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. 7 journeys so far, 1950 to 1991, 839 specimens between them.
7 collectors and expeditions177 days in the field87,883 km between stops
7 journeys match
station
16 islands · Jul – Dec 1955
station, July – December 1955196 specimens · 82 stops · 144 days · 48,394 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
V Hugh M. Smith cruise 30
9 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 1955
V Hugh M. Smith cruise 30, July – August 195599 specimens · 35 stops · 43 days · 13,037 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
Richard L. Pyle
Midway Atoll and Oʻahu · Sep – Oct 1991
Richard L. Pyle in Midway Atoll and Oʻahu, September – October 199147 specimens · 6 stops · 31 days · 2,081 km
Therese Hayes
Midway Atoll · 12–18 Sep 1991
Therese Hayes in Midway Atoll, 12–18 September 199162 specimens · 4 stops · 7 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.