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
B. Ekiek
Pohnpei · Nov – Dec 2002
B. Ekiek in Pohnpei, November – December 200255 specimens · 6 stops · 42 days · 303 km
Masatomi Suzuki
4 islands of Tonga · 20–29 Sep 2001
Masatomi Suzuki across 4 islands of Tonga, 20–29 September 200151 specimens · 8 stops · 10 days
C.F. Puttock
3 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 2002
C.F. Puttock in Maui, Lānaʻi and Oʻahu, July – August 200240 specimens · 4 stops · 29 days · 210 km
Al. Towati
New Guinea · Aug – Sep 2005
Al. Towati in New Guinea, August – September 200554 specimens · 4 stops · 20 days · 220 km
D. Ama
New Guinea · Aug – Sep 2005
D. Ama in New Guinea, August – September 200554 specimens · 4 stops · 20 days · 220 km
J.D. Rogers
4 islands of the United States · 4–16 Jan 2000
J.D. Rogers across 4 islands of the United States, 4–16 January 200053 specimens · 11 stops · 13 days · 475 km
B.M. Waterhouse
7 islands of Palau · 4–19 Dec 2002
B.M. Waterhouse across 7 islands of Palau, 4–19 December 200250 specimens · 6 stops · 16 days · 19,441 km
L. Stewart
the United States · Apr – Jul 2009
L. Stewart in the United States, April – July 200945 specimens · 8 stops · 71 days · 452 km
David H. Lorence
Ua Pou and Ua Huka · 11–22 Jun 2004
David H. Lorence in Ua Pou and Ua Huka, 11–22 June 200461 specimens · 4 stops · 12 days · 794 km
Townsend-Cromwell Survey TC
the United States · 14–21 Jun 2000
Townsend-Cromwell Survey TC, 14–21 June 200077 specimens · 5 stops · 8 days · 1,217 km
F. Tokelau
3 islands of Tonga · 20–29 Sep 2001
F. Tokelau in Vava'U, Nuapapu Island and Tongatapu Island, 20–29 September 200149 specimens · 7 stops · 10 days
P.S. Vroom
Maro Reef and Mokumanamana · 3–9 Sep 2006
P.S. Vroom in Maro Reef and Mokumanamana, 3–9 September 200644 specimens · 4 stops · 7 days · 655 km
K. Shultz
Hawaiʻi Island and Maui · 13–28 Sep 2000
K. Shultz in Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, 13–28 September 200083 specimens · 3 stops · 16 days · 352 km
C.T. Imada
Kauaʻi and Maui · 2–11 Aug 2005
C.T. Imada in Kauaʻi and Maui, 2–11 August 200547 specimens · 3 stops · 10 days · 371 km
S. Satini
3 islands of Tonga · 20–29 Sep 2001
S. Satini in Vava'U, Nuapapu Island and Tongatapu Island, 20–29 September 200148 specimens · 7 stops · 10 days
W.R. Sykes
Tanna and Efate · 12–22 Jul 2003
W.R. Sykes in Tanna and Efate, 12–22 July 200349 specimens · 10 stops · 11 days · 234 km
C.F. Puttock
3 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 2000
C.F. Puttock in Molokaʻi, Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, July – August 200082 specimens · 3 stops · 11 days · 592 km
C. Squair
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · Nov – Dec 2005
C. Squair in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, November – December 200557 specimens · 2 stops · 11 days · 31 km
W. Law
Pohnpei · Apr – May 2007
W. Law in Pohnpei, April – May 200756 specimens · 4 stops · 16 days · 386 km
Emos Eperiam
Pohnpei · Apr – May 2007
Emos Eperiam in Pohnpei, April – May 200755 specimens · 4 stops · 16 days · 386 km
O. Amone
'Eua Island · Nov – Dec 2000
O. Amone in 'Eua Island, November – December 200049 specimens · 5 stops · 6 days · 713 km
Jean-Yves Meyer
Rapa · 18–30 Mar 2002
Jean-Yves Meyer in Rapa, 18–30 March 200244 specimens · 7 stops · 13 days · 439 km
A.D. Tribollet
Lānaʻi and Niʻihau · 4–12 Aug 2006
A.D. Tribollet in Lānaʻi and Niʻihau, 4–12 August 200640 specimens · 4 stops · 9 days · 372 km
Robert B. Moffitt
Maro Reef · Jun – Jul 2000
Robert B. Moffitt in Maro Reef, June – July 200040 specimens · 4 stops · 6 days · 89 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.