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. 289 journeys so far, 1900 to 2007, 53,295 specimens between them.
145 collectors and expeditions5,202 days in the field1,552,021 km between stops7,939 photographed specimens
289 journeys match
B. Jennions
Fanning Island and Teraina Island · Oct – Nov 1968
B. Jennions in Fanning Island and Teraina Island, October – November 196846 specimens · 4 stops · 11 days
Ralph Bowers
Johnston Atoll · 25–30 Jul 1968
Ralph Bowers in Johnston Atoll, 25–30 July 196858 specimens · 3 stops · 6 days
Mrs. Arthur Smith
KwaZulu-Natal · Jun – Jul 1977
Mrs. Arthur Smith in KwaZulu-Natal, June – July 197741 specimens · 5 stops · 10 days
station
Oʻahu and Molokaʻi · Feb – Mar 1971
station, February – March 197145 specimens · 3 stops · 30 days · 200 km
Randy Kosaki
3 islands · 1–19 Jun 1988
Randy Kosaki in Johnston Atoll, Pohnpei and Oʻahu, 1–19 June 198841 specimens · 4 stops · 19 days · 9,155 km
D.J. Woodland
La Digue · 1–5 Jun 1977
D.J. Woodland in La Digue, 1–5 June 197756 specimens · 3 stops · 5 days
Mike McCoy
Guadalcanal · 7–31 Jul 1973
Mike McCoy in Guadalcanal, 7–31 July 197356 specimens · 2 stops · 25 days
Patrick Colin
Port Moresby and Madang Province · Oct – Nov 1987
Patrick Colin in Port Moresby and Madang Province, October – November 198766 specimens · 2 stops · 7 days · 512 km
Johnson Randall
3 islands of Fiji · 12–24 Mar 2002
Johnson Randall in Nananu-I-Cake Island, Charybdis Reef and Viti Levu, 12–24 March 200241 specimens · 4 stops · 13 days · 1,140 km
T. Yoshino
Okinawa and Ryukyu Islands · 7–14 Sep 1977
T. Yoshino in Okinawa and Ryukyu Islands, 7–14 September 197750 specimens · 3 stops · 8 days
K.S. Merrill
Johnston Atoll · 7–12 Apr 1984
K.S. Merrill in Johnston Atoll, 7–12 April 198444 specimens · 4 stops · 6 days
Alfredo Cea Egaña
Easter Island · 10–15 Feb 1985
Alfredo Cea Egaña in Easter Island, 10–15 February 198564 specimens · 2 stops · 6 days
V Charles H. Gilbert cruise
3 islands · 11–19 Oct 1961
V Charles H. Gilbert cruise, 11–19 October 196147 specimens · 3 stops · 9 days · 184 km
Lisa Boucher
Enewetak Atoll · Sep – Oct 1982
Lisa Boucher in Enewetak Atoll, September – October 198264 specimens · 2 stops · 5 days
Johnson Kimura
Ani-Jima and Chichi-Jima · 21–26 Jul 1991
Johnson Kimura in Ani-Jima and Chichi-Jima, 21–26 July 199141 specimens · 4 stops · 6 days
Alfred Make
3 islands · Feb – Mar 1971
Alfred Make in Marotiri Isles, Rapa Island and Rapa, February – March 197143 specimens · 3 stops · 10 days
Pierre Fourmanoir
New Caledonia · 11–16 Aug 1971
Pierre Fourmanoir in New Caledonia, 11–16 August 197147 specimens · 3 stops · 6 days
A.H. Banner O.R.D.M. Banner
Marakei Atoll · 1–24 Jun 1964
A.H. Banner O.R.D.M. Banner in Marakei Atoll, 1–24 June 196448 specimens · 2 stops · 24 days
R.M. Mike Severns
Manado · 27–31 Oct 1991
R.M. Mike Severns in Manado, 27–31 October 199145 specimens · 3 stops · 5 days
V Townsend Cromwell cruise 52
Oʻahu and Molokaʻi · Feb – Mar 1971
V Townsend Cromwell cruise 52, February – March 197144 specimens · 2 stops · 26 days · 50 km
Local fishermen
Kerala State and India · 1–15 Feb 1980
Local fishermen in Kerala State and India, 1–15 February 198045 specimens · 2 stops · 15 days
Peter J. Vine
Sudan · 11–15 Oct 1974
Peter J. Vine in Sudan, 11–15 October 197450 specimens · 2 stops · 5 days
Alvin Seale
Tahiti and Oʻahu · Nov – Dec 1900
Alvin Seale in Tahiti and Oʻahu, November – December 190041 specimens · 2 stops · 20 days · 4,423 km
Richard L. Pyle
Manado and Maumere Bay · Oct – Nov 1991
Richard L. Pyle in Manado and Maumere Bay, October – November 199145 specimens · 2 stops · 8 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.