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. 15 journeys so far, 1947 to 1984, 1,449 specimens between them.
3 collectors and expeditions202 days in the field16,383 km between stops1,303 photographed specimens
15 journeys match
R. Tucker Abbott
Maui · Jan – Mar 1957
R. Tucker Abbott in Maui, January – March 1957239 specimens · 27 stops · 45 days
Donald P. Abbott
4 islands · Jul – Oct 1953
Donald P. Abbott across 4 islands, July – October 1953221 specimens · 38 stops · 115 days
Donald P. Abbott
9 islands · Jan – Mar 1957
Donald P. Abbott across 9 islands, January – March 1957161 specimens · 19 stops · 39 days
R. Tucker Abbott
8 islands · Jul – Aug 1955
R. Tucker Abbott across 8 islands, July – August 1955131 specimens · 12 stops · 52 days · 290 km
Isabelle Abbott
St. Croix · Dec 1972 – Jan 1973
Isabelle Abbott in St. Croix, December 1972 – January 1973130 specimens · 12 stops · 28 days
Donald P. Abbott
St. Croix · Dec 1972 – Feb 1973
Donald P. Abbott in St. Croix, December 1972 – February 197363 specimens · 14 stops · 34 days
Isabelle Abbott
St. Croix · Dec 1974 – Jan 1975
Isabelle Abbott in St. Croix, December 1974 – January 197563 specimens · 11 stops · 28 days
Isabelle Abbott
St. Croix · 2–21 Jan 1974
Isabelle Abbott in St. Croix, 2–21 January 197460 specimens · 10 stops · 20 days
Isabelle Abbott
Maui · Aug – Sep 1976
Isabelle Abbott in Maui, August – September 197685 specimens · 5 stops · 9 days · 204 km
Donald P. Abbott
Maui · Aug – Sep 1976
Donald P. Abbott in Maui, August – September 197670 specimens · 5 stops · 15 days · 369 km
Isabelle Abbott
Marthas Vineyard · Jul – Aug 1947
Isabelle Abbott in Marthas Vineyard, July – August 194742 specimens · 12 stops · 41 days
Isabelle Abbott
Maui · 1–27 Jul 1984
Isabelle Abbott in Maui, 1–27 July 198451 specimens · 6 stops · 27 days · 315 km
Isabelle Abbott
Maui and Espiritu Santo · Aug – Sep 1971
Isabelle Abbott in Maui and Espiritu Santo, August – September 197142 specimens · 6 stops · 45 days · 5,752 km
Donald P. Abbott
4 islands · Jun – Jul 1973
Donald P. Abbott across 4 islands, June – July 197349 specimens · 4 stops · 26 days · 4,659 km
Donald P. Abbott
Maui and Espiritu Santo · 7–25 Sep 1971
Donald P. Abbott in Maui and Espiritu Santo, 7–25 September 197142 specimens · 4 stops · 19 days · 4,794 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.