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. 196 journeys so far, 2000 to 2009, 30,751 specimens between them.
109 collectors and expeditions2,118 days in the field500,629 km between stops11,357 photographed specimens
196 journeys match
C.R. Jones
6 islands · Sep – Oct 2008
C.R. Jones across 6 islands, September – October 200846 specimens · 8 stops · 12 days · 2,618 km
Kenneth R. Wood
4 islands of French Polynesia · Jun – Jul 2003
Kenneth R. Wood across 4 islands of French Polynesia, June – July 200376 specimens · 6 stops · 28 days · 576 km
R. Fenstemacher
3 islands · Mar – May 2002
R. Fenstemacher in Rapa, Tauturau and Easter Island (=Isla De Pascua), March – May 200292 specimens · 3 stops · 55 days · 268 km
E.I. Schlinger
Fiji · Sep 2002 – Jan 2003
E.I. Schlinger in Fiji, September 2002 – January 200352 specimens · 15 stops · 112 days · 3,140 km
R. Okano
Maui and Kahoʻolawe · 10–17 Aug 2000
R. Okano in Maui and Kahoʻolawe, 10–17 August 200099 specimens · 4 stops · 8 days · 97 km
F. Pitisopa
3 islands of the Solomon Islands · 4–18 Oct 2008
F. Pitisopa in Santa Isabel, Choiseul and Kolombangara, 4–18 October 200847 specimens · 6 stops · 15 days · 349 km
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
Johnson Randall
7 islands of Indonesia · Sep – Oct 2000
Johnson Randall across 7 islands of Indonesia, September – October 200046 specimens · 21 stops · 55 days · 6,018 km
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
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.