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. 7 journeys so far, 1988 to 2007, 392 specimens between them.
1 collectors and expeditions62 days in the field26,793 km between stops2 photographed specimens
7 journeys match
Richard L. Pyle
5 islands · May – Jun 1992
Richard L. Pyle across 5 islands, May – June 199291 specimens · 11 stops · 13 days
Richard L. Pyle
4 islands of Papua New Guinea · 3–16 Dec 1995
Richard L. Pyle across 4 islands of Papua New Guinea, 3–16 December 199563 specimens · 7 stops · 14 days · 200 km
Richard L. Pyle
4 islands · May – Jun 1988
Richard L. Pyle across 4 islands, May – June 198852 specimens · 9 stops · 27 days · 22,549 km
Richard L. Pyle
6 islands · 11–28 Apr 2007
Richard L. Pyle across 6 islands, 11–28 April 200743 specimens · 8 stops · 18 days · 1,784 km
Richard L. Pyle
Midway Atoll and Oʻahu · Sep – Oct 1991
Richard L. Pyle in Midway Atoll and Oʻahu, September – October 199147 specimens · 6 stops · 31 days · 2,081 km
Richard L. Pyle
Augulpelu Reef and Ngemlis Island · 6–18 May 1997
Richard L. Pyle in Augulpelu Reef and Ngemlis Island, 6–18 May 199751 specimens · 6 stops · 13 days · 179 km
Richard L. Pyle
Manado and Maumere Bay · Oct – Nov 1991
Richard L. Pyle in Manado and Maumere Bay, October – November 199145 specimens · 2 stops · 8 days
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.