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. 16 journeys so far, 1900 to 1991, 4,951 specimens between them.
10 collectors and expeditions417 days in the field632,703 km between stops857 photographed specimens
Islands
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Journeys with photographed specimens16 journeys match
Johnson Randall
25 islands · Mar – Dec 1968
Johnson Randall across 25 islands, March – December 19681,676 specimens · 99 stops · 261 days · 106,577 km
Hans George Hornbostel
Rota and Guam · Jul – Aug 1925
Hans George Hornbostel in Rota and Guam, July – August 1925626 specimens · 3 stops · 36 days · 33,878 km
Johnson Randall
15 islands of Palau · Mar – May 1970
Johnson Randall across 15 islands of Palau, March – May 1970432 specimens · 21 stops · 54 days · 44,188 km
Johnson Randall
5 islands of Micronesia · Jun – Nov 1969
Johnson Randall across 5 islands of Micronesia, June – November 1969322 specimens · 40 stops · 139 days · 27,973 km
Alvin Seale
3 islands · Mar – Jul 1900
Alvin Seale in Guam, Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, March – July 1900321 specimens · 26 stops · 129 days · 12,804 km
Hans George Hornbostel
Guam · Jun – Jul 1923
Hans George Hornbostel in Guam, June – July 1923296 specimens · 14 stops · 60 days · 221,255 km
A.R. Emery
11 islands of Palau · Mar – Apr 1970
A.R. Emery across 11 islands of Palau, March – April 1970294 specimens · 18 stops · 28 days · 43,958 km
Johnson Randall
8 islands · Jun – Sep 1986
Johnson Randall across 8 islands, June – September 1986167 specimens · 23 stops · 68 days · 75,616 km
Johnson Randall
8 islands · Jul – Sep 1991
Johnson Randall across 8 islands, July – September 1991189 specimens · 17 stops · 61 days · 15,392 km
Johnson Randall
14 islands · Aug – Nov 1966
Johnson Randall across 14 islands, August – November 1966116 specimens · 21 stops · 89 days · 28,513 km
H.T. Kami
Guam · May – Jul 1968
H.T. Kami in Guam, May – July 1968124 specimens · 8 stops · 35 days
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
Philip Helfrich
4 islands · May – Jun 1968
Philip Helfrich across 4 islands, May – June 1968114 specimens · 6 stops · 18 days
Richard L. Pyle
4 islands · May – Jun 1988
Richard L. Pyle across 4 islands, May – June 198852 specimens · 9 stops · 27 days · 22,549 km
A.J. Stark
Guam · 21–30 Jun 1968
A.J. Stark in Guam, 21–30 June 196874 specimens · 5 stops · 10 days
G.E. Fosse
Guam · 21–30 Jun 1968
G.E. Fosse in Guam, 21–30 June 196854 specimens · 4 stops · 10 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.