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. 23 journeys so far, 1926 to 2002, 4,812 specimens between them.
18 collectors and expeditions490 days in the field86,032 km between stops1,926 photographed specimens
23 journeys match
Truman George Yuncker
11 islands of Tonga · Feb – Jun 1953
Truman George Yuncker across 11 islands of Tonga, February – June 19531,148 specimens · 59 stops · 103 days
Albert C. Smith
10 islands · Mar – Aug 1953
Albert C. Smith across 10 islands, March – August 1953869 specimens · 33 stops · 154 days · 15,233 km
G.P. Buelow
5 islands of Tonga · Jun – Aug 1982
G.P. Buelow across 5 islands of Tonga, June – August 1982540 specimens · 49 stops · 82 days
E. Soakai
16 islands of Tonga · Jan – Aug 1959
E. Soakai across 16 islands of Tonga, January – August 1959133 specimens · 38 stops · 206 days · 603 km
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
Kenneth R. Wood
9 islands · Jun – Nov 1997
Kenneth R. Wood across 9 islands, June – November 1997164 specimens · 33 stops · 139 days · 49,817 km
W.A. Whistler
'Eua Island · Jun – Jul 1990
W.A. Whistler in 'Eua Island, June – July 1990171 specimens · 24 stops · 30 days
M. Hotta
9 islands · Jul – Oct 1960
M. Hotta across 9 islands, July – October 1960126 specimens · 38 stops · 113 days · 3,718 km
W.R. Sykes
3 islands of Tonga · 8–27 Nov 1997
W.R. Sykes in Tongatapu Island, 'Eua Island and 'Euaiki Island, 8–27 November 1997220 specimens · 20 stops · 20 days
Steven Perlman
7 islands · Jun – Oct 1997
Steven Perlman across 7 islands, June – October 1997111 specimens · 23 stops · 117 days · 9,650 km
G.P. Buelow
5 islands of Tonga · Jan – May 1979
G.P. Buelow across 5 islands of Tonga, January – May 197973 specimens · 28 stops · 121 days
M.A. Weiner
4 islands · Sep – Oct 1969
M.A. Weiner across 4 islands, September – October 1969108 specimens · 12 stops · 28 days
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William A. Setchell
4 islands · May – Jun 1926
William A. Setchell across 4 islands, May – June 1926124 specimens · 6 stops · 32 days
Masatomi Suzuki
'Eua Island and Tongatapu Island · Nov – Dec 2000
Masatomi Suzuki in 'Eua Island and Tongatapu Island, November – December 200096 specimens · 7 stops · 8 days
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss
6 islands · Nov 1978 – Jan 1979
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss across 6 islands, November 1978 – January 197957 specimens · 17 stops · 90 days · 2,398 km
Masatomi Suzuki
3 islands of Tonga · 12–21 Mar 2001
Masatomi Suzuki in Tongatapu Island, 'Eua Island and 'Euaiki Island, 12–21 March 200178 specimens · 9 stops · 10 days
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. 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
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
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
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
O. Amone
'Eua Island · Nov – Dec 2000
O. Amone in 'Eua Island, November – December 200049 specimens · 5 stops · 6 days · 713 km
Masatomi Suzuki
3 islands of Tonga · 14–28 Mar 2002
Masatomi Suzuki in 'Eua Island, Niuatoputapu Island and Tafahi Island, 14–28 March 200266 specimens · 2 stops · 15 days · 615 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.