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. 32 journeys so far, 1928 to 2022, 17,377 specimens between them.
28 collectors and expeditions615 days in the field148,520 km between stops17,060 photographed specimens
32 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
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo
23 islands · May – Dec 1949
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo across 23 islands, May – December 19492,551 specimens · 57 stops · 218 days · 71,593 km
H.A. Miller
26 islands · Jun – Aug 1960
H.A. Miller across 26 islands, June – August 1960410 specimens · 37 stops · 90 days · 20,099 km
other Native
Babeldaob and Peleliu Island · Apr – May 1936
other Native in Babeldaob and Peleliu Island, April – May 1936463 specimens · 9 stops · 34 days · 102 km
Steven Perlman
9 islands · Sep – Dec 2008
Steven Perlman across 9 islands, September – December 2008122 specimens · 20 stops · 81 days · 10,371 km
Henry E. Crampton
7 islands · Jun – Jul 1928
Henry E. Crampton across 7 islands, June – July 1928198 specimens · 8 stops · 18 days · 1,618 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
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
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
M. McArthur
8 islands · Jun – Jul 2022
M. McArthur across 8 islands, June – July 2022108 specimens · 13 stops · 17 days
Steven Perlman
10 islands · Dec 2007 – Feb 2008
Steven Perlman across 10 islands, December 2007 – February 200883 specimens · 18 stops · 53 days · 7,666 km
Timothy Flynn
8 islands · Jun – Jul 2022
Timothy Flynn across 8 islands, June – July 2022102 specimens · 12 stops · 18 days
U. Nagendra
8 islands · Jun – Jul 2022
U. Nagendra across 8 islands, June – July 202286 specimens · 12 stops · 18 days
E. Gardner
8 islands · Jun – Jul 2022
E. Gardner across 8 islands, June – July 202285 specimens · 11 stops · 15 days
David H. Lorence
8 islands · Jun – Jul 2022
David H. Lorence across 8 islands, June – July 202286 specimens · 9 stops · 17 days
H.A. Miller
5 islands · May – Jun 1965
H.A. Miller across 5 islands, May – June 196595 specimens · 5 stops · 20 days · 2,591 km
W. Law
10 islands · Jan – Feb 2008
W. Law across 10 islands, January – February 200876 specimens · 9 stops · 24 days · 139 km
C. Costion
6 islands · Nov – Dec 2011
C. Costion across 6 islands, November – December 201150 specimens · 12 stops · 33 days · 41 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
S.J. Schou
6 islands · Jun – Jul 2022
S.J. Schou across 6 islands, June – July 202260 specimens · 9 stops · 14 days
Kenneth R. Wood
7 islands of Palau · Jun – Jul 2022
Kenneth R. Wood across 7 islands of Palau, June – July 202255 specimens · 10 stops · 18 days
C.B. Lewis
6 islands · Sep – Oct 2008
C.B. Lewis across 6 islands, September – October 200854 specimens · 9 stops · 12 days · 2,618 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.