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. 8 journeys so far, 1977 to 1992, 2,031 specimens between them.
5 collectors and expeditions213 days in the field22,611 km between stops
8 journeys match
Johnson Randall
35 islands · Feb – Sep 1977
Johnson Randall across 35 islands, February – September 19771,178 specimens · 101 stops · 216 days · 16,972 km
Johnson Randall
7 islands · May – Jun 1984
Johnson Randall across 7 islands, May – June 1984177 specimens · 16 stops · 39 days · 385 km
William F. Smith-Vaniz
8 islands · Feb – Mar 1977
William F. Smith-Vaniz across 8 islands, February – March 1977119 specimens · 18 stops · 46 days · 2,555 km
Gerald R. Allen
7 islands of Oman · Feb – Mar 1977
Gerald R. Allen across 7 islands of Oman, February – March 197790 specimens · 17 stops · 44 days · 2,615 km
Brock E. Stanaland
3 islands of Iceland · 4–17 Sep 1985
Brock E. Stanaland in Jana Island, Half Moon Bay and Persian Gulf, 4–17 September 1985139 specimens · 5 stops · 14 days
Johnson Randall
6 islands of Saudi Arabia · May – Jun 1992
Johnson Randall across 6 islands of Saudi Arabia, May – June 199289 specimens · 10 stops · 28 days · 84 km
A. Bradley Tarr
4 islands of Saudi Arabia · May – Jun 1984
A. Bradley Tarr across 4 islands of Saudi Arabia, May – June 198496 specimens · 8 stops · 22 days
A. Bradley Tarr
3 islands of Iceland · 6–13 Sep 1985
A. Bradley Tarr in Jana Island, Jurayd Island and Persian Gulf, 6–13 September 1985143 specimens · 4 stops · 8 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.