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. 327 journeys so far, 1960 to 1970, 47,749 specimens between them.
196 collectors and expeditions6,004 days in the field1,569,757 km between stops28,684 photographed specimens
327 journeys match
Benjamin C. Stone
Guam and Rota · Feb – Jun 1964
Benjamin C. Stone in Guam and Rota, February – June 196451 specimens · 18 stops · 129 days
S.R. Gradstein
Crete · Apr – May 1967
S.R. Gradstein in Crete, April – May 196749 specimens · 16 stops · 36 days
J.H. Smittenberg
Crete · Apr – May 1967
J.H. Smittenberg in Crete, April – May 196748 specimens · 16 stops · 36 days
H.T. Kami
Guam · May – Jul 1968
H.T. Kami in Guam, May – July 1968124 specimens · 8 stops · 35 days
K. Larsen
Thailand · Jul – Aug 1966
K. Larsen in Thailand, July – August 196643 specimens · 20 stops · 56 days
Evelyn B. Sharp
4 islands of Japan · 1–28 Dec 1964
Evelyn B. Sharp across 4 islands of Japan, 1–28 December 196459 specimens · 10 stops · 28 days · 943 km
M.G. Iltis
3 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 1967
M.G. Iltis in Maui, Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, July – August 196786 specimens · 5 stops · 12 days · 141 km
S. Carlquist
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · 1–27 Aug 1961
S. Carlquist in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, 1–27 August 196165 specimens · 7 stops · 27 days · 392 km
John W. Beardsley
Oʻahu · Jun – Sep 1965
John W. Beardsley in Oʻahu, June – September 196581 specimens · 16 stops · 99 days
A.Y. Yoshinaga
4 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 1967
A.Y. Yoshinaga across 4 islands of the United States, July – August 196764 specimens · 8 stops · 43 days · 555 km
Charles K. Barry
Aug – Sep 1963
Charles K. Barry, August – September 196375 specimens · 5 stops · 24 days · 80 km
Derral R. Herbst
Aug – Sep 1963
Derral R. Herbst, August – September 196375 specimens · 5 stops · 24 days · 80 km
M.L. Bristol
Savaii · Aug – Sep 1968
M.L. Bristol in Savaii, August – September 196896 specimens · 7 stops · 30 days
G.W. Gillett
6 islands of the United States · May – Jul 1966
G.W. Gillett across 6 islands of the United States, May – July 196646 specimens · 12 stops · 66 days · 1,081 km
A.J.H. Sharp
3 islands of Japan · 1–28 Dec 1964
A.J.H. Sharp in Yakushima Island, Kyushu and Honshu, 1–28 December 196456 specimens · 10 stops · 28 days · 943 km
Seymour H. Sohmer
3 islands of the United States · Dec 1969 – Jan 1970
Seymour H. Sohmer in Hawaiʻi Island, Maui and Oʻahu, December 1969 – January 197067 specimens · 8 stops · 13 days · 136 km
J.P. McVey
3 islands · Oct – Nov 1968
J.P. McVey in Fanning Island, Palmyra Atoll and Teraina Island, October – November 1968121 specimens · 8 stops · 20 days
Paul J. Struhsaker
3 islands of the United States · Nov – Dec 1968
Paul J. Struhsaker in Oʻahu, Molokaʻi and Maui, November – December 1968105 specimens · 9 stops · 41 days · 573 km
V Townsend Cromwell cruise 36
Oʻahu and Molokaʻi · Apr – May 1968
V Townsend Cromwell cruise 36, April – May 1968181 specimens · 4 stops · 10 days · 280 km
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss
4 islands · Jan – Feb 1962
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss across 4 islands, January – February 196257 specimens · 12 stops · 30 days · 22,109 km
Nengah Wirawan
3 islands of Indonesia · Dec 1963 – Jan 1964
Nengah Wirawan in Java, Peucang Island and Bogor, December 1963 – January 196443 specimens · 17 stops · 33 days
Peter Char P.C.
Oʻahu · Jul – Aug 1961
Peter Char P.C. in Oʻahu, July – August 196184 specimens · 3 stops · 43 days · 274 km
G.T. Kraft
Luzon · 1–27 Mar 1968
G.T. Kraft in Luzon, 1–27 March 196858 specimens · 10 stops · 27 days
Derral R. Herbst
3 islands of the United States · Dec 1969 – Feb 1970
Derral R. Herbst in Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi Island and Kauaʻi, December 1969 – February 197040 specimens · 15 stops · 84 days · 1,198 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.