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. 1,980 journeys so far, 1874 to 2026, 356,126 specimens between them.
839 collectors and expeditions34,820 days in the field7,426,317 km between stops244,553 photographed specimens
1,980 journeys match
Joseph F. Rock
3 islands of the United States · Apr – Aug 1911
Joseph F. Rock in Maui, Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, April – August 1911297 specimens · 13 stops · 123 days · 1,153 km
A.M. Stokes
3 islands of French Polynesia · Jan – Apr 1921
A.M. Stokes in Rurutu, Rimatara and Raivavae, January – April 1921309 specimens · 23 stops · 80 days · 710 km
M.A. Evans
21 islands · Jun – Aug 1965
M.A. Evans across 21 islands, June – August 1965313 specimens · 36 stops · 62 days · 22,345 km
Alan Holt
Maui and Molokaʻi · May – Aug 1980
Alan Holt in Maui and Molokaʻi, May – August 1980302 specimens · 13 stops · 104 days · 433 km
Judson Linsley Gressitt
3 islands · Jun – Oct 1955
Judson Linsley Gressitt in New Guinea, Vanua Levu and New Britain, June – October 1955229 specimens · 62 stops · 128 days · 3,623 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
A.J. Bernatowicz
6 islands · Dec 1961 – Apr 1962
A.J. Bernatowicz across 6 islands, December 1961 – April 1962229 specimens · 29 stops · 98 days
T.R. Herat
Hawaiʻi Island · Jun – Jul 1974
T.R. Herat in Hawaiʻi Island, June – July 1974290 specimens · 16 stops · 46 days · 75 km
Warren L. Wagner Jr.
3 islands of the United States · Dec 1983 – Mar 1984
Warren L. Wagner Jr. in Kauaʻi, Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, December 1983 – March 1984262 specimens · 17 stops · 89 days · 1,887 km
Ernest H. Quayle
5 islands of French Polynesia · Sep – Nov 1921
Ernest H. Quayle across 5 islands of French Polynesia, September – November 1921271 specimens · 29 stops · 78 days · 4,525 km
F. Raymond Fosberg
6 islands · Jun – Aug 1981
F. Raymond Fosberg across 6 islands, June – August 1981350 specimens · 25 stops · 47 days · 39,992 km
Walter M. Giffard
Hawaiʻi Island · Jun – Aug 1927
Walter M. Giffard in Hawaiʻi Island, June – August 1927248 specimens · 25 stops · 60 days · 184 km
Steven Perlman
4 islands of the United States · Mar – Oct 1991
Steven Perlman across 4 islands of the United States, March – October 1991189 specimens · 38 stops · 211 days · 6,398 km
Karla J. McDermid
8 islands of the United States · Sep – Oct 2002
Karla J. McDermid across 8 islands of the United States, September – October 2002383 specimens · 11 stops · 25 days · 2,834 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
Robert L. Usinger
Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · Jun – Nov 1935
Robert L. Usinger in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, June – November 1935378 specimens · 27 stops · 135 days · 641 km
A. Bailey
7 islands of the Solomon Islands · Jul – Oct 1965
A. Bailey across 7 islands of the Solomon Islands, July – October 1965208 specimens · 37 stops · 123 days · 1,149 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
Harold St.John
3 islands of the United States · Dec 1937 – Jan 1938
Harold St.John in Hawaiʻi Island, Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, December 1937 – January 1938290 specimens · 15 stops · 37 days · 359 km
Henry Wiebke
3 islands of the United States · Mar – Aug 1928
Henry Wiebke in Molokaʻi, Maui and Oʻahu, March – August 1928203 specimens · 32 stops · 146 days · 349 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
T. Amano
Okinawa and Iriomote Island · Jun – Aug 1951
T. Amano in Okinawa and Iriomote Island, June – August 1951214 specimens · 31 stops · 63 days
Clarence H. Cooke Jr.
Kauaʻi · Oct – Nov 1903
Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Kauaʻi, October – November 1903355 specimens · 15 stops · 39 days · 688 km
Isa Degener
6 islands · Dec 1968 – Feb 1969
Isa Degener across 6 islands, December 1968 – February 1969230 specimens · 30 stops · 52 days · 41,268 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.