specimens · 3 stops · 13 days · 978 km
Y. Doi
New Caledonia · Feb – Mar 1992
Y. Doi in New Caledonia, February – March 199252 specimens · 8 stops · 25 days
Romero
Luzon · 1–15 Jul 1994
Romero in Luzon, 1–15 July 199462 specimens · 2 stops · 15 days · 93 km
Richard L. Pyle
4 islands of Papua New Guinea · 3–16 Dec 1995
Richard L. Pyle across 4 islands of Papua New Guinea, 3–16 December 199563 specimens · 7 stops · 14 days · 200 km
Skippy Hau
Kahoʻolawe · 1–10 Sep 1992
Skippy Hau in Kahoʻolawe, 1–10 September 199251 specimens · 3 stops · 10 days
E.J. Funk
Hawaiʻi Island · 1–12 Nov 1991
E.J. Funk in Hawaiʻi Island, 1–12 November 199147 specimens · 3 stops · 12 days
S. Victor
Babeldaob Island · Mar – Apr 1996
S. Victor in Babeldaob Island, March – April 199655 specimens · 7 stops · 8 days
John P. Hoover
4 islands of Oman · 1–24 Feb 1993
John P. Hoover across 4 islands of Oman, 1–24 February 199358 specimens · 6 stops · 24 days · 73 km
Dan A. Polhemus
Apr – Jun 1995
Dan A. Polhemus, April – June 199542 specimens · 11 stops · 43 days
A. Sadili
New Guinea · Oct – Nov 1998
A. Sadili in New Guinea, October – November 199843 specimens · 3 stops · 30 days · 1,594 km
J.D. Rogers
4 islands of the United States · 4–16 Jan 1996
J.D. Rogers across 4 islands of the United States, 4–16 January 199648 specimens · 11 stops · 13 days · 788 km
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
F.J.M. Gaerlan
Luzon · Aug – Sep 1992
F.J.M. Gaerlan in Luzon, August – September 199246 specimens · 4 stops · 10 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.