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. 33 journeys so far, 1915 to 2003, 9,321 specimens between them.
29 collectors and expeditions685 days in the field180,926 km between stops5,843 photographed specimens
33 journeys match
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
D. Cmc Jr.
3 islands · 1–17 Jun 1923
D. Cmc Jr. in Nihoa, Mokumanamana and Lisianski, 1–17 June 192350 specimens · 5 stops · 17 days · 1,520 km
A.L. Young
Pearl and Hermes Atoll and Lisianski · 1–22 Aug 1964
A.L. Young in Pearl and Hermes Atoll and Lisianski, 1–22 August 196447 specimens · 5 stops · 22 days · 271 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
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Frank A. Parrish
4 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1990
Frank A. Parrish across 4 islands of the United States, June – July 199091 specimens · 3 stops · 13 days · 978 km
V Townsend Cromwell cruise 67
5 islands of the United States · Oct – Nov 1975
V Townsend Cromwell cruise 67, October – November 197543 specimens · 7 stops · 26 days · 2,702 km
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5 islands of the United States · Oct – Nov 1975
station, October – November 197542 specimens · 7 stops · 26 days · 2,702 km
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
K. Payton
Lisianski and Maro Reef · Sep – Oct 2002
K. Payton in Lisianski and Maro Reef, September – October 200258 specimens · 2 stops · 17 days · 338 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.