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. 59 journeys so far, 1900 to 2012, 26,331 specimens between them.
37 collectors and expeditions1,872 days in the field2,455,270 km between stops12,439 photographed specimens
59 journeys match
Benjamin C. Stone
Guam and Rota · Nov 1961 – Aug 1962
Benjamin C. Stone in Guam and Rota, November 1961 – August 1962147 specimens · 52 stops · 255 days
H.A. Miller
5 islands · Mar – Apr 1965
H.A. Miller across 5 islands, March – April 1965261 specimens · 6 stops · 42 days · 16,828 km
Otto Herman Swezey
Guam · May – Nov 1936
Otto Herman Swezey in Guam, May – November 1936137 specimens · 45 stops · 207 days
Reid Moran
3 islands · Jun – Sep 1954
Reid Moran in Guam, Tinian and California, June – September 1954197 specimens · 23 stops · 86 days · 127,923 km
Derral R. Herbst
4 islands of the Northern Mariana Islands · Apr – May 1982
Derral R. Herbst across 4 islands of the Northern Mariana Islands, April – May 1982289 specimens · 15 stops · 24 days · 17,156 km
Benjamin C. Stone
14 islands · Jun – Sep 1956
Benjamin C. Stone across 14 islands, June – September 1956168 specimens · 36 stops · 116 days · 49,852 km
A. Palmer
4 islands of the Northern Mariana Islands · 12–22 May 2007
A. Palmer across 4 islands of the Northern Mariana Islands, 12–22 May 2007230 specimens · 9 stops · 11 days · 17,156 km
Donald Anderson
8 islands · Apr – Jun 1950
Donald Anderson across 8 islands, April – June 1950193 specimens · 19 stops · 54 days · 16,195 km
Harold St.John
16 islands · Jun – Aug 1956
Harold St.John across 16 islands, June – August 1956140 specimens · 31 stops · 69 days · 26,065 km
Johnson Randall
8 islands · Jun – Sep 1986
Johnson Randall across 8 islands, June – September 1986167 specimens · 23 stops · 68 days · 75,616 km
Benjamin C. Stone
11 islands · Dec 1964 – Feb 1965
Benjamin C. Stone across 11 islands, December 1964 – February 1965145 specimens · 14 stops · 51 days · 64,561 km
David F. Grether
5 islands · Jul – Aug 1946
David F. Grether across 5 islands, July – August 1946121 specimens · 10 stops · 38 days · 37,731 km
F. Raymond Fosberg
4 islands of the United States · Feb – Apr 1963
F. Raymond Fosberg across 4 islands of the United States, February – April 1963100 specimens · 18 stops · 41 days · 24,929 km
J.T. Conover
3 islands · Jan – Apr 1945
J.T. Conover in Guam, Okinawa and Funafuti, January – April 194567 specimens · 28 stops · 89 days · 92,629 km
Robert L. Usinger
Guam · 2–27 Jun 1936
Robert L. Usinger in Guam, 2–27 June 1936112 specimens · 4 stops · 26 days · 51,067 km
Gary Gordon
Guam · Feb – Aug 1974
Gary Gordon in Guam, February – August 197485 specimens · 25 stops · 179 days
Maxwell S. Doty
7 islands · May – Jun 1973
Maxwell S. Doty across 7 islands, May – June 197366 specimens · 9 stops · 60 days · 36,912 km
Benjamin C. Stone
Guam and Rota · Feb – Jun 1964
Benjamin C. Stone in Guam and Rota, February – June 196451 specimens · 18 stops · 129 days
F. Raymond Fosberg
4 islands · Dec 1957 – Jan 1958
F. Raymond Fosberg across 4 islands, December 1957 – January 195861 specimens · 17 stops · 32 days · 36,429 km
Ann Marie Gawel
Rota and Guam · Jul – Aug 2012
Ann Marie Gawel in Rota and Guam, July – August 201263 specimens · 10 stops · 10 days · 16,939 km
James A. Kwon
Rota and Guam · Jul – Aug 2012
James A. Kwon in Rota and Guam, July – August 201263 specimens · 10 stops · 10 days · 16,939 km
C.L. Harrington
Rota and Guam · Jul – Aug 2012
C.L. Harrington in Rota and Guam, July – August 201263 specimens · 10 stops · 10 days · 16,939 km
F. Raymond Fosberg
7 islands · May – Jun 1985
F. Raymond Fosberg across 7 islands, May – June 198565 specimens · 10 stops · 35 days · 36,228 km
R.S. Jones
Guam and Ulithi Atoll · May – Jun 1968
R.S. Jones in Guam and Ulithi Atoll, May – June 196894 specimens · 8 stops · 34 days
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.