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. 72 journeys so far, 1953 to 2002, 19,945 specimens between them.
3 collectors and expeditions1,929 days in the field578,122 km between stops106 photographed specimens
72 journeys match
Johnson Randall
4 islands of Australia · 18–31 Jan 1987
Johnson Randall across 4 islands of Australia, 18–31 January 198795 specimens · 10 stops · 14 days · 682 km
Helen A. Randall
4 islands · Apr – Jun 1977
Helen A. Randall across 4 islands, April – June 197795 specimens · 6 stops · 63 days
Johnson Randall
New Caledonia and Uvea Island · 2–16 Jan 1979
Johnson Randall in New Caledonia and Uvea Island, 2–16 January 197988 specimens · 10 stops · 15 days
Helen A. Randall
3 islands · Apr – May 1971
Helen A. Randall in Nukuhiva, Hivaoa and Rangiroa Atoll, April – May 197188 specimens · 5 stops · 49 days · 1,045 km
Johnson Randall
7 islands of Papua New Guinea · Nov – Dec 1995
Johnson Randall across 7 islands of Papua New Guinea, November – December 199574 specimens · 8 stops · 33 days · 7,022 km
Johnson Randall
Red Sea and Jeddah · 1–17 May 1982
Johnson Randall in Red Sea and Jeddah, 1–17 May 198275 specimens · 9 stops · 17 days
Johnson Randall
Enewetak Atoll and Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Aug 1983
Johnson Randall in Enewetak Atoll and Hawaiʻi Island, July – August 198367 specimens · 9 stops · 35 days · 4,844 km
Johnson Randall
7 islands of Indonesia · Sep – Oct 2000
Johnson Randall across 7 islands of Indonesia, September – October 200046 specimens · 21 stops · 55 days · 6,018 km
Johnson Randall
4 islands · Nov – Dec 1966
Johnson Randall across 4 islands, November – December 196664 specimens · 9 stops · 26 days · 43 km
Johnson Randall
Wake Island · 6–12 Jun 1953
Johnson Randall in Wake Island, 6–12 June 195380 specimens · 7 stops · 7 days
Johnson Randall
Enewetak Atoll and Kwajalein Atoll · Nov – Dec 1974
Johnson Randall in Enewetak Atoll and Kwajalein Atoll, November – December 197462 specimens · 9 stops · 24 days · 901 km
Johnson Randall
4 islands · Nov – Dec 1996
Johnson Randall across 4 islands, November – December 199658 specimens · 10 stops · 18 days · 1,947 km
Johnson Randall
4 islands · Oct – Nov 1991
Johnson Randall across 4 islands, October – November 199162 specimens · 8 stops · 19 days
Johnson Randall
3 islands of Papua New Guinea · Jul – Aug 2002
Johnson Randall in New Britain, Duke Of York and Ulu Island, July – August 200248 specimens · 10 stops · 34 days · 572 km
Johnson Randall
Enewetak Atoll and Kwajalein Atoll · Apr – May 1978
Johnson Randall in Enewetak Atoll and Kwajalein Atoll, April – May 197855 specimens · 8 stops · 17 days · 901 km
Johnson Randall
7 islands · May – Jun 1993
Johnson Randall across 7 islands, May – June 199340 specimens · 11 stops · 37 days · 14,226 km
Johnson Randall
Johnston Atoll · 6–12 Apr 1984
Johnson Randall in Johnston Atoll, 6–12 April 198460 specimens · 7 stops · 7 days
Johnson Randall
3 islands of Fiji · Jan – Mar 1991
Johnson Randall in Norfolk Island, Viti Levu and Lord Howe, January – March 199140 specimens · 9 stops · 42 days · 2,296 km
Richard H. Randall
Taiwan · Jun – Jul 1978
Richard H. Randall in Taiwan, June – July 197894 specimens · 2 stops · 15 days
Johnson Randall
5 islands of New Caledonia · Mar – Apr 1990
Johnson Randall across 5 islands of New Caledonia, March – April 199063 specimens · 3 stops · 12 days
Johnson Randall
Kwajalein Atoll and Enewetak Atoll · Mar – Apr 1976
Johnson Randall in Kwajalein Atoll and Enewetak Atoll, March – April 197646 specimens · 5 stops · 13 days · 901 km
Johnson Randall
Kiritimati Atoll · Jul – Aug 1987
Johnson Randall in Kiritimati Atoll, July – August 198743 specimens · 6 stops · 7 days
Richard H. Randall
Viti Levu and New Caledonia · 7–14 Aug 1971
Richard H. Randall in Viti Levu and New Caledonia, 7–14 August 197171 specimens · 2 stops · 8 days · 2,851 km
Johnson Randall
3 islands of Fiji · 12–24 Mar 2002
Johnson Randall in Nananu-I-Cake Island, Charybdis Reef and Viti Levu, 12–24 March 200241 specimens · 4 stops · 13 days · 1,140 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.