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. 10 journeys so far, 1905 to 1977, 2,323 specimens between them.
9 collectors and expeditions443 days in the field69,106 km between stops1,459 photographed specimens
10 journeys match
Leonard J. Brass
13 islands · Jul 1932 – Jan 1933
Leonard J. Brass across 13 islands, July 1932 – January 1933816 specimens · 69 stops · 206 days · 10,057 km
J.M. Powell
6 islands · Apr – Jul 1972
J.M. Powell across 6 islands, April – July 1972377 specimens · 34 stops · 109 days · 11,538 km
Leonard J. Brass
5 islands · Jan – May 1932
Leonard J. Brass across 5 islands, January – May 1932291 specimens · 44 stops · 120 days · 1,876 km
A.W. Stewart
17 islands · Jul 1905 – Apr 1906
A.W. Stewart across 17 islands, July 1905 – April 1906215 specimens · 62 stops · 287 days
D.E. Yen
6 islands of the Solomon Islands · Feb – May 1971
D.E. Yen across 6 islands of the Solomon Islands, February – May 1971161 specimens · 31 stops · 107 days · 1,964 km
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo
13 islands · Feb – Jun 1966
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo across 13 islands, February – June 1966155 specimens · 40 stops · 141 days · 4,507 km
Jan Newhouse
5 islands · Jul – Aug 1968
Jan Newhouse across 5 islands, July – August 196898 specimens · 10 stops · 50 days · 6,701 km
P.F. Hunt
6 islands · Jul – Nov 1965
P.F. Hunt across 6 islands, July – November 196569 specimens · 35 stops · 147 days · 15,687 km
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss
13 islands · Dec 1976 – Apr 1977
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss across 13 islands, December 1976 – April 197788 specimens · 27 stops · 104 days · 15,072 km
Templeton Crocker Expedition
9 islands · May – Jul 1933
Templeton Crocker Expedition, May – July 193353 specimens · 10 stops · 64 days · 1,704 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.