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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. 23 journeys so far, 1923 to 1986, 18,083 specimens between them.

18 collectors and expeditions936 days in the field280,005 km between stops14,750 photographed specimens

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23 journeys match

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.

85 islands · Nov 1923 – Nov 1924

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. across 85 islands, November 1923 – November 1924

2,392 specimens · 109 stops · 342 days · 30,927 km

Laurence H. MacDaniels

12 islands · Oct 1926 – Jul 1927

Laurence H. MacDaniels across 12 islands, October 1926 – July 1927

2,144 specimens · 105 stops · 274 days · 40,135 km

Lapham Exped

12 islands · Jul – Oct 1938

Lapham Exped, July – October 1938

2,585 specimens · 25 stops · 98 days · 3,171 km

Yoshio KondoKay Kondo

12 islands of Fiji · Jun – Oct 1938

Yoshio KondoKay Kondo across 12 islands of Fiji, June – October 1938

2,255 specimens · 28 stops · 115 days · 15,460 km

Otto Degener

5 islands of Fiji · Nov 1940 – Jul 1941

Otto Degener across 5 islands of Fiji, November 1940 – July 1941

1,263 specimens · 59 stops · 237 days · 15,888 km

Yoshio KondoKay Kondo

22 islands · Jun – Dec 1968

Yoshio KondoKay Kondo across 22 islands, June – December 1968

642 specimens · 45 stops · 180 days · 13,960 km

J.R. Le B. Tomlin Ex Jens M. Ostergaard

3 islands · Jun – Aug 1926

J.R. Le B. Tomlin Ex Jens M. Ostergaard in Viti Levu, Upolu and Tongatapu, June – August 1926

868 specimens · 15 stops · 86 days · 4,546 km

Harold St.John

9 islands · Jun – Nov 1938

Harold St.John across 9 islands, June – November 1938

1,315 specimens · 9 stops · 172 days · 5,917 km

Elwood Curtin Zimmerman

7 islands of Fiji · Jul – Oct 1938

Elwood Curtin Zimmerman across 7 islands of Fiji, July – October 1938

697 specimens · 21 stops · 92 days · 3,794 km

Jan Newhouse

11 islands · Jun – Sep 1952

Jan Newhouse across 11 islands, June – September 1952

713 specimens · 52 stops · 120 days · 10,694 km

Zimmerman Jacob

7 islands · Jul – Oct 1938

Zimmerman Jacob across 7 islands, July – October 1938

669 specimens · 13 stops · 88 days · 1,147 km

Harry S. Ladd

Viti Levu and Vatulele · May – Aug 1928

Harry S. Ladd in Viti Levu and Vatulele, May – August 1928

467 specimens · 22 stops · 105 days · 2,628 km

Harold St.John

7 islands · Apr – Aug 1937

Harold St.John across 7 islands, April – August 1937

459 specimens · 38 stops · 139 days · 68,706 km

Clarence H. Cooke Jr.

3 islands of Fiji · 7–26 Jul 1938

Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Viti Levu, Ovalau and Fiji, 7–26 July 1938

560 specimens · 9 stops · 20 days · 3,777 km

John E. Hoffmeister

Viti Levu · May – Aug 1928

John E. Hoffmeister in Viti Levu, May – August 1928

190 specimens · 15 stops · 96 days

Harold E. Parks

5 islands · May – Jun 1926

Harold E. Parks across 5 islands, May – June 1926

333 specimens · 7 stops · 32 days · 1,859 km

J. Manson Valentine

3 islands of Fiji · Jul 1937 – Jan 1938

J. Manson Valentine in Viti Levu, Taveuni and Ovalau, July 1937 – January 1938

131 specimens · 28 stops · 185 days · 23,764 km

Gerrit Parmele Wilder

7 islands · Jun – Aug 1925

Gerrit Parmele Wilder across 7 islands, June – August 1925

52 specimens · 22 stops · 65 days · 10,586 km

Jacob Zimmerman

Viti Levu · Jul – Aug 1938

Jacob Zimmerman in Viti Levu, July – August 1938

121 specimens · 3 stops · 6 days · 107 km

Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss

7 islands · Jan – Mar 1960

Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss across 7 islands, January – March 1960

57 specimens · 7 stops · 58 days · 16,910 km

Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss

5 islands · Jan – Apr 1986

Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss across 5 islands, January – April 1986

62 specimens · 10 stops · 77 days · 2,638 km

Harry S. Ladd

Viti Levu · Jul – Aug 1926

Harry S. Ladd in Viti Levu, July – August 1926

58 specimens · 3 stops · 12 days · 2,114 km

Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss

3 islands · Feb – Apr 1985

Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss in Guadalcanal, Viti Levu and Ghizo, February – April 1985

50 specimens · 4 stops · 50 days · 1,277 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.