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. 34 journeys so far, 1902 to 2002, 9,988 specimens between them.
29 collectors and expeditions712 days in the field121,047 km between stops6,950 photographed specimens
34 journeys match
David Timmins Fullaway
Laysan · 1–27 Apr 1923
David Timmins Fullaway in Laysan, 1–27 April 1923142 specimens · 6 stops · 27 days
John W. Beardsley
Laysan and Nihoa · Jun – Jul 1962
John W. Beardsley in Laysan and Nihoa, June – July 1962105 specimens · 6 stops · 31 days · 1,046 km
Stanley Ball
5 islands of the United States · Mar – May 1923
Stanley Ball across 5 islands of the United States, March – May 192372 specimens · 12 stops · 60 days · 3,896 km
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William Alanson Bryan
5 islands · Jul – Aug 1902
William Alanson Bryan across 5 islands, July – August 190251 specimens · 8 stops · 32 days · 4,185 km
George Butler
Laysan · 20–24 Jul 1959
George Butler in Laysan, 20–24 July 1959193 specimens · 2 stops · 5 days
W.A. Gosline
7 islands · May – Jul 1950
W.A. Gosline across 7 islands, May – July 195066 specimens · 8 stops · 60 days · 6,000 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
C.H. Lamoureux
3 islands · 12–17 Aug 1964
C.H. Lamoureux in Kure Atoll, Midway Atoll and Laysan, 12–17 August 196445 specimens · 4 stops · 6 days · 111 km
C.H. Lamoureux
Oʻahu and Laysan · Oct – Nov 1961
C.H. Lamoureux in Oʻahu and Laysan, October – November 196142 specimens · 3 stops · 13 days · 3,225 km
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Frank A. Parrish
4 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1991
Frank A. Parrish across 4 islands of the United States, June – July 199150 specimens · 4 stops · 13 days · 353 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.