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, 1935 to 1940, 23,432 specimens between them.
8 collectors and expeditions488 days in the field67,230 km between stops22,352 photographed specimens
10 journeys match
Micronesian Expedition
26 islands · Dec 1935 – May 1936
Micronesian Expedition, December 1935 – May 19367,994 specimens · 35 stops · 178 days · 15,409 km
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo
22 islands of Palau · Dec 1935 – Jun 1936
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo across 22 islands of Palau, December 1935 – June 19366,659 specimens · 16 stops · 189 days · 15,221 km
S. Ito
19 islands of the United States · Dec 1935 – May 1936
S. Ito across 19 islands of the United States, December 1935 – May 19363,668 specimens · 32 stops · 178 days · 11,506 km
Masahiko Takamatsu
31 islands · Dec 1935 – Jun 1936
Masahiko Takamatsu across 31 islands, December 1935 – June 19362,083 specimens · 77 stops · 205 days · 15,209 km
Kiyoko Kondo
13 islands · Dec 1935 – May 1936
Kiyoko Kondo across 13 islands, December 1935 – May 19362,220 specimens · 9 stops · 178 days · 6,033 km
S. Hatai
11 islands · Jan – Feb 1940
S. Hatai across 11 islands, January – February 1940163 specimens · 3 stops · 33 days · 1,286 km
K. Atoda
11 islands · Jan – Feb 1940
K. Atoda across 11 islands, January – February 1940163 specimens · 3 stops · 33 days · 1,286 km
K. Atoda
8 islands · Apr – May 1940
K. Atoda across 8 islands, April – May 1940206 specimens · 2 stops · 32 days · 12 km
S. Hatai
8 islands · Apr – May 1940
S. Hatai across 8 islands, April – May 1940206 specimens · 2 stops · 32 days · 12 km
Z. Ono
3 islands of Micronesia · Dec 1935 – Jan 1936
Z. Ono in Tonowas, Kosrae Island and Pohnpei Island, December 1935 – January 193670 specimens · 4 stops · 40 days · 1,256 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.