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. 71 journeys so far, 1903 to 2008, 26,776 specimens between them.
44 collectors and expeditions1,636 days in the field622,923 km between stops19,199 photographed specimens
71 journeys match
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
Dranga
Tutuila and Tau · Feb – Mar 1926
Dranga in Tutuila and Tau, February – March 1926151 specimens · 3 stops · 29 days · 144 km
S.W. Cooper
5 islands of American Samoa · Feb – Mar 2008
S.W. Cooper across 5 islands of American Samoa, February – March 2008101 specimens · 7 stops · 25 days · 760 km
Robert H. Cowie
5 islands · Oct – Nov 1992
Robert H. Cowie across 5 islands, October – November 1992131 specimens · 14 stops · 35 days · 503 km
Robert H. Cowie
Tutuila · 6–16 Oct 1998
Robert H. Cowie in Tutuila, 6–16 October 1998172 specimens · 10 stops · 11 days
G.J. Spence
6 islands · Jan – Mar 1977
G.J. Spence across 6 islands, January – March 197788 specimens · 14 stops · 63 days · 10,053 km
Johnson Randall
Tutuila Island and Tutuila · Apr – May 1974
Johnson Randall in Tutuila Island and Tutuila, April – May 1974129 specimens · 14 stops · 21 days · 5,399 km
F. Raymond Fosberg
10 islands · May – Jul 1973
F. Raymond Fosberg across 10 islands, May – July 197356 specimens · 17 stops · 45 days
Rebecca J. Rundell
3 islands · 20–28 Feb 2001
Rebecca J. Rundell in Olosega, Tutuila and Aunuu, 20–28 February 2001170 specimens · 4 stops · 9 days · 197 km
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss
5 islands · Feb – Apr 1964
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss across 5 islands, February – April 196452 specimens · 8 stops · 81 days · 17,676 km
R.G. Buggeln
Tutuila and Ofu · 1–27 Aug 1964
R.G. Buggeln in Tutuila and Ofu, 1–27 August 196485 specimens · 9 stops · 27 days
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss
7 islands · Jan – Mar 1960
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss across 7 islands, January – March 196057 specimens · 7 stops · 58 days · 16,910 km
H. Uchiyama
Upolu and Tutuila · Aug – Sep 1999
H. Uchiyama in Upolu and Tutuila, August – September 199982 specimens · 7 stops · 18 days · 137 km
A.W. Wisner
Tutuila and Upolu · Jan – Feb 1959
A.W. Wisner in Tutuila and Upolu, January – February 195961 specimens · 8 stops · 50 days
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
Hawaiʻi Island and Tutuila · Jul – Aug 1935
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Hawaiʻi Island and Tutuila, July – August 193563 specimens · 7 stops · 41 days · 4,120 km
P.C. Hutchison
3 islands · 13–21 Jan 1967
P.C. Hutchison in Oʻahu, Kauaʻi and Tutuila, 13–21 January 196751 specimens · 8 stops · 9 days · 522 km
A.W. Wisner
Tutuila and Tutulia · 14–28 Aug 1959
A.W. Wisner in Tutuila and Tutulia, 14–28 August 195968 specimens · 5 stops · 15 days
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Alfred F. Judd Jr
3 islands · Feb – Mar 1926
Alfred F. Judd Jr in Tutuila, Lānaʻi and Ofu, February – March 192643 specimens · 6 stops · 46 days · 4,276 km
William G. or J Coultas
Tutuila and Savaii · Sep – Oct 1936
William G. or J Coultas in Tutuila and Savaii, September – October 193650 specimens · 3 stops · 42 days · 207 km
W.A. Whistler
5 islands · Dec 1975 – Jan 1976
W.A. Whistler across 5 islands, December 1975 – January 197643 specimens · 13 stops · 21 days · 509 km
M.-H Sachet
4 islands · Jun – Jul 1976
M.-H Sachet across 4 islands, June – July 197646 specimens · 8 stops · 28 days · 2,621 km
Zaca Exp
Tutuila and Savaii · 1–25 Oct 1936
Zaca Exp in Tutuila and Savaii, 1–25 October 193646 specimens · 2 stops · 25 days · 207 km
Erling Christophersen
Tutuila and Upolu · 24–29 Jun 1931
Erling Christophersen in Tutuila and Upolu, 24–29 June 193153 specimens · 3 stops · 6 days · 145 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.