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. 48 journeys so far, 1903 to 2016, 13,011 specimens between them.
31 collectors and expeditions1,348 days in the field278,240 km between stops8,324 photographed specimens
48 journeys match
M.H.S. MacKee
7 islands · Oct – Nov 1968
M.H.S. MacKee across 7 islands, October – November 1968120 specimens · 11 stops · 29 days · 80 km
Kenneth R. Wood
Savaii and Upolu · 2–30 Jun 2016
Kenneth R. Wood in Savaii and Upolu, 2–30 June 2016132 specimens · 15 stops · 29 days · 80 km
Erling Christophersen
3 islands · Dec 1931 – Feb 1932
Erling Christophersen in Tutuila, Oʻahu and Upolu, December 1931 – February 1932148 specimens · 8 stops · 47 days · 8,662 km
M. Tabua
Savaii and Upolu · 2–30 Jun 2016
M. Tabua in Savaii and Upolu, 2–30 June 2016133 specimens · 15 stops · 29 days · 80 km
Otto Herman Swezey
6 islands · Jul – Sep 1923
Otto Herman Swezey across 6 islands, July – September 192395 specimens · 15 stops · 64 days · 824 km
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss
13 islands · Dec 1976 – Apr 1977
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss across 13 islands, December 1976 – April 197788 specimens · 27 stops · 104 days · 15,072 km
F. Enoka
Savaii and Upolu · 2–30 Jun 2016
F. Enoka in Savaii and Upolu, 2–30 June 2016102 specimens · 11 stops · 29 days · 80 km
G.J. Spence
6 islands · Jan – Mar 1977
G.J. Spence across 6 islands, January – March 197788 specimens · 14 stops · 63 days · 10,053 km
W. Teraoka
3 islands · May – Aug 1980
W. Teraoka in Oʻahu, Savaii and Upolu, May – August 198066 specimens · 17 stops · 85 days · 4,343 km
L.D. Whiteaker
3 islands · May – Aug 1980
L.D. Whiteaker in Oʻahu, Savaii and Upolu, May – August 198062 specimens · 16 stops · 82 days · 4,343 km
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Gerrit Parmele Wilder
7 islands · Jun – Aug 1925
Gerrit Parmele Wilder across 7 islands, June – August 192552 specimens · 22 stops · 65 days · 10,586 km
W.A. Whistler
Upolu and Savaii · 2–27 Jun 2016
W.A. Whistler in Upolu and Savaii, 2–27 June 201674 specimens · 10 stops · 26 days · 80 km
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss
7 islands · Nov 1977 – Feb 1978
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss across 7 islands, November 1977 – February 197861 specimens · 19 stops · 80 days · 5,557 km
H. Uchiyama
Upolu and Tutuila · Aug – Sep 1999
H. Uchiyama in Upolu and Tutuila, August – September 199982 specimens · 7 stops · 18 days · 137 km
A.W. Wisner
Tutuila and Upolu · Jan – Feb 1959
A.W. Wisner in Tutuila and Upolu, January – February 195961 specimens · 8 stops · 50 days
W.A. Whistler
Upolu · Dec 1974 – Jan 1975
W.A. Whistler in Upolu, December 1974 – January 197561 specimens · 9 stops · 17 days
H. Kennedy
3 islands · Aug – Sep 1979
H. Kennedy in Tahiti, Hawaiʻi Island and Upolu, August – September 197942 specimens · 11 stops · 33 days · 6,642 km
W.A. Whistler
5 islands · Dec 1975 – Jan 1976
W.A. Whistler across 5 islands, December 1975 – January 197643 specimens · 13 stops · 21 days · 509 km
M. Uili
Upolu and Savaii · 2–28 Jun 2016
M. Uili in Upolu and Savaii, 2–28 June 201644 specimens · 6 stops · 27 days · 80 km
M.-H Sachet
4 islands · Jun – Jul 1976
M.-H Sachet across 4 islands, June – July 197646 specimens · 8 stops · 28 days · 2,621 km
W.A. Whistler
6 islands · Apr – May 1979
W.A. Whistler across 6 islands, April – May 197941 specimens · 8 stops · 11 days · 80 km
Timothy Flynn
3 islands · Oct – Nov 1989
Timothy Flynn in Upolu, Savaii and Maui, October – November 198943 specimens · 7 stops · 13 days · 4,300 km
Erling Christophersen
Tutuila and Upolu · 24–29 Jun 1931
Erling Christophersen in Tutuila and Upolu, 24–29 June 193153 specimens · 3 stops · 6 days · 145 km
T. Foliga
Upolu and Savaii · 2–15 Jun 2016
T. Foliga in Upolu and Savaii, 2–15 June 201641 specimens · 5 stops · 14 days · 80 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.