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. 71 journeys so far, 1900 to 2012, 29,024 specimens between them.
44 collectors and expeditions2,089 days in the field2,892,976 km between stops13,231 photographed specimens
71 journeys match
Benjamin C. Stone
Guam and Rota · Feb – Jun 1964
Benjamin C. Stone in Guam and Rota, February – June 196451 specimens · 18 stops · 129 days
F. Raymond Fosberg
4 islands · Dec 1957 – Jan 1958
F. Raymond Fosberg across 4 islands, December 1957 – January 195861 specimens · 17 stops · 32 days · 36,429 km
H.T. Kami
Guam · May – Jul 1968
H.T. Kami in Guam, May – July 1968124 specimens · 8 stops · 35 days
James A. Kwon
Rota and Guam · Jul – Aug 2012
James A. Kwon in Rota and Guam, July – August 201263 specimens · 10 stops · 10 days · 16,939 km
C.L. Harrington
Rota and Guam · Jul – Aug 2012
C.L. Harrington in Rota and Guam, July – August 201263 specimens · 10 stops · 10 days · 16,939 km
Ann Marie Gawel
Rota and Guam · Jul – Aug 2012
Ann Marie Gawel in Rota and Guam, July – August 201263 specimens · 10 stops · 10 days · 16,939 km
F. Raymond Fosberg
7 islands · May – Jun 1985
F. Raymond Fosberg across 7 islands, May – June 198565 specimens · 10 stops · 35 days · 36,228 km
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
B.M. Waterhouse
9 islands · Mar – Apr 2000
B.M. Waterhouse across 9 islands, March – April 200079 specimens · 8 stops · 14 days · 2,751 km
Philip Helfrich
4 islands · May – Jun 1968
Philip Helfrich across 4 islands, May – June 1968114 specimens · 6 stops · 18 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
P.H. Moore
3 islands · 1–12 Nov 1978
P.H. Moore in Rota, Guam and Pohnpei, 1–12 November 197875 specimens · 8 stops · 12 days · 50,817 km
M.-H Sachet
4 islands · May – Jun 1973
M.-H Sachet across 4 islands, May – June 197364 specimens · 13 stops · 17 days · 51,159 km
M.V.C. Falanruw
3 islands of Micronesia · Jun – Aug 1968
M.V.C. Falanruw in Guam, Pohnpei and Garim Islet, June – August 196842 specimens · 16 stops · 86 days · 17,281 km
P. Nelson
Guam · Mar – Apr 1918
P. Nelson in Guam, March – April 191849 specimens · 10 stops · 52 days
Diane Ragone
15 islands · Jun – Aug 1987
Diane Ragone across 15 islands, June – August 198746 specimens · 19 stops · 77 days · 29,774 km
C. Squair
Saipan and Guam · 5–21 Jun 2006
C. Squair in Saipan and Guam, 5–21 June 2006149 specimens · 2 stops · 17 days · 7,466 km
W. Teraoka
Guam and Yap · Mar – Apr 1981
W. Teraoka in Guam and Yap, March – April 198147 specimens · 8 stops · 19 days · 17,396 km
Richard L. Pyle
4 islands · May – Jun 1988
Richard L. Pyle across 4 islands, May – June 198852 specimens · 9 stops · 27 days · 22,549 km
A.J. Stark
Guam · 21–30 Jun 1968
A.J. Stark in Guam, 21–30 June 196874 specimens · 5 stops · 10 days
Y. Sagawa
Guam and Yap · Mar – Apr 1981
Y. Sagawa in Guam and Yap, March – April 198144 specimens · 8 stops · 19 days · 17,396 km
A. Palmer
Guam and Saipan · 5–21 Jun 2006
A. Palmer in Guam and Saipan, 5–21 June 200691 specimens · 2 stops · 17 days · 7,466 km
G.E. Fosse
Guam · 21–30 Jun 1968
G.E. Fosse in Guam, 21–30 June 196854 specimens · 4 stops · 10 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.