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. 15 journeys so far, 1945 to 1981, 1,852 specimens between them.
14 collectors and expeditions345 days in the field89,544 km between stops1,625 photographed specimens
15 journeys match
Benjamin C. Stone
7 islands · Mar – Sep 1971
Benjamin C. Stone across 7 islands, March – September 1971236 specimens · 43 stops · 182 days · 10,793 km
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo
4 islands · Aug – Sep 1966
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo across 4 islands, August – September 1966345 specimens · 19 stops · 39 days · 2,425 km
George F. Arnemann
4 islands · Aug – Sep 1966
George F. Arnemann across 4 islands, August – September 1966345 specimens · 19 stops · 39 days · 2,425 km
David F. Grether
5 islands · Jul – Aug 1946
David F. Grether across 5 islands, July – August 1946121 specimens · 10 stops · 38 days · 37,731 km
M.J.S. Sands
6 islands of Papua New Guinea · Sep – Dec 1975
M.J.S. Sands across 6 islands of Papua New Guinea, September – December 1975102 specimens · 11 stops · 71 days · 3,193 km
P. Katik
Manus Island and Umboi Island · Sep – Nov 1974
P. Katik in Manus Island and Umboi Island, September – November 1974100 specimens · 10 stops · 58 days · 978 km
David F. Grether
9 islands · Oct – Dec 1945
David F. Grether across 9 islands, October – December 194575 specimens · 15 stops · 36 days · 6,774 km
Warren L. Wagner Jr.
9 islands · Oct – Dec 1945
Warren L. Wagner Jr. across 9 islands, October – December 194574 specimens · 15 stops · 36 days · 6,774 km
Lieut. David F. Grether
3 islands · 2–28 Jul 1946
Lieut. David F. Grether in Manus Island, Rota and Los Negros, 2–28 July 194699 specimens · 6 stops · 27 days · 3,715 km
George Pattison
6 islands of Papua New Guinea · Sep – Dec 1975
George Pattison across 6 islands of Papua New Guinea, September – December 197568 specimens · 13 stops · 71 days · 5,279 km
J.J. Wood
6 islands of Papua New Guinea · Sep – Dec 1975
J.J. Wood across 6 islands of Papua New Guinea, September – December 197567 specimens · 13 stops · 71 days · 5,279 km
Judson Linsley Gressitt
4 islands · May – Jul 1959
Judson Linsley Gressitt across 4 islands, May – July 195951 specimens · 14 stops · 64 days · 2,073 km
K. Kerenga
3 islands of Papua New Guinea · 6–30 Mar 1981
K. Kerenga in Manus Island, Rambutyo Island and Rambutyo, 6–30 March 198155 specimens · 9 stops · 25 days · 1,523 km
Donald Bruce Foreman
Manus Island · Oct – Nov 1974
Donald Bruce Foreman in Manus Island, October – November 197459 specimens · 6 stops · 13 days · 502 km
Heinar Streimann
Manus Island and Los Negros · 17–25 Jun 1971
Heinar Streimann in Manus Island and Los Negros, 17–25 June 197155 specimens · 3 stops · 9 days · 80 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.