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. 25 journeys so far, 1874 to 1974, 6,402 specimens between them.
23 collectors and expeditions632 days in the field540,380 km between stops5,797 photographed specimens
25 journeys match
Laurence H. MacDaniels
12 islands · Oct 1926 – Jul 1927
Laurence H. MacDaniels across 12 islands, October 1926 – July 19272,144 specimens · 105 stops · 274 days · 40,135 km
Marie Catherine Neal
3 islands of New Zealand · Aug 1925 – Jan 1926
Marie Catherine Neal in New Zealand, South Island and Dunedin, August 1925 – January 19261,025 specimens · 65 stops · 147 days · 99,863 km
C.H. Lamoureux
7 islands of New Zealand · Nov 1965 – May 1966
C.H. Lamoureux across 7 islands of New Zealand, November 1965 – May 1966485 specimens · 37 stops · 167 days · 26,488 km
M.M. Fleischer
13 islands · Feb – Jun 1903
M.M. Fleischer across 13 islands, February – June 1903411 specimens · 33 stops · 113 days · 52,279 km
Otto Degener
6 islands · Dec 1968 – Feb 1969
Otto Degener across 6 islands, December 1968 – February 1969258 specimens · 29 stops · 52 days · 41,268 km
Isa Degener
6 islands · Dec 1968 – Feb 1969
Isa Degener across 6 islands, December 1968 – February 1969230 specimens · 30 stops · 52 days · 41,268 km
L.A. Doore
5 islands of New Zealand · Jan – Mar 1935
L.A. Doore across 5 islands of New Zealand, January – March 1935159 specimens · 31 stops · 46 days · 5,344 km
P.J. Philson
5 islands of New Zealand · Jan – Mar 1935
P.J. Philson across 5 islands of New Zealand, January – March 1935154 specimens · 29 stops · 46 days · 5,344 km
T.T. Earle
5 islands of New Zealand · Jan – Mar 1935
T.T. Earle across 5 islands of New Zealand, January – March 1935150 specimens · 28 stops · 46 days · 5,344 km
R. Melville
3 islands of New Zealand · Oct 1961 – Jan 1962
R. Melville in North Island, New Zealand and South Island, October 1961 – January 1962137 specimens · 21 stops · 100 days · 40,252 km
A. Meebold
4 islands · Oct – Dec 1929
A. Meebold across 4 islands, October – December 1929163 specimens · 9 stops · 73 days · 9,986 km
H.E. Connor
New Zealand and South Island · Jan – Feb 1962
H.E. Connor in New Zealand and South Island, January – February 1962114 specimens · 13 stops · 57 days · 9,986 km
Gordon Allan Samuelson
5 islands of New Zealand · Sep – Oct 1962
Gordon Allan Samuelson across 5 islands of New Zealand, September – October 196285 specimens · 27 stops · 58 days · 9,986 km
van Zanten
3 islands · Dec 1973 – Feb 1974
van Zanten in North Island, South Island and New Zealand, December 1973 – February 197480 specimens · 26 stops · 62 days · 14,958 km
R. Melville
6 islands of New Zealand · Feb – Mar 1962
R. Melville across 6 islands of New Zealand, February – March 1962124 specimens · 9 stops · 37 days
L.B. Moore
3 islands of New Zealand · 2–15 Nov 1961
L.B. Moore in North Island, New Zealand and South Island, 2–15 November 1961104 specimens · 13 stops · 14 days · 8,015 km
Otto Herman Swezey
4 islands · Apr – Aug 1912
Otto Herman Swezey across 4 islands, April – August 191264 specimens · 22 stops · 124 days · 37,337 km
E.F. Melville
5 islands of New Zealand · Feb – Mar 1962
E.F. Melville across 5 islands of New Zealand, February – March 1962104 specimens · 9 stops · 37 days
Dale H. Vitt
6 islands of New Zealand · Dec 1972 – Jan 1973
Dale H. Vitt across 6 islands of New Zealand, December 1972 – January 197362 specimens · 13 stops · 48 days · 14,958 km
Peter J. Edwards
North Island and New Zealand · 1–30 Mar 1970
Peter J. Edwards in North Island and New Zealand, 1–30 March 197062 specimens · 10 stops · 30 days · 53,824 km
E.J. Godley
4 islands of New Zealand · 6–18 Mar 1962
E.J. Godley across 4 islands of New Zealand, 6–18 March 196260 specimens · 8 stops · 13 days
W.M. Hamilton
3 islands of New Zealand · 5–16 Mar 1962
W.M. Hamilton in Little Barrier, New Zealand and North Island, 5–16 March 196261 specimens · 8 stops · 12 days
L. Visch
3 islands of New Zealand · Dec 1972 – Feb 1973
L. Visch in South Island, New Zealand and North Island, December 1972 – February 197345 specimens · 9 stops · 52 days · 4,993 km
C.H. Lamoureux
South Island and New Zealand · 12–25 Oct 1965
C.H. Lamoureux in South Island and New Zealand, 12–25 October 196565 specimens · 5 stops · 14 days · 18,752 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.