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. 28 journeys so far, 1931 to 2010, 9,251 specimens between them.
23 collectors and expeditions720 days in the field382,126 km between stops4,688 photographed specimens
28 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
Masahiko Takamatsu
31 islands · Dec 1935 – Jun 1936
Masahiko Takamatsu across 31 islands, December 1935 – June 19362,083 specimens · 77 stops · 205 days · 15,209 km
R.L. Stemmermann
28 islands · Nov 1977 – Feb 1978
R.L. Stemmermann across 28 islands, November 1977 – February 1978620 specimens · 70 stops · 102 days · 20,526 km
T. Hosokawa
17 islands · Jul – Nov 1933
T. Hosokawa across 17 islands, July – November 1933500 specimens · 50 stops · 137 days · 17,296 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
Sydney Glassman
8 islands · Jun – Sep 1949
Sydney Glassman across 8 islands, June – September 1949524 specimens · 41 stops · 82 days · 1,957 km
Derral R. Herbst
4 islands · May – Jun 1984
Derral R. Herbst across 4 islands, May – June 1984431 specimens · 14 stops · 28 days
H.O. Whittier
21 islands · Jun – Aug 1960
H.O. Whittier across 21 islands, June – August 1960310 specimens · 20 stops · 77 days · 1,577 km
Benjamin C. Stone
22 islands · Feb – Aug 1957
Benjamin C. Stone across 22 islands, February – August 1957301 specimens · 47 stops · 169 days · 33,594 km
Harold St.John
15 islands · Dec 1945 – May 1946
Harold St.John across 15 islands, December 1945 – May 1946194 specimens · 23 stops · 147 days · 16,487 km
Steven Perlman
7 islands · Jan – Apr 2009
Steven Perlman across 7 islands, January – April 2009157 specimens · 25 stops · 94 days · 15,389 km
Kenneth R. Wood
3 islands · Feb – Mar 2009
Kenneth R. Wood in Kosrae, Maui and Pohnpei, February – March 2009132 specimens · 15 stops · 37 days · 9,977 km
W. Law
4 islands · Feb – Apr 2009
W. Law across 4 islands, February – April 2009112 specimens · 14 stops · 44 days · 9,392 km
Clarence C.Y. Wong
8 islands of Micronesia · Jul – Aug 1946
Clarence C.Y. Wong across 8 islands of Micronesia, July – August 1946151 specimens · 7 stops · 50 days · 1,399 km
Mike Gawel
Kosrae · Jul – Sep 1981
Mike Gawel in Kosrae, July – September 1981138 specimens · 12 stops · 67 days
David H. Lorence
Kosrae and Pohnpei · 8–25 Mar 2009
David H. Lorence in Kosrae and Pohnpei, 8–25 March 200993 specimens · 7 stops · 18 days · 3,025 km
R.L. Stemmermann
5 islands · Nov – Dec 1979
R.L. Stemmermann across 5 islands, November – December 197978 specimens · 10 stops · 34 days · 5,655 km
C.J. Cianchini
Kosrae · 15–25 Mar 2009
C.J. Cianchini in Kosrae, 15–25 March 200962 specimens · 7 stops · 11 days · 4,425 km
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
T. Hosokawa
4 islands · Jun – Aug 1938
T. Hosokawa across 4 islands, June – August 193840 specimens · 12 stops · 52 days
David H. Lorence
Kosrae and Pohnpei · 1–20 Dec 1996
David H. Lorence in Kosrae and Pohnpei, 1–20 December 199666 specimens · 7 stops · 20 days · 39,978 km
Timothy Flynn
Kosrae and Pohnpei · 1–20 Dec 1996
Timothy Flynn in Kosrae and Pohnpei, 1–20 December 199665 specimens · 7 stops · 20 days · 39,978 km
Kenneth R. Wood
Kosrae and Kosrae (=Kusaie) · Jan – Feb 2010
Kenneth R. Wood in Kosrae and Kosrae (=Kusaie), January – February 201041 specimens · 8 stops · 11 days · 2,660 km
W. Law
Kosrae and Kosrae (=Kusaie) · Jan – Feb 2010
W. Law in Kosrae and Kosrae (=Kusaie), January – February 201040 specimens · 7 stops · 11 days · 2,660 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.