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. 40 journeys so far, 1929 to 2008, 16,185 specimens between them.
31 collectors and expeditions1,104 days in the field712,700 km between stops8,608 photographed specimens
40 journeys match
David H. Lorence
17 islands · Mar – Apr 2008
David H. Lorence across 17 islands, March – April 200872 specimens · 9 stops · 13 days · 682 km
A.F. Rinehart
Babeldaob Island · Mar – Apr 1996
A.F. Rinehart in Babeldaob Island, March – April 199688 specimens · 9 stops · 9 days
F. Raymond Fosberg
7 islands · 8–24 Nov 1968
F. Raymond Fosberg across 7 islands, 8–24 November 196877 specimens · 9 stops · 17 days · 40,884 km
L. Raulerson
Babeldaob Island and Babeldaob · Mar – Apr 1996
L. Raulerson in Babeldaob Island and Babeldaob, March – April 199673 specimens · 9 stops · 15 days
Clay Trauernicht
7 islands · Jan – Feb 2008
Clay Trauernicht across 7 islands, January – February 200845 specimens · 10 stops · 18 days · 94 km
David H. Lorence
9 islands · 15–26 Jan 2008
David H. Lorence across 9 islands, 15–26 January 200874 specimens · 6 stops · 12 days · 213 km
Marie Catherine Neal
Kauaʻi and Babeldaob Island · 7–21 Aug 1936
Marie Catherine Neal in Kauaʻi and Babeldaob Island, 7–21 August 193651 specimens · 7 stops · 15 days
M.V.C. Falanruw
Babeldaob Island and Babeldaob (=Babelthuap) · Mar – Apr 1996
M.V.C. Falanruw in Babeldaob Island and Babeldaob (=Babelthuap), March – April 199666 specimens · 9 stops · 9 days
Diane Ragone
15 islands · Jun – Aug 1987
Diane Ragone across 15 islands, June – August 198746 specimens · 19 stops · 77 days · 29,774 km
Joan E. Canfield
8 islands of Palau · Dec 1977 – Mar 1978
Joan E. Canfield across 8 islands of Palau, December 1977 – March 197847 specimens · 11 stops · 80 days · 21,364 km
Jim Space
9 islands · Mar – Apr 2008
Jim Space across 9 islands, March – April 200844 specimens · 6 stops · 8 days
A.W.C.T. Herre
5 islands · Oct – Nov 1933
A.W.C.T. Herre across 5 islands, October – November 193351 specimens · 6 stops · 19 days
S. Slappy
Babeldaob Island and Babeldaob · Mar – Apr 1996
S. Slappy in Babeldaob Island and Babeldaob, March – April 199658 specimens · 7 stops · 8 days
Y. Singeo
Babeldaob Island and Babeldaob · Mar – Apr 1996
Y. Singeo in Babeldaob Island and Babeldaob, March – April 199651 specimens · 8 stops · 8 days
B.M. Waterhouse
7 islands of Palau · 4–19 Dec 2002
B.M. Waterhouse across 7 islands of Palau, 4–19 December 200250 specimens · 6 stops · 16 days · 19,441 km
S. Victor
Babeldaob Island · Mar – Apr 1996
S. Victor in Babeldaob Island, March – April 199655 specimens · 7 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.