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. 34 journeys so far, 1922 to 2022, 8,338 specimens between them.
12 collectors and expeditions700 days in the field211,431 km between stops5,536 photographed specimens
34 journeys match
Elwood Curtin Zimmerman
21 islands · Feb – Oct 1934
Elwood Curtin Zimmerman across 21 islands, February – October 19341,714 specimens · 56 stops · 248 days · 12,587 km
Elwood C. Zimmerman
12 islands · May – Oct 1934
Elwood C. Zimmerman across 12 islands, May – October 19341,001 specimens · 14 stops · 140 days · 5,332 km
Elwood Curtin Zimmerman
7 islands of Fiji · Jul – Oct 1938
Elwood Curtin Zimmerman across 7 islands of Fiji, July – October 1938697 specimens · 21 stops · 92 days · 3,794 km
Wood Jones
22 islands · Jul – Dec 1922
Wood Jones across 22 islands, July – December 1922478 specimens · 45 stops · 142 days · 3,823 km
Elwood Curtin Zimmerman
4 islands · May – Aug 1940
Elwood Curtin Zimmerman across 4 islands, May – August 1940616 specimens · 10 stops · 86 days · 181 km
Kenneth R. Wood
8 islands · Jul – Dec 1995
Kenneth R. Wood across 8 islands, July – December 1995447 specimens · 35 stops · 139 days · 32,262 km
Elwood Curtin Zimmerman
Kauaʻi and Maui · Jun – Aug 1937
Elwood Curtin Zimmerman in Kauaʻi and Maui, June – August 1937575 specimens · 25 stops · 78 days · 481 km
Jim Haywood
19 islands of French Polynesia · Dec 1970 – May 1971
Jim Haywood across 19 islands of French Polynesia, December 1970 – May 1971499 specimens · 36 stops · 162 days · 4,655 km
Kenneth R. Wood
4 islands of the United States · Mar – May 2005
Kenneth R. Wood across 4 islands of the United States, March – May 2005202 specimens · 17 stops · 58 days · 2,044 km
Kenneth R. Wood
9 islands · Jun – Nov 1997
Kenneth R. Wood across 9 islands, June – November 1997164 specimens · 33 stops · 139 days · 49,817 km
Kenneth R. Wood
3 islands · Feb – Mar 2009
Kenneth R. Wood in Kosrae, Maui and Pohnpei, February – March 2009132 specimens · 15 stops · 37 days · 9,977 km
Kenneth R. Wood
Savaii and Upolu · 2–30 Jun 2016
Kenneth R. Wood in Savaii and Upolu, 2–30 June 2016132 specimens · 15 stops · 29 days · 80 km
Kenneth R. Wood
3 islands · Mar – May 2002
Kenneth R. Wood in Rapa, Easter Island (=Isla De Pascua) and Austral Islands, March – May 2002119 specimens · 11 stops · 55 days · 57,573 km
Elwood Curtin Zimmerman
Maui · Apr – May 1945
Elwood Curtin Zimmerman in Maui, April – May 1945146 specimens · 7 stops · 15 days · 43 km
Kenneth R. Wood
4 islands · Jan – Feb 2003
Kenneth R. Wood across 4 islands, January – February 2003108 specimens · 16 stops · 30 days · 11,438 km
J.J. Wood
6 islands of Papua New Guinea · Sep – Dec 1975
J.J. Wood across 6 islands of Papua New Guinea, September – December 197567 specimens · 13 stops · 71 days · 5,279 km
Kenneth R. Wood
4 islands of French Polynesia · Jun – Jul 2004
Kenneth R. Wood across 4 islands of French Polynesia, June – July 200494 specimens · 13 stops · 41 days · 1,519 km
Kenneth R. Wood
7 islands of Palau · Jun – Jul 2022
Kenneth R. Wood across 7 islands of Palau, June – July 202255 specimens · 10 stops · 18 days
Kenneth R. Wood
Ua Pou and Hiva Oa · Oct – Nov 2017
Kenneth R. Wood in Ua Pou and Hiva Oa, October – November 201767 specimens · 9 stops · 16 days · 168 km
Zimmerman Elwood C.Donald Anderson
Raivavae and Rapa · Jul – Aug 1934
Zimmerman Elwood C.Donald Anderson in Raivavae and Rapa, July – August 1934110 specimens · 2 stops · 14 days · 530 km
C. Lockwood
3 islands · Oct – Nov 1966
C. Lockwood in Woodlark, Rossel Island and Panawina Island, October – November 1966103 specimens · 3 stops · 27 days · 402 km
Elwood Curtin Zimmerman
Oʻahu · Jan – Mar 1937
Elwood Curtin Zimmerman in Oʻahu, January – March 193759 specimens · 12 stops · 68 days
Elwood C. Zimmerman Gessler
Moorea and Raiatea · Sep – Oct 1934
Elwood C. Zimmerman Gessler in Moorea and Raiatea, September – October 193494 specimens · 2 stops · 14 days · 183 km
Kenneth R. Wood
4 islands of French Polynesia · Jun – Jul 2003
Kenneth R. Wood across 4 islands of French Polynesia, June – July 200376 specimens · 6 stops · 28 days · 576 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.