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. 385 journeys so far, 1970 to 1980, 55,826 specimens between them.
210 collectors and expeditions6,585 days in the field1,142,433 km between stops26,601 photographed specimens
385 journeys match
A. Gebo
New Guinea and Papua · Jun – Jul 1972
A. Gebo in New Guinea and Papua, June – July 1972118 specimens · 11 stops · 15 days · 569 km
Derral R. Herbst
6 islands of the United States · Jul – Sep 1978
Derral R. Herbst across 6 islands of the United States, July – September 197897 specimens · 10 stops · 65 days · 2,116 km
P. Katik
Manus Island and Umboi Island · Sep – Nov 1974
P. Katik in Manus Island and Umboi Island, September – November 1974100 specimens · 10 stops · 58 days · 978 km
L. Yoshida
Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Sep 1979
L. Yoshida in Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island, July – September 1979111 specimens · 6 stops · 79 days · 1,711 km
B. Kimura
4 islands of the United States · Jun – Aug 1978
B. Kimura across 4 islands of the United States, June – August 197885 specimens · 15 stops · 50 days · 598 km
Judson Linsley Gressitt
Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Nov 1971
Judson Linsley Gressitt in Hawaiʻi Island, July – November 1971147 specimens · 14 stops · 131 days · 6,218 km
ESP Field Crew
Hawaiʻi Island and Kauaʻi · Jul – Oct 1979
ESP Field Crew, July – October 1979105 specimens · 7 stops · 94 days · 1,846 km
R.S. Isles
New Britain and Ott Island · May – Jun 1973
R.S. Isles in New Britain and Ott Island, May – June 1973103 specimens · 10 stops · 38 days · 784 km
Kenneth M. Nagata
3 islands of the United States · Jun – Aug 1978
Kenneth M. Nagata in Hawaiʻi Island, Maui and Molokaʻi, June – August 197886 specimens · 15 stops · 44 days · 639 km
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W.H. Magruder
Kauaʻi · 1–21 Sep 1979
W.H. Magruder in Kauaʻi, 1–21 September 1979138 specimens · 10 stops · 21 days · 834 km
C. Corn
Oʻahu and Kahoʻolawe · Jan – Mar 1978
C. Corn in Oʻahu and Kahoʻolawe, January – March 1978109 specimens · 6 stops · 82 days · 283 km
Luther E. Bishop
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · May – Jun 1972
Luther E. Bishop in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, May – June 1972107 specimens · 9 stops · 15 days · 254 km
F.R. Warshauer
Molokaʻi and Maui · Jun – Jul 1979
F.R. Warshauer in Molokaʻi and Maui, June – July 1979108 specimens · 9 stops · 34 days · 18 km
J.D. Jacobi
Molokaʻi · Jun – Jul 1979
J.D. Jacobi in Molokaʻi, June – July 1979100 specimens · 10 stops · 50 days · 64 km
P. Katik
New Britain and Poi Island · May – Jun 1973
P. Katik in New Britain and Poi Island, May – June 1973104 specimens · 8 stops · 35 days · 536 km
Johnson Randall
3 islands · Dec 1971 – Apr 1972
Johnson Randall in Enewetak Atoll, Oʻahu and Maui, December 1971 – April 1972108 specimens · 28 stops · 120 days · 19,165 km
Derral R. Herbst
3 islands of the United States · Sep – Oct 1973
Derral R. Herbst in Lānaʻi, Oʻahu and Molokaʻi, September – October 197396 specimens · 9 stops · 30 days · 73 km
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss
13 islands · Dec 1976 – Apr 1977
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss across 13 islands, December 1976 – April 197788 specimens · 27 stops · 104 days · 15,072 km
Reino Fagersten
Finland · May – Sep 1973
Reino Fagersten in Finland, May – September 197363 specimens · 16 stops · 118 days
B. Goldman
5 islands of the Solomon Islands · Jun – Aug 1973
B. Goldman across 5 islands of the Solomon Islands, June – August 1973145 specimens · 15 stops · 40 days · 87 km
van Royen
Java and Australia · Nov 1974 – Jan 1975
van Royen in Java and Australia, November 1974 – January 197589 specimens · 8 stops · 62 days
Derral R. Herbst
3 islands of the United States · Apr – Jun 1978
Derral R. Herbst in Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi Island and Kauaʻi, April – June 1978102 specimens · 6 stops · 43 days · 778 km
G.P. Buelow
8 islands of Tonga · Apr – Aug 1978
G.P. Buelow across 8 islands of Tonga, April – August 197870 specimens · 38 stops · 148 days
G.P. Buelow
5 islands of Tonga · Jan – May 1979
G.P. Buelow across 5 islands of Tonga, January – May 197973 specimens · 28 stops · 121 days
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.