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
Peter J. Edwards
North Island and New Zealand · 1–30 Mar 1970
Peter J. Edwards in North Island and New Zealand, 1–30 March 197062 specimens · 10 stops · 30 days · 53,824 km
van Royen
the United States · Jul – Aug 1973
van Royen in the United States, July – August 197397 specimens · 17 stops · 27 days
Stud. Biol. Rheno-Trai in itinere
Boyroya · Jun – Jul 1970
Stud. Biol. Rheno-Trai in itinere in Boyroya, June – July 197055 specimens · 12 stops · 31 days
C.A. Russell
Swirl and Allen Island [Washington] · Jun – Jul 1973
C.A. Russell in Swirl and Allen Island [Washington], June – July 197353 specimens · 12 stops · 43 days
Derral R. Herbst
3 islands of the United States · Nov – Dec 1975
Derral R. Herbst in Hawaiʻi Island, Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, November – December 197563 specimens · 8 stops · 31 days · 484 km



Dennis M. Devaney
8 islands · Feb – Mar 1971
Dennis M. Devaney across 8 islands, February – March 197190 specimens · 13 stops · 41 days · 1,684 km
Isabelle Abbott
St. Croix · 2–21 Jan 1974
Isabelle Abbott in St. Croix, 2–21 January 197460 specimens · 10 stops · 20 days
F.R. Warshauer
Lānaʻi · 2–9 Apr 1979
F.R. Warshauer in Lānaʻi, 2–9 April 197983 specimens · 7 stops · 8 days
Isabelle Abbott
Maui · Aug – Sep 1976
Isabelle Abbott in Maui, August – September 197685 specimens · 5 stops · 9 days · 204 km
F. Raymond Fosberg
10 islands · May – Jul 1973
F. Raymond Fosberg across 10 islands, May – July 197356 specimens · 17 stops · 45 days
Jan-Peter Frahm
Sweden and Denmark · Jul – Aug 1975
Jan-Peter Frahm in Sweden and Denmark, July – August 197552 specimens · 11 stops · 24 days
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss
7 islands · Nov 1977 – Feb 1978
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss across 7 islands, November 1977 – February 197861 specimens · 19 stops · 80 days · 5,557 km
Zennoske Iwatsuki
4 islands of Japan · Aug – Sep 1975
Zennoske Iwatsuki across 4 islands of Japan, August – September 197547 specimens · 12 stops · 37 days · 686 km
J.M. Powell
Australia · Aug – Sep 1979
J.M. Powell in Australia, August – September 197942 specimens · 17 stops · 33 days
R.L. Stemmermann
5 islands · Nov – Dec 1979
R.L. Stemmermann across 5 islands, November – December 197978 specimens · 10 stops · 34 days · 5,655 km
D.B. Sumithraarachchi
Sri Lanka · 20–26 Nov 1975
D.B. Sumithraarachchi in Sri Lanka, 20–26 November 197577 specimens · 6 stops · 7 days
Paul K. Higashino
Oʻahu and Kahoʻolawe · Oct – Nov 1976
Paul K. Higashino in Oʻahu and Kahoʻolawe, October – November 197667 specimens · 5 stops · 28 days · 151 km
Paul K. Higashino
Maui · Dec 1975 – Jan 1976
Paul K. Higashino in Maui, December 1975 – January 197684 specimens · 4 stops · 10 days · 58 km
R.L. Stemmermann
Oʻahu · Mar – May 1973
R.L. Stemmermann in Oʻahu, March – May 197365 specimens · 16 stops · 49 days
Donald P. Abbott
Maui · Aug – Sep 1976
Donald P. Abbott in Maui, August – September 197670 specimens · 5 stops · 15 days · 369 km
L. Visch
3 islands of New Zealand · Dec 1972 – Feb 1973
L. Visch in South Island, New Zealand and North Island, December 1972 – February 197345 specimens · 9 stops · 52 days · 4,993 km
A.F. Chambers
Nanumea · Apr – Jun 1974
A.F. Chambers in Nanumea, April – June 197466 specimens · 9 stops · 41 days
Seymour H. Sohmer
Maui and Oʻahu · Aug – Sep 1970
Seymour H. Sohmer in Maui and Oʻahu, August – September 197059 specimens · 7 stops · 21 days · 135 km
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss
6 islands · Nov 1978 – Jan 1979
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss across 6 islands, November 1978 – January 197957 specimens · 17 stops · 90 days · 2,398 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.
