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
R.S. Jones
Guam and Ulithi Atoll · May – Jun 1968
R.S. Jones in Guam and Ulithi Atoll, May – June 196894 specimens · 8 stops · 34 days
Johnson Randall
12 islands of Indonesia · Oct – Nov 1990
Johnson Randall across 12 islands of Indonesia, October – November 199076 specimens · 15 stops · 28 days · 1,705 km
Patrick Colin
Enewetak Atoll · Sep – Oct 1982
Patrick Colin in Enewetak Atoll, September – October 1982126 specimens · 5 stops · 16 days
Philip Helfrich
4 islands · May – Jun 1968
Philip Helfrich across 4 islands, May – June 1968114 specimens · 6 stops · 18 days
Johnson Randall
4 islands of Australia · 18–31 Jan 1987
Johnson Randall across 4 islands of Australia, 18–31 January 198795 specimens · 10 stops · 14 days · 682 km
Helen A. Randall
4 islands · Apr – Jun 1977
Helen A. Randall across 4 islands, April – June 197795 specimens · 6 stops · 63 days
A. Bradley Tarr
4 islands of Saudi Arabia · May – Jun 1984
A. Bradley Tarr across 4 islands of Saudi Arabia, May – June 198496 specimens · 8 stops · 22 days
Richard L. Pyle
5 islands · May – Jun 1992
Richard L. Pyle across 5 islands, May – June 199291 specimens · 11 stops · 13 days
K. Rama Rao
3 islands · Feb – Mar 1975
K. Rama Rao in Madras, India and Tuticorin, February – March 1975104 specimens · 8 stops · 12 days
Johnson Randall
New Caledonia and Uvea Island · 2–16 Jan 1979
Johnson Randall in New Caledonia and Uvea Island, 2–16 January 197988 specimens · 10 stops · 15 days
A. Bradley Tarr
3 islands of Iceland · 6–13 Sep 1985
A. Bradley Tarr in Jana Island, Jurayd Island and Persian Gulf, 6–13 September 1985143 specimens · 4 stops · 8 days
John L. Earle
6 islands of Papua New Guinea · Nov – Dec 1995
John L. Earle across 6 islands of Papua New Guinea, November – December 199589 specimens · 7 stops · 37 days · 6,860 km
J. Howard Choat
3 islands · 10–22 Jan 1973
J. Howard Choat in One Tree, Heron Island and Wistari Reef, 10–22 January 197392 specimens · 9 stops · 13 days
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss
5 islands · Jan – Apr 1986
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss across 5 islands, January – April 198662 specimens · 10 stops · 77 days · 2,638 km
B.A. Baker
Easter Island and Tahiti · Jan – Feb 1969
B.A. Baker in Easter Island and Tahiti, January – February 196993 specimens · 6 stops · 33 days
V Hugh M. Smith cruise 35
12 islands · Aug – Sep 1956
V Hugh M. Smith cruise 35, August – September 195650 specimens · 25 stops · 60 days · 13,190 km
Stanley Ball
Oʻahu · Oct 1925 – Feb 1926
Stanley Ball in Oʻahu, October 1925 – February 192643 specimens · 21 stops · 123 days
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
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4 islands of the United States · Oct – Nov 1972
station, October – November 197278 specimens · 9 stops · 25 days · 700 km
Roger C. Steene
4 islands · Feb – Mar 1979
Roger C. Steene across 4 islands, February – March 197991 specimens · 6 stops · 24 days
Lucius G. Eldredge III
Taiwan · 3–13 Jul 1978
Lucius G. Eldredge III in Taiwan, 3–13 July 1978108 specimens · 5 stops · 11 days
Helen A. Randall
3 islands · Apr – May 1971
Helen A. Randall in Nukuhiva, Hivaoa and Rangiroa Atoll, April – May 197188 specimens · 5 stops · 49 days · 1,045 km
G.S. Haywood
3 islands · Apr – May 1971
G.S. Haywood in Uapou, Hivaoa and Nukuhiva, April – May 197189 specimens · 6 stops · 21 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.