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. 139 journeys so far, 1904 to 1994, 23,939 specimens between them.
57 collectors and expeditions2,222 days in the field420,371 km between stops17,232 photographed specimens
139 journeys match
Johnson Randall
35 islands · Feb – Sep 1977
Johnson Randall across 35 islands, February – September 19771,178 specimens · 101 stops · 216 days · 16,972 km
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo
Oʻahu and Sulu Island · Nov 1952 – Jun 1953
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo in Oʻahu and Sulu Island, November 1952 – June 1953749 specimens · 29 stops · 217 days · 1,689 km
Seymour H. Sohmer
Sri Lanka and Oʻahu · Oct – Dec 1975
Seymour H. Sohmer in Sri Lanka and Oʻahu, October – December 1975936 specimens · 26 stops · 44 days
G.E. Edano
35 islands · Jan – May 1957
G.E. Edano across 35 islands, January – May 1957653 specimens · 58 stops · 131 days · 4,198 km
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo
36 islands · Jan – May 1957
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo across 36 islands, January – May 1957648 specimens · 59 stops · 131 days · 2,868 km
Maxwell S. Doty
16 islands · Aug – Dec 1971
Maxwell S. Doty across 16 islands, August – December 1971737 specimens · 34 stops · 101 days · 25,154 km
Jan Newhouse
11 islands · Jun – Sep 1952
Jan Newhouse across 11 islands, June – September 1952713 specimens · 52 stops · 120 days · 10,694 km
P.S. Moreland
14 islands of the Philippines · Feb – Mar 1973
P.S. Moreland across 14 islands of the Philippines, February – March 1973748 specimens · 18 stops · 47 days · 2,230 km
Maxwell S. Doty
11 islands · Jan – Jul 1958
Maxwell S. Doty across 11 islands, January – July 1958545 specimens · 28 stops · 184 days · 5,161 km
Johnson Randall
12 islands · Jun – Sep 1978
Johnson Randall across 12 islands, June – September 1978840 specimens · 52 stops · 92 days · 8,104 km
Virgilio Villena
12 islands of the Philippines · Feb – Mar 1973
Virgilio Villena across 12 islands of the Philippines, February – March 1973620 specimens · 18 stops · 47 days · 1,461 km
G.W. Tribble
13 islands · Jun – Sep 1978
G.W. Tribble across 13 islands, June – September 1978673 specimens · 44 stops · 92 days · 7,509 km
F. Raymond Fosberg
5 islands · Nov 1953 – Feb 1954
F. Raymond Fosberg across 5 islands, November 1953 – February 1954343 specimens · 50 stops · 83 days · 28,095 km
Maxwell S. Doty
32 islands · Jun – Aug 1966
Maxwell S. Doty across 32 islands, June – August 1966360 specimens · 19 stops · 92 days · 24,280 km
Maxwell S. Doty
11 islands · Sep 1953 – Aug 1954
Maxwell S. Doty across 11 islands, September 1953 – August 1954309 specimens · 40 stops · 315 days · 78,333 km
G.A. Santos
8 islands · Apr – Jun 1969
G.A. Santos across 8 islands, April – June 1969298 specimens · 16 stops · 89 days
J.S. Burley
3 islands of the Philippines · Mar – Apr 1987
J.S. Burley in Luzon, Mindoro and Mindoro Oriental, March – April 1987366 specimens · 13 stops · 39 days · 3,461 km
R.P.H. Rutherford
11 islands · Jun – Sep 1978
R.P.H. Rutherford across 11 islands, June – September 1978489 specimens · 27 stops · 91 days · 6,285 km
L.E. Hair
25 islands · Jun – Aug 1966
L.E. Hair across 25 islands, June – August 1966263 specimens · 10 stops · 73 days · 5,300 km
Adolph D.E. Elmer
3 islands of the Philippines · May – Jun 1909
Adolph D.E. Elmer in Mindanao, Phililppine Island and Luzon, May – June 1909498 specimens · 3 stops · 32 days
Harold St.John
7 islands · Nov – Dec 1953
Harold St.John across 7 islands, November – December 1953254 specimens · 14 stops · 33 days · 9,010 km
G.T. Velasquez
Catanduanes and Luzon · Apr – May 1958
G.T. Velasquez in Catanduanes and Luzon, April – May 1958338 specimens · 7 stops · 36 days · 640 km
J.T. Conover
3 islands · May – Dec 1945
J.T. Conover in Okinawa, Luzon and Saipan, May – December 1945141 specimens · 32 stops · 207 days · 4,946 km
T. Hosokawa
15 islands · Jul – Sep 1936
T. Hosokawa across 15 islands, July – September 1936207 specimens · 23 stops · 64 days · 6,008 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.