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. 19 journeys so far, 1950 to 1998, 2,735 specimens between them.
10 collectors and expeditions361 days in the field149,842 km between stops
19 journeys match
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
station
4 islands of the United States · Mar – May 1968
station, March – May 1968346 specimens · 11 stops · 41 days · 932 km
John L. Earle
7 islands · Jul – Sep 1991
John L. Earle across 7 islands, July – September 1991180 specimens · 19 stops · 78 days · 2,979 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
Johnson Randall
Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Oct 1970
Johnson Randall in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, July – October 1970117 specimens · 19 stops · 83 days · 459 km
station
3 islands of the United States · Jun – Sep 1967
station, June – September 1967116 specimens · 11 stops · 90 days · 907 km
V Townsend Cromwell cruise 35
3 islands of the United States · Mar – Apr 1968
V Townsend Cromwell cruise 35, March – April 1968165 specimens · 7 stops · 13 days · 583 km
V Townsend Cromwell cruise 32
3 islands of the United States · Jul – Sep 1967
V Townsend Cromwell cruise 32, July – September 1967114 specimens · 10 stops · 74 days · 738 km
station
3 islands of the United States · Oct – Nov 1967
station, October – November 196795 specimens · 10 stops · 20 days · 397 km
V Townsend Cromwell cruise 33
3 islands of the United States · Oct – Nov 1967
V Townsend Cromwell cruise 33, October – November 196795 specimens · 10 stops · 20 days · 397 km
Ronald A. Englund
Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · Feb – Jun 1998
Ronald A. Englund in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, February – June 199848 specimens · 21 stops · 119 days · 459 km
V Townsend Cromwell cruise 61
4 islands of the United States · Oct – Nov 1972
V Townsend Cromwell cruise 61, October – November 197278 specimens · 9 stops · 25 days · 700 km
station
4 islands of the United States · Oct – Nov 1972
station, October – November 197278 specimens · 9 stops · 25 days · 700 km
W.A. Gosline
7 islands · May – Jul 1950
W.A. Gosline across 7 islands, May – July 195066 specimens · 8 stops · 60 days · 6,000 km
Johnson Randall
Enewetak Atoll and Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Aug 1983
Johnson Randall in Enewetak Atoll and Hawaiʻi Island, July – August 198367 specimens · 9 stops · 35 days · 4,844 km
Paul Allen
3 islands · May – Aug 1973
Paul Allen in Enewetak Atoll, Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, May – August 197347 specimens · 12 stops · 94 days · 4,973 km
W.A. Gosline
Wake Island and Hawaiʻi Island · 7–19 Jun 1953
W.A. Gosline in Wake Island and Hawaiʻi Island, 7–19 June 195364 specimens · 6 stops · 13 days · 8,708 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.