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, 1929 to 2009, 17,688 specimens between them.
41 collectors and expeditions1,500 days in the field1,210,231 km between stops9,232 photographed specimens
59 journeys match
Diane Ragone
15 islands · Jun – Aug 1987
Diane Ragone across 15 islands, June – August 198746 specimens · 19 stops · 77 days · 29,774 km
Timothy Flynn
Kosrae and Pohnpei · 1–20 Dec 1996
Timothy Flynn in Kosrae and Pohnpei, 1–20 December 199665 specimens · 7 stops · 20 days · 39,978 km
David H. Lorence
Kosrae and Pohnpei · 1–20 Dec 1996
David H. Lorence in Kosrae and Pohnpei, 1–20 December 199666 specimens · 7 stops · 20 days · 39,978 km
B. Ekiek
Pohnpei · Nov – Dec 2002
B. Ekiek in Pohnpei, November – December 200255 specimens · 6 stops · 42 days · 303 km
A.E. Haun
Pohnpei and Ponape Island · Nov – Dec 1979
A.E. Haun in Pohnpei and Ponape Island, November – December 197958 specimens · 5 stops · 9 days
W. Law
Pohnpei · Apr – May 2007
W. Law in Pohnpei, April – May 200756 specimens · 4 stops · 16 days · 386 km
Emos Eperiam
Pohnpei · Apr – May 2007
Emos Eperiam in Pohnpei, April – May 200755 specimens · 4 stops · 16 days · 386 km
M.J. Balick
4 islands of Micronesia · 5–17 Aug 2002
M.J. Balick across 4 islands of Micronesia, 5–17 August 200261 specimens · 3 stops · 13 days · 117 km
R. Kanehira
6 islands · Jun – Jul 1931
R. Kanehira across 6 islands, June – July 193153 specimens · 2 stops · 8 days
Diane Ragone
Kosrae and Pohnpei · 2–20 Dec 1996
Diane Ragone in Kosrae and Pohnpei, 2–20 December 199640 specimens · 4 stops · 19 days · 1,228 km
Reilo Langsi
Pohnpei · Apr – May 2007
Reilo Langsi in Pohnpei, April – May 200746 specimens · 2 stops · 16 days · 21 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.