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. 282 journeys so far, 1970 to 1980, 39,583 specimens between them.
148 collectors and expeditions4,885 days in the field870,419 km between stops26,525 photographed specimens
282 journeys match
F. Raymond Fosberg
10 islands · Oct – Dec 1978
F. Raymond Fosberg across 10 islands, October – December 1978361 specimens · 27 stops · 68 days · 79,655 km
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Steven L. Montgomery
3 islands of the United States · May – Sep 1979
Steven L. Montgomery in Molokaʻi, Hawaiʻi Island and Lānaʻi, May – September 1979268 specimens · 35 stops · 100 days · 1,207 km
W.A. Whistler
8 islands · Jan – Apr 1974
W.A. Whistler across 8 islands, January – April 1974352 specimens · 31 stops · 99 days · 522 km
Elbert L. Little Jr.
6 islands of the United States · Aug – Sep 1976
Elbert L. Little Jr. across 6 islands of the United States, August – September 1976271 specimens · 23 stops · 52 days · 1,816 km
Paul K. Higashino
Hawaiʻi Island and Molokaʻi · Jun – Jul 1974
Paul K. Higashino in Hawaiʻi Island and Molokaʻi, June – July 1974290 specimens · 17 stops · 46 days · 517 km
T.R. Herat
Hawaiʻi Island · Jun – Jul 1974
T.R. Herat in Hawaiʻi Island, June – July 1974290 specimens · 16 stops · 46 days · 75 km
R.L. Stemmermann
3 islands of the United States · May – Aug 1979
R.L. Stemmermann in Molokaʻi, Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, May – August 1979252 specimens · 25 stops · 94 days · 1,167 km
M.-H Sachet
8 islands of French Polynesia · Nov 1974 – Feb 1975
M.-H Sachet across 8 islands of French Polynesia, November 1974 – February 1975286 specimens · 34 stops · 108 days · 4,737 km
W. Teraoka
4 islands · Apr 1979 – Mar 1980
W. Teraoka across 4 islands, April 1979 – March 1980183 specimens · 58 stops · 348 days · 23,334 km
K. Eliezer
Sri Lanka · Oct – Nov 1973
K. Eliezer in Sri Lanka, October – November 1973309 specimens · 11 stops · 43 days
Johnson Randall
13 islands · Feb – Jun 1979
Johnson Randall across 13 islands, February – June 1979344 specimens · 33 stops · 111 days · 11,568 km
R. Herat
Hawaiʻi Island · Jun – Jul 1974
R. Herat in Hawaiʻi Island, June – July 1974247 specimens · 15 stops · 46 days · 75 km
W. Schultze-Motel
6 islands · Apr – Jun 1972
W. Schultze-Motel across 6 islands, April – June 1972161 specimens · 46 stops · 77 days · 448 km
Derral R. Herbst
5 islands · Aug – Dec 1974
Derral R. Herbst across 5 islands, August – December 1974178 specimens · 27 stops · 126 days · 1,297 km
William J. Hoe
Maui · May – Jun 1976
William J. Hoe in Maui, May – June 1976257 specimens · 13 stops · 38 days · 162 km
P.A. Schafer
4 islands of French Polynesia · Jan – Apr 1975
P.A. Schafer across 4 islands of French Polynesia, January – April 1975231 specimens · 36 stops · 89 days · 329 km
Derral R. Herbst
4 islands of the United States · Feb – May 1973
Derral R. Herbst across 4 islands of the United States, February – May 1973186 specimens · 22 stops · 93 days · 1,628 km
Paul K. Higashino
Maui · Jun – Aug 1976
Paul K. Higashino in Maui, June – August 1976229 specimens · 12 stops · 68 days · 162 km
Wayne C. Gagne
4 islands of the United States · Jan – Nov 1970
Wayne C. Gagne across 4 islands of the United States, January – November 1970150 specimens · 60 stops · 305 days · 3,577 km
W.A. Whistler
3 islands · Jun – Aug 1972
W.A. Whistler in Upolu, Savaii and Tutuila, June – August 1972175 specimens · 25 stops · 53 days · 464 km
D.E. Yen
6 islands of the Solomon Islands · Feb – May 1971
D.E. Yen across 6 islands of the Solomon Islands, February – May 1971161 specimens · 31 stops · 107 days · 1,964 km
Grady L. Webster
6 islands · Aug – Dec 1973
Grady L. Webster across 6 islands, August – December 1973137 specimens · 44 stops · 125 days · 9,925 km
M.D. Hoyle
the United States · Mar – Jun 1977
M.D. Hoyle in the United States, March – June 1977192 specimens · 14 stops · 86 days
Royce L. Oliver
3 islands of French Polynesia · Jan – Mar 1975
Royce L. Oliver in Hiva Oa, Tahuata and Hivaoa, January – March 1975220 specimens · 27 stops · 58 days · 222 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.