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. 19 journeys so far, 1924 to 2002, 3,359 specimens between them.
9 collectors and expeditions504 days in the field118,222 km between stops1,705 photographed specimens
19 journeys match
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Gerrit Parmele Wilder
4 islands · Feb – Sep 1929
Gerrit Parmele Wilder across 4 islands, February – September 1929605 specimens · 77 stops · 205 days · 5,048 km
Harold E. Parks
4 islands · May – Jul 1927
Harold E. Parks across 4 islands, May – July 1927771 specimens · 22 stops · 72 days · 542 km
Gerrit Parmele Wilder
18 islands · Nov 1924 – May 1925
Gerrit Parmele Wilder across 18 islands, November 1924 – May 1925244 specimens · 43 stops · 188 days · 15,411 km
W.R. Sykes
Atiu and Rarotonga · Jun – Aug 1991
W.R. Sykes in Atiu and Rarotonga, June – August 1991252 specimens · 27 stops · 40 days
Harold E. Parks
5 islands · May – Jun 1926
Harold E. Parks across 5 islands, May – June 1926333 specimens · 7 stops · 32 days · 1,859 km
W.A. Whistler
9 islands · Apr – Jun 1985
W.A. Whistler across 9 islands, April – June 1985140 specimens · 32 stops · 75 days · 9,570 km
Harold E. Parks
Rarotonga · May – Jul 1929
Harold E. Parks in Rarotonga, May – July 1929115 specimens · 17 stops · 69 days
D.R. Stoddart
Aitutaki and Rarotonga · Aug – Sep 1969
D.R. Stoddart in Aitutaki and Rarotonga, August – September 1969109 specimens · 17 stops · 21 days
Gerrit Parmele Wilder
5 islands · Mar – Aug 1927
Gerrit Parmele Wilder across 5 islands, March – August 192769 specimens · 28 stops · 155 days · 13,558 km
W.R. Sykes
Rarotonga and Mangaia · Jan – Feb 1990
W.R. Sykes in Rarotonga and Mangaia, January – February 1990103 specimens · 35 stops · 40 days · 5,124 km
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss
13 islands · Dec 1976 – Apr 1977
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss across 13 islands, December 1976 – April 197788 specimens · 27 stops · 104 days · 15,072 km
Timothy Flynn
6 islands of the Cook Islands · 12–29 Mar 2002
Timothy Flynn across 6 islands of the Cook Islands, 12–29 March 2002110 specimens · 11 stops · 18 days · 2,765 km
W.R. Sykes
3 islands of the Cook Islands · Aug – Sep 1982
W.R. Sykes in Rarotonga, Mitiaro and Mauke, August – September 198287 specimens · 24 stops · 25 days
Gerrit Parmele Wilder
7 islands · Jun – Aug 1925
Gerrit Parmele Wilder across 7 islands, June – August 192552 specimens · 22 stops · 65 days · 10,586 km
W.A. Whistler
4 islands of the Cook Islands · Jul – Aug 1986
W.A. Whistler across 4 islands of the Cook Islands, July – August 198656 specimens · 20 stops · 58 days · 5,124 km
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss
7 islands · Nov 1977 – Feb 1978
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss across 7 islands, November 1977 – February 197861 specimens · 19 stops · 80 days · 5,557 km
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss
5 islands · Feb – Apr 1964
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss across 5 islands, February – April 196452 specimens · 8 stops · 81 days · 17,676 km
Jim Space
6 islands of the Cook Islands · 12–29 Mar 2002
Jim Space across 6 islands of the Cook Islands, 12–29 March 200267 specimens · 8 stops · 18 days · 2,644 km
M.D. Merlin
5 islands · Jul – Aug 1986
M.D. Merlin across 5 islands, July – August 198645 specimens · 8 stops · 41 days · 7,686 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.