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. 281 journeys so far, 1970 to 1980, 35,652 specimens between them.
147 collectors and expeditions4,651 days in the field852,009 km between stops26,601 photographed specimens
281 journeys match
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
Derral R. Herbst
12 islands · Dec 1971 – Aug 1972
Derral R. Herbst across 12 islands, December 1971 – August 1972634 specimens · 53 stops · 263 days · 25,096 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
Seymour H. Sohmer
Sri Lanka and Pahang · Sep – Dec 1973
Seymour H. Sohmer in Sri Lanka and Pahang, September – December 1973672 specimens · 28 stops · 94 days
M. Jacobs
New Guinea and Selangor · Aug – Dec 1973
M. Jacobs in New Guinea and Selangor, August – December 1973852 specimens · 11 stops · 105 days · 2,363 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
R.L. Stemmermann
28 islands · Nov 1977 – Feb 1978
R.L. Stemmermann across 28 islands, November 1977 – February 1978620 specimens · 70 stops · 102 days · 20,526 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
Derral R. Herbst
5 islands of the United States · Feb – Oct 1975
Derral R. Herbst across 5 islands of the United States, February – October 1975345 specimens · 58 stops · 242 days · 4,870 km
William J. Hoe
Maui · Jun – Jul 1975
William J. Hoe in Maui, June – July 1975534 specimens · 15 stops · 36 days · 351 km
J.M. Powell
6 islands · Apr – Jul 1972
J.M. Powell across 6 islands, April – July 1972377 specimens · 34 stops · 109 days · 11,538 km
H.P. Nooteboom
3 islands · Mar – May 1970
H.P. Nooteboom in Borneo, Sarawak and Sabah, March – May 1970344 specimens · 34 stops · 62 days · 5,549 km
Derral R. Herbst
4 islands of the United States · Jun – Nov 1971
Derral R. Herbst across 4 islands of the United States, June – November 1971289 specimens · 38 stops · 153 days · 2,219 km
W.A. Whistler
7 islands · May – Aug 1975
W.A. Whistler across 7 islands, May – August 1975447 specimens · 44 stops · 90 days · 980 km
P. Chai
Borneo and Sarawak · Mar – May 1970
P. Chai in Borneo and Sarawak, March – May 1970306 specimens · 31 stops · 62 days · 3,319 km
Betsy H. Gagne
11 islands · Jun – Sep 1977
Betsy H. Gagne across 11 islands, June – September 1977480 specimens · 22 stops · 84 days · 12,628 km
W.A. Whistler
3 islands of Samoa · Jul – Dec 1973
W.A. Whistler in Upolu, Savaii and Nuutele, July – December 1973354 specimens · 49 stops · 146 days · 639 km
Derral R. Herbst
5 islands of the United States · Jan – May 1976
Derral R. Herbst across 5 islands of the United States, January – May 1976285 specimens · 26 stops · 108 days · 1,983 km
Benjamin C. Stone
7 islands · Mar – Sep 1971
Benjamin C. Stone across 7 islands, March – September 1971236 specimens · 43 stops · 182 days · 10,793 km
W.A. Whistler
11 islands · May 1976 – Jan 1977
W.A. Whistler across 11 islands, May 1976 – January 1977301 specimens · 62 stops · 237 days · 2,182 km
Seymour H. Sohmer
5 islands of Papua New Guinea · Mar – Jun 1979
Seymour H. Sohmer across 5 islands of Papua New Guinea, March – June 1979294 specimens · 22 stops · 106 days · 3,435 km
Paul K. Higashino
Hawaiʻi Island and Maui · Jun – Aug 1977
Paul K. Higashino in Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, June – August 1977290 specimens · 18 stops · 83 days · 260 km
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
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.