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. 182 journeys so far, 2000 to 2009, 29,250 specimens between them.
100 collectors and expeditions1,977 days in the field475,735 km between stops11,345 photographed specimens
182 journeys match
M.F. Gardner
3 islands of the Solomon Islands · 4–18 Oct 2008
M.F. Gardner in Santa Isabel, Choiseul and Kolombangara, 4–18 October 200847 specimens · 6 stops · 15 days · 349 km
F. Tokelau
'Eua Island and Tongatapu Island · Nov – Dec 2000
F. Tokelau in 'Eua Island and Tongatapu Island, November – December 200067 specimens · 7 stops · 8 days · 713 km
S. Herrington
3 islands of the Solomon Islands · 4–18 Oct 2008
S. Herrington in Santa Isabel, Choiseul and Kolombangara, 4–18 October 200846 specimens · 6 stops · 15 days · 349 km
S. Satini
'Eua Island and Tongatapu Island · Nov – Dec 2000
S. Satini in 'Eua Island and Tongatapu Island, November – December 200066 specimens · 7 stops · 8 days · 713 km
S.A. James
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · 5–18 Aug 2004
S.A. James in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, 5–18 August 200482 specimens · 2 stops · 14 days · 230 km
K. Schultz
5 islands of the United States · Aug – Sep 2000
K. Schultz across 5 islands of the United States, August – September 200066 specimens · 5 stops · 38 days · 1,010 km
B. Sneddon
New Caledonia · 8–16 Aug 2003
B. Sneddon in New Caledonia, 8–16 August 200377 specimens · 8 stops · 9 days · 3,507 km
Vander Velde
4 islands of the Marshall Islands · 11–17 Apr 2006
Vander Velde across 4 islands of the Marshall Islands, 11–17 April 200647 specimens · 7 stops · 7 days
F. Tokelau
3 islands of Tonga · 12–20 Mar 2001
F. Tokelau in Tongatapu Island, 'Eua Island and 'Euaiki Island, 12–20 March 200172 specimens · 8 stops · 9 days
Steven Perlman
5 islands · Jun – Aug 2005
Steven Perlman across 5 islands, June – August 200548 specimens · 11 stops · 40 days · 12,795 km
K. Sugimura
6 islands of the Solomon Islands · Jul – Aug 2009
K. Sugimura across 6 islands of the Solomon Islands, July – August 200951 specimens · 8 stops · 31 days · 1,011 km
S. Satini
3 islands of Tonga · 12–20 Mar 2001
S. Satini in Tongatapu Island, 'Eua Island and 'Euaiki Island, 12–20 March 200171 specimens · 8 stops · 9 days
P. Tofu
3 islands of the Solomon Islands · 4–18 Oct 2008
P. Tofu in Santa Isabel, Choiseul and Kolombangara, 4–18 October 200844 specimens · 6 stops · 15 days · 349 km
R. Olisae
3 islands of the Solomon Islands · 4–18 Oct 2008
R. Olisae in Santa Isabel, Choiseul and Kolombangara, 4–18 October 200844 specimens · 6 stops · 15 days · 349 km
P. Kosui
3 islands of the Solomon Islands · 4–18 Oct 2008
P. Kosui in Santa Isabel, Choiseul and Kolombangara, 4–18 October 200844 specimens · 6 stops · 15 days · 349 km
N. Inagaki
3 islands of Tonga · 12–20 Mar 2001
N. Inagaki in Tongatapu Island, 'Eua Island and 'Euaiki Island, 12–20 March 200170 specimens · 8 stops · 9 days
C. Squair
Saipan and Guam · 5–21 Jun 2006
C. Squair in Saipan and Guam, 5–21 June 2006149 specimens · 2 stops · 17 days · 7,466 km
Hank L. Oppenheimer
Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi · Nov 2006 – Jan 2007
Hank L. Oppenheimer in Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi, November 2006 – January 200753 specimens · 3 stops · 40 days · 47 km
C.T. Imada
3 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 2002
C.T. Imada in Maui, Lānaʻi and Kauaʻi, July – August 200255 specimens · 3 stops · 33 days · 420 km
Vander Velde
3 islands of the Marshall Islands · 20–27 Oct 2009
Vander Velde in Namdrik Island, Madmad Island and Near Madmad, 20–27 October 200942 specimens · 7 stops · 8 days
L.M. Crago
3 islands of the United States · 2–11 Aug 2005
L.M. Crago in Kauaʻi, Maui and Oʻahu, 2–11 August 200552 specimens · 4 stops · 10 days · 371 km
Jim Space
9 islands · Mar – Apr 2008
Jim Space across 9 islands, March – April 200844 specimens · 6 stops · 8 days
Kenneth R. Wood
3 islands of French Polynesia · Nov – Dec 2003
Kenneth R. Wood in Ua Huka, Ua Pou and Huahine, November – December 200352 specimens · 11 stops · 28 days · 1,630 km
J.M. Huisman
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · Mar – May 2002
J.M. Huisman in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, March – May 200240 specimens · 10 stops · 69 days · 865 km
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.