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. 8 journeys so far, 1935 to 2008, 12,302 specimens between them.
8 collectors and expeditions255 days in the field28,757 km between stops12,280 photographed specimens
8 journeys match
Micronesian Expedition
26 islands · Dec 1935 – May 1936
Micronesian Expedition, December 1935 – May 19367,994 specimens · 35 stops · 178 days · 15,409 km
S. Ito
19 islands of the United States · Dec 1935 – May 1936
S. Ito across 19 islands of the United States, December 1935 – May 19363,668 specimens · 32 stops · 178 days · 11,506 km
R. Tucker Abbott
8 islands · Jul – Aug 1955
R. Tucker Abbott across 8 islands, July – August 1955131 specimens · 12 stops · 52 days · 290 km
A.J. Ostheimer III
8 islands · Jul – Aug 1955
A.J. Ostheimer III across 8 islands, July – August 1955131 specimens · 12 stops · 52 days · 290 km
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Academy Of Natural Sciences
8 islands · Jul – Aug 1955
Academy Of Natural Sciences across 8 islands, July – August 1955131 specimens · 12 stops · 52 days · 290 km
Acad. Of Nat. Sci. Philadelphia
8 islands · Jul – Aug 1955
Acad. Of Nat. Sci. Philadelphia across 8 islands, July – August 1955131 specimens · 12 stops · 52 days · 290 km
David H. Lorence
17 islands · Mar – Apr 2008
David H. Lorence across 17 islands, March – April 200872 specimens · 9 stops · 13 days · 682 km
Jim Space
9 islands · Mar – Apr 2008
Jim Space across 9 islands, March – April 200844 specimens · 6 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.