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. 19 journeys so far, 1923 to 2006, 7,632 specimens between them.
15 collectors and expeditions536 days in the field547,746 km between stops2,302 photographed specimens
19 journeys match
F. Raymond Fosberg
56 islands · Apr – Nov 1946
F. Raymond Fosberg across 56 islands, April – November 19462,439 specimens · 102 stops · 209 days · 105,682 km
Johnson Randall
25 islands · Mar – Dec 1968
Johnson Randall across 25 islands, March – December 19681,676 specimens · 99 stops · 261 days · 106,577 km
Ditlev Due Thaanum
10 islands of the United States · May – Aug 1923
Ditlev Due Thaanum across 10 islands of the United States, May – August 1923918 specimens · 15 stops · 96 days · 11,766 km
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
6 islands of the United States · May – Sep 1923
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. across 6 islands of the United States, May – September 1923837 specimens · 23 stops · 122 days · 69,538 km
Maxwell S. Doty
11 islands · Sep 1953 – Aug 1954
Maxwell S. Doty across 11 islands, September 1953 – August 1954309 specimens · 40 stops · 315 days · 78,333 km
Johnson Randall
5 islands of Micronesia · Jun – Nov 1969
Johnson Randall across 5 islands of Micronesia, June – November 1969322 specimens · 40 stops · 139 days · 27,973 km
P.S. Vroom
7 islands of the U.S. Outlying Islands · 18–31 Jan 2006
P.S. Vroom across 7 islands of the U.S. Outlying Islands, 18–31 January 2006289 specimens · 5 stops · 14 days · 2,146 km
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
5 islands of the Marshall Islands · Jul – Aug 1944
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. across 5 islands of the Marshall Islands, July – August 194496 specimens · 21 stops · 32 days · 35,937 km
station
17 islands · Aug – Dec 1956
station, August – December 195676 specimens · 33 stops · 130 days · 25,742 km
Tanager Expedition
3 islands · Jul – Aug 1923
Tanager Expedition, July – August 1923160 specimens · 5 stops · 35 days · 20,287 km
J.B. Pollock
6 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 1923
J.B. Pollock across 6 islands of the United States, July – August 192378 specimens · 10 stops · 35 days · 23,475 km
Tanager Expedition
10 islands of the United States · Apr – Jun 1923
Tanager Expedition, April – June 192360 specimens · 8 stops · 62 days · 2,174 km
Grace Burgess Grace Burgess
Johnston Atoll · Jan – Mar 1964
Grace Burgess Grace Burgess in Johnston Atoll, January – March 196445 specimens · 17 stops · 68 days · 5,031 km
A.H. Banner O.R.D.M. Banner
Johnston Atoll and Oʻahu · Jul – Aug 1968
A.H. Banner O.R.D.M. Banner in Johnston Atoll and Oʻahu, July – August 196872 specimens · 6 stops · 18 days · 1,381 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
Johnson Randall
Johnston Atoll · 6–12 Apr 1984
Johnson Randall in Johnston Atoll, 6–12 April 198460 specimens · 7 stops · 7 days
Ralph Bowers
Johnston Atoll · 25–30 Jul 1968
Ralph Bowers in Johnston Atoll, 25–30 July 196858 specimens · 3 stops · 6 days
Randy Kosaki
3 islands · 1–19 Jun 1988
Randy Kosaki in Johnston Atoll, Pohnpei and Oʻahu, 1–19 June 198841 specimens · 4 stops · 19 days · 9,155 km
K.S. Merrill
Johnston Atoll · 7–12 Apr 1984
K.S. Merrill in Johnston Atoll, 7–12 April 198444 specimens · 4 stops · 6 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.