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. 41 journeys so far, 1920 to 2007, 29,761 specimens between them.
27 collectors and expeditions1,193 days in the field800,723 km between stops23,331 photographed specimens
41 journeys match
P.S. Vroom
6 islands · Aug – Oct 2002
P.S. Vroom across 6 islands, August – October 2002215 specimens · 10 stops · 50 days · 8,208 km
Benjamin C. Stone
11 islands · Dec 1964 – Feb 1965
Benjamin C. Stone across 11 islands, December 1964 – February 1965145 specimens · 14 stops · 51 days · 64,561 km
Marie Catherine Neal
4 islands · Jul – Aug 1933
Marie Catherine Neal across 4 islands, July – August 1933137 specimens · 9 stops · 33 days · 17,135 km
Henry E. Crampton
Saipan · Jun – Sep 1920
Henry E. Crampton in Saipan, June – September 192092 specimens · 9 stops · 64 days · 573 km
Edward Y. Hosaka
Saipan and Tinian · Jun – Jul 1946
Edward Y. Hosaka in Saipan and Tinian, June – July 1946137 specimens · 2 stops · 22 days · 188 km
G. George D. Peterson
4 islands of the Northern Mariana Islands · May – Jun 1952
G. George D. Peterson across 4 islands of the Northern Mariana Islands, May – June 195286 specimens · 4 stops · 23 days · 62 km
F. Raymond Fosberg
7 islands · 8–24 Nov 1968
F. Raymond Fosberg across 7 islands, 8–24 November 196877 specimens · 9 stops · 17 days · 40,884 km
M.A. Evans
3 islands of the Northern Mariana Islands · 18–23 Jun 1966
M.A. Evans in Sariguan, Saipan and Sarigan, 18–23 June 196691 specimens · 5 stops · 6 days
T. Hosokawa
4 islands · Jun – Aug 1938
T. Hosokawa across 4 islands, June – August 193840 specimens · 12 stops · 52 days
Diane Ragone
15 islands · Jun – Aug 1987
Diane Ragone across 15 islands, June – August 198746 specimens · 19 stops · 77 days · 29,774 km
C. Squair
Saipan and Guam · 5–21 Jun 2006
C. Squair in Saipan and Guam, 5–21 June 2006149 specimens · 2 stops · 17 days · 7,466 km
V Townsend Cromwell cruise 53
10 islands · Apr – Jun 1971
V Townsend Cromwell cruise 53, April – June 197146 specimens · 10 stops · 57 days · 5,591 km
station
10 islands · Apr – Jun 1971
station, April – June 197146 specimens · 10 stops · 57 days · 5,591 km
Ignacia Benevente
Rota and Saipan · 20–26 Jun 1952
Ignacia Benevente in Rota and Saipan, 20–26 June 195265 specimens · 2 stops · 7 days · 128 km
A. Palmer
Guam and Saipan · 5–21 Jun 2006
A. Palmer in Guam and Saipan, 5–21 June 200691 specimens · 2 stops · 17 days · 7,466 km
W. Harry Lange
Saipan · Mar – Apr 1948
W. Harry Lange in Saipan, March – April 194847 specimens · 2 stops · 33 days · 126 km
K.N. Page
Maug and Saipan · May – Jun 2007
K.N. Page in Maug and Saipan, May – June 200753 specimens · 2 stops · 11 days · 541 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.