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
Maxwell S. Doty
7 islands · May – Jun 1973
Maxwell S. Doty across 7 islands, May – June 197366 specimens · 9 stops · 60 days · 36,912 km
H.J. Fortner
Oʻahu · Jan – May 1974
H.J. Fortner in Oʻahu, January – May 197455 specimens · 11 stops · 103 days · 294 km
Dana G. Griffin III
Brazil · Jun – Aug 1974
Dana G. Griffin III in Brazil, June – August 197450 specimens · 14 stops · 58 days
R.C. Gardner
6 islands · Jan – Mar 1975
R.C. Gardner across 6 islands, January – March 197549 specimens · 15 stops · 54 days · 18,774 km
Derral R. Herbst
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · 11–18 Jan 1975
Derral R. Herbst in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, 11–18 January 197592 specimens · 6 stops · 8 days · 302 km
G.J. Spence
Lānaʻi and Oʻahu · Sep – Oct 1973
G.J. Spence in Lānaʻi and Oʻahu, September – October 197387 specimens · 4 stops · 49 days · 77 km
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
Gerald R. Allen
7 islands of Oman · Feb – Mar 1977
Gerald R. Allen across 7 islands of Oman, February – March 197790 specimens · 17 stops · 44 days · 2,615 km
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
Akihiko Sinoto
5 islands · Jan – Mar 1971
Akihiko Sinoto across 5 islands, January – March 1971111 specimens · 10 stops · 32 days · 1,942 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
R. Burkhart
the United States · Jun – Jul 1975
R. Burkhart in the United States, June – July 1975100 specimens · 12 stops · 34 days
Gerald R. Allen
One Tree and Lord Howe · Jan – Feb 1973
Gerald R. Allen in One Tree and Lord Howe, January – February 197388 specimens · 16 stops · 41 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
Johnson Randall
10 islands of Egypt · Jul – Aug 1976
Johnson Randall across 10 islands of Egypt, July – August 197680 specimens · 19 stops · 44 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
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.