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
Johnson Randall
13 islands of Oman · Apr – May 1990
Johnson Randall across 13 islands of Oman, April – May 1990111 specimens · 10 stops · 21 days · 1,135 km
Johnson Randall
Easter Island and Bonaire · 4–22 Feb 1985
Johnson Randall in Easter Island and Bonaire, 4–22 February 1985112 specimens · 10 stops · 19 days
J.P. McVey
3 islands · Oct – Nov 1968
J.P. McVey in Fanning Island, Palmyra Atoll and Teraina Island, October – November 1968121 specimens · 8 stops · 20 days
Johnson Randall
10 islands of Egypt · Jul – Aug 1976
Johnson Randall across 10 islands of Egypt, July – August 197680 specimens · 19 stops · 44 days
Paul J. Struhsaker
3 islands of the United States · Nov – Dec 1968
Paul J. Struhsaker in Oʻahu, Molokaʻi and Maui, November – December 1968105 specimens · 9 stops · 41 days · 573 km
V Townsend Cromwell cruise 36
Oʻahu and Molokaʻi · Apr – May 1968
V Townsend Cromwell cruise 36, April – May 1968181 specimens · 4 stops · 10 days · 280 km
Linda J. McCarthy
3 islands of Iceland · Sep – Oct 1985
Linda J. McCarthy in Jana Island, Half Moon Bay and Manifa, September – October 1985135 specimens · 5 stops · 33 days
Johnson Randall
6 islands · 1–15 Jun 1972
Johnson Randall across 6 islands, 1–15 June 1972112 specimens · 10 stops · 15 days
Lewis W. Bell
Enewetak Atoll and Kwajalein Atoll · Sep – Oct 1982
Lewis W. Bell in Enewetak Atoll and Kwajalein Atoll, September – October 1982166 specimens · 4 stops · 15 days · 895 km
Ted E. should Be D. Dranga
3 islands · 1–6 Apr 1927
Ted E. should Be D. Dranga in Pearl and Hermes Atoll, Nihoa and Maui, 1–6 April 1927147 specimens · 2 stops · 6 days · 1,490 km
Brian D. Greene
Kiritimati Atoll and Kiritimati Atoll (Christmas Island) · 19–29 Jul 2005
Brian D. Greene in Kiritimati Atoll and Kiritimati Atoll (Christmas Island), 19–29 July 2005131 specimens · 7 stops · 11 days · 193 km
Mrs. Arthur Smith
3 islands · Oct – Nov 1973
Mrs. Arthur Smith in Mauritius, RéUnion and Mozambique, October – November 197394 specimens · 10 stops · 37 days
Roger C. Steene
3 islands · 8–20 Aug 1973
Roger C. Steene in Madang Province, Port Moresby and New Britain, 8–20 August 1973108 specimens · 10 stops · 13 days · 1,009 km
Brock E. Stanaland
3 islands of Iceland · 4–17 Sep 1985
Brock E. Stanaland in Jana Island, Half Moon Bay and Persian Gulf, 4–17 September 1985139 specimens · 5 stops · 14 days
Johnson Randall
Easter Island and Tahiti · Jan – Feb 1986
Johnson Randall in Easter Island and Tahiti, January – February 198690 specimens · 12 stops · 21 days
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
station
3 islands of the United States · Oct – Nov 1967
station, October – November 196795 specimens · 10 stops · 20 days · 397 km
Gerald R. Allen
Enewetak Atoll · Nov – Dec 1968
Gerald R. Allen in Enewetak Atoll, November – December 1968106 specimens · 7 stops · 25 days
Gerald R. Allen
4 islands of the United States · May – Aug 1967
Gerald R. Allen across 4 islands of the United States, May – August 196776 specimens · 11 stops · 84 days · 1,310 km
Stanley Ball
5 islands of the United States · Mar – May 1923
Stanley Ball across 5 islands of the United States, March – May 192372 specimens · 12 stops · 60 days · 3,896 km
Johnson Randall
6 islands of Saudi Arabia · May – Jun 1992
Johnson Randall across 6 islands of Saudi Arabia, May – June 199289 specimens · 10 stops · 28 days · 84 km
Johnson Randall
9 islands · Apr – May 1997
Johnson Randall across 9 islands, April – May 199795 specimens · 8 stops · 33 days · 8,635 km
J.K.L. Mee
8 islands of Oman · Apr – May 1990
J.K.L. Mee across 8 islands of Oman, April – May 199096 specimens · 9 stops · 21 days · 1,074 km
Dennis M. Devaney
16 islands · Sep – Oct 1967
Dennis M. Devaney across 16 islands, September – October 196750 specimens · 18 stops · 56 days · 7,816 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.