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. 24 journeys so far, 1923 to 2003, 7,623 specimens between them.
21 collectors and expeditions492 days in the field84,710 km between stops4,607 photographed specimens
24 journeys match
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Wayne N. Takeuchi
11 islands · Oct 1987 – Sep 1988
Wayne N. Takeuchi across 11 islands, October 1987 – September 1988947 specimens · 78 stops · 332 days · 6,730 km
K. Shultz
9 islands · Sep – Oct 2002
K. Shultz across 9 islands, September – October 20021,025 specimens · 13 stops · 25 days · 2,876 km
K.A. Peyton
9 islands · Sep – Oct 2002
K.A. Peyton across 9 islands, September – October 2002979 specimens · 13 stops · 25 days · 2,876 km
K.J. Geisler
7 islands of the United States · Sep – Oct 2000
K.J. Geisler across 7 islands of the United States, September – October 2000786 specimens · 25 stops · 37 days · 5,446 km
C.R. Long
29 islands · Aug – Nov 1964
C.R. Long across 29 islands, August – November 1964467 specimens · 49 stops · 103 days · 19,051 km
S. Carlquist
14 islands · Jun – Oct 1966
S. Carlquist across 14 islands, June – October 1966208 specimens · 55 stops · 112 days · 6,722 km
Karla J. McDermid
8 islands of the United States · Sep – Oct 2002
Karla J. McDermid across 8 islands of the United States, September – October 2002383 specimens · 11 stops · 25 days · 2,834 km
B. Stuercke
8 islands of the United States · Sep – Oct 2002
B. Stuercke across 8 islands of the United States, September – October 2002347 specimens · 11 stops · 25 days · 2,838 km
J. Polloi
8 islands of the United States · Sep – Oct 2002
J. Polloi across 8 islands of the United States, September – October 2002301 specimens · 13 stops · 32 days · 5,304 km
Derral R. Herbst
10 islands · Jun – Jul 1980
Derral R. Herbst across 10 islands, June – July 1980210 specimens · 14 stops · 48 days · 1,684 km
Derral R. Herbst
8 islands · Jun – Jul 1988
Derral R. Herbst across 8 islands, June – July 1988379 specimens · 14 stops · 29 days · 1,696 km
Wayne N. Takeuchi
8 islands · Jun – Jul 1980
Wayne N. Takeuchi across 8 islands, June – July 1980200 specimens · 12 stops · 29 days · 1,582 km
Townsend-Cromwell Survey TC
4 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1991
Townsend-Cromwell Survey TC, June – July 1991483 specimens · 6 stops · 17 days · 2,239 km
P.S. Vroom
6 islands · Aug – Oct 2002
P.S. Vroom across 6 islands, August – October 2002215 specimens · 10 stops · 50 days · 8,208 km
Sheila Conant
5 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 1983
Sheila Conant across 5 islands of the United States, July – August 198390 specimens · 12 stops · 28 days · 1,048 km
Fred W. Ball
11 islands of the United States · 5–25 Jul 1977
Fred W. Ball across 11 islands of the United States, 5–25 July 197773 specimens · 10 stops · 21 days · 1,615 km
K.N. Page
6 islands of the United States · 14–30 Jul 2003
K.N. Page across 6 islands of the United States, 14–30 July 200385 specimens · 7 stops · 17 days · 1,262 km
H.J. Fortner
6 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1984
H.J. Fortner across 6 islands of the United States, June – July 198467 specimens · 8 stops · 35 days · 2,689 km
Stanley Ball
5 islands of the United States · Mar – May 1923
Stanley Ball across 5 islands of the United States, March – May 192372 specimens · 12 stops · 60 days · 3,896 km
A.L. Young
Pearl and Hermes Atoll and Lisianski · 1–22 Aug 1964
A.L. Young in Pearl and Hermes Atoll and Lisianski, 1–22 August 196447 specimens · 5 stops · 22 days · 271 km
Tanager Expedition
10 islands of the United States · Apr – Jun 1923
Tanager Expedition, April – June 192360 specimens · 8 stops · 62 days · 2,174 km
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Frank A. Parrish
4 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1990
Frank A. Parrish across 4 islands of the United States, June – July 199091 specimens · 3 stops · 13 days · 978 km
Frank A. Parrish
4 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1991
Frank A. Parrish across 4 islands of the United States, June – July 199150 specimens · 4 stops · 13 days · 353 km
K. Payton
Lisianski and Maro Reef · Sep – Oct 2002
K. Payton in Lisianski and Maro Reef, September – October 200258 specimens · 2 stops · 17 days · 338 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.