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
James Bryant
15 islands · Dec 1970 – May 1971
James Bryant across 15 islands, December 1970 – May 1971440 specimens · 31 stops · 149 days · 4,691 km
David Timmins Fullaway
4 islands of the United States · Feb – Mar 1930
David Timmins Fullaway across 4 islands of the United States, February – March 1930477 specimens · 5 stops · 42 days · 259 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
10 islands · May – Jul 1975
Johnson Randall across 10 islands, May – July 1975457 specimens · 30 stops · 79 days · 14,699 km
Johnson Randall
8 islands of the Marshall Islands · Sep – Dec 1982
Johnson Randall across 8 islands of the Marshall Islands, September – December 1982435 specimens · 30 stops · 84 days · 895 km
Rhett M. McNair
15 islands of French Polynesia · Dec 1970 – May 1971
Rhett M. McNair across 15 islands of French Polynesia, December 1970 – May 1971421 specimens · 26 stops · 153 days · 4,423 km
Johnson Randall
15 islands of Israel · Sep – Oct 1974
Johnson Randall across 15 islands of Israel, September – October 1974454 specimens · 30 stops · 42 days
Johnson Randall
14 islands · Jan – Apr 1980
Johnson Randall across 14 islands, January – April 1980346 specimens · 38 stops · 101 days
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
Johnson Randall
13 islands · Feb – Jun 1979
Johnson Randall across 13 islands, February – June 1979344 specimens · 33 stops · 111 days · 11,568 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
Johnson Randall
5 islands · Feb – Mar 1983
Johnson Randall across 5 islands, February – March 1983426 specimens · 24 stops · 37 days
Ted E. should Be D. Dranga
3 islands · May – Jul 1925
Ted E. should Be D. Dranga in Maui, Kahoʻolawe and Pearl and Hermes Atoll, May – July 1925281 specimens · 9 stops · 53 days · 270 km
Hans George Hornbostel
Guam · Jun – Jul 1923
Hans George Hornbostel in Guam, June – July 1923296 specimens · 14 stops · 60 days · 221,255 km
John L. Earle
18 islands · Sep – Dec 1993
John L. Earle across 18 islands, September – December 1993336 specimens · 27 stops · 81 days · 26,222 km
Johnson Randall
9 islands · Jul – Oct 1967
Johnson Randall across 9 islands, July – October 1967303 specimens · 29 stops · 95 days · 2,620 km
Johnson Randall
4 islands · Jan – Mar 1984
Johnson Randall across 4 islands, January – March 1984376 specimens · 20 stops · 38 days
Alastair M. Adamson
Tahiti and Moorea · Oct – Dec 1928
Alastair M. Adamson in Tahiti and Moorea, October – December 1928203 specimens · 15 stops · 49 days · 153 km
station
16 islands · Jul – Dec 1955
station, July – December 1955196 specimens · 82 stops · 144 days · 48,394 km
Johnson Randall
7 islands of Israel · Sep – Nov 1975
Johnson Randall across 7 islands of Israel, September – November 1975284 specimens · 25 stops · 39 days
Gerald R. Allen
5 islands · Jan – May 1969
Gerald R. Allen across 5 islands, January – May 1969248 specimens · 25 stops · 109 days · 10,864 km
Stanley Ball
7 islands · Nov 1924 – Jan 1925
Stanley Ball across 7 islands, November 1924 – January 1925174 specimens · 14 stops · 43 days · 3,291 km
station
4 islands of the United States · Mar – May 1968
station, March – May 1968346 specimens · 11 stops · 41 days · 932 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.