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. 34 journeys so far, 1903 to 2016, 7,127 specimens between them.
23 collectors and expeditions784 days in the field138,825 km between stops4,233 photographed specimens
34 journeys match
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
85 islands · Nov 1923 – Nov 1924
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. across 85 islands, November 1923 – November 19242,392 specimens · 109 stops · 342 days · 30,927 km
E.P. Hume
3 islands · Jun – Sep 1931
E.P. Hume in Savaii, Tutuila and Upolu, June – September 1931761 specimens · 47 stops · 92 days · 225 km
M.M. Fleischer
13 islands · Feb – Jun 1903
M.M. Fleischer across 13 islands, February – June 1903411 specimens · 33 stops · 113 days · 52,279 km
W.A. Whistler
7 islands · May – Aug 1975
W.A. Whistler across 7 islands, May – August 1975447 specimens · 44 stops · 90 days · 980 km
W.A. Whistler
3 islands of Samoa · Jul – Dec 1973
W.A. Whistler in Upolu, Savaii and Nuutele, July – December 1973354 specimens · 49 stops · 146 days · 639 km
W.A. Whistler
8 islands · Jan – Apr 1974
W.A. Whistler across 8 islands, January – April 1974352 specimens · 31 stops · 99 days · 522 km
W. Schultze-Motel
6 islands · Apr – Jun 1972
W. Schultze-Motel across 6 islands, April – June 1972161 specimens · 46 stops · 77 days · 448 km
W.A. Whistler
3 islands · Jun – Aug 1972
W.A. Whistler in Upolu, Savaii and Tutuila, June – August 1972175 specimens · 25 stops · 53 days · 464 km
W.A. Whistler
9 islands · Apr – Jun 1985
W.A. Whistler across 9 islands, April – June 1985140 specimens · 32 stops · 75 days · 9,570 km
T.K. Newell
9 islands · Aug – Nov 1966
T.K. Newell across 9 islands, August – November 1966116 specimens · 27 stops · 91 days · 12,029 km
Timothy Flynn
Savaii and Upolu · Jun – Jul 2016
Timothy Flynn in Savaii and Upolu, June – July 2016135 specimens · 17 stops · 31 days · 160 km
M.H.S. MacKee
7 islands · Oct – Nov 1968
M.H.S. MacKee across 7 islands, October – November 1968120 specimens · 11 stops · 29 days · 80 km
Kenneth R. Wood
Savaii and Upolu · 2–30 Jun 2016
Kenneth R. Wood in Savaii and Upolu, 2–30 June 2016132 specimens · 15 stops · 29 days · 80 km
M. Tabua
Savaii and Upolu · 2–30 Jun 2016
M. Tabua in Savaii and Upolu, 2–30 June 2016133 specimens · 15 stops · 29 days · 80 km
D. Wesley Garber
Tau and Savaii · Aug – Sep 1921
D. Wesley Garber in Tau and Savaii, August – September 1921107 specimens · 11 stops · 48 days
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
F. Enoka
Savaii and Upolu · 2–30 Jun 2016
F. Enoka in Savaii and Upolu, 2–30 June 2016102 specimens · 11 stops · 29 days · 80 km
W. Teraoka
3 islands · May – Aug 1980
W. Teraoka in Oʻahu, Savaii and Upolu, May – August 198066 specimens · 17 stops · 85 days · 4,343 km
Martin W. Johnson
Savaii · 14–30 Jun 2016
Martin W. Johnson in Savaii, 14–30 June 201691 specimens · 10 stops · 17 days
L.D. Whiteaker
3 islands · May – Aug 1980
L.D. Whiteaker in Oʻahu, Savaii and Upolu, May – August 198062 specimens · 16 stops · 82 days · 4,343 km
M.L. Bristol
Savaii · Aug – Sep 1968
M.L. Bristol in Savaii, August – September 196896 specimens · 7 stops · 30 days
W.A. Whistler
Upolu and Savaii · 2–27 Jun 2016
W.A. Whistler in Upolu and Savaii, 2–27 June 201674 specimens · 10 stops · 26 days · 80 km
P.A. Cox
Savaii and Tau · Jun – Jul 1979
P.A. Cox in Savaii and Tau, June – July 197966 specimens · 9 stops · 24 days · 328 km
Anthony C. Robinson
Savaii and Niue · 2–29 May 1994
Anthony C. Robinson in Savaii and Niue, 2–29 May 199474 specimens · 7 stops · 28 days · 728 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.