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
W.A. Whistler
3 islands · Jun – Aug 1972
W.A. Whistler in Upolu, Savaii and Tutuila, June – August 1972175 specimens · 25 stops · 53 days · 464 km
S. Sonohara
Okinawa and Ie Island · Jul – Aug 1951
S. Sonohara in Okinawa and Ie Island, July – August 1951195 specimens · 20 stops · 32 days
Derral R. Herbst
10 islands · Jun – Jul 1980
Derral R. Herbst across 10 islands, June – July 1980210 specimens · 14 stops · 48 days · 1,684 km
Joseph F. Rock
5 islands of the United States · Aug – Nov 1916
Joseph F. Rock across 5 islands of the United States, August – November 1916205 specimens · 13 stops · 77 days · 1,762 km
Benjamin C. Stone
3 islands of the United States · Jun – Aug 1955
Benjamin C. Stone in Kauaʻi, Lānaʻi and Oʻahu, June – August 1955209 specimens · 13 stops · 62 days · 841 km
F. Raymond Fosberg
Oʻahu · May – Jul 1935
F. Raymond Fosberg in Oʻahu, May – July 1935176 specimens · 19 stops · 77 days · 308 km
T. Hosokawa
15 islands · Jul – Sep 1936
T. Hosokawa across 15 islands, July – September 1936207 specimens · 23 stops · 64 days · 6,008 km
H.A. Woolford
Maui · 1–31 Dec 1955
H.A. Woolford in Maui, 1–31 December 1955229 specimens · 14 stops · 31 days · 42 km
Harold St.John
15 islands · Dec 1945 – May 1946
Harold St.John across 15 islands, December 1945 – May 1946194 specimens · 23 stops · 147 days · 16,487 km
Clarence H. Cooke Jr.
3 islands of the United States · 1–19 Jun 1923
Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Nihoa, Mokumanamana and Kauaʻi, 1–19 June 1923307 specimens · 8 stops · 19 days · 786 km
D. Lepofsky
7 islands of Papua New Guinea · Sep – Dec 1988
D. Lepofsky across 7 islands of Papua New Guinea, September – December 1988168 specimens · 32 stops · 78 days
Grady L. Webster
3 islands of the United States · May – Jul 1948
Grady L. Webster in Maui, Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, May – July 1948193 specimens · 17 stops · 44 days · 594 km
L.M. Hodgson
4 islands of the United States · Feb – May 2001
L.M. Hodgson across 4 islands of the United States, February – May 2001164 specimens · 23 stops · 108 days · 1,950 km
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Wayne N. Takeuchi
3 islands of the United States · Jul – Oct 1983
Wayne N. Takeuchi in Kauaʻi, Oʻahu and Maui, July – October 1983183 specimens · 17 stops · 71 days · 1,520 km
Alastair M. Adamson
Tahiti and Moorea · Oct – Dec 1928
Alastair M. Adamson in Tahiti and Moorea, October – December 1928203 specimens · 15 stops · 49 days · 153 km
E. Soakai
16 islands of Tonga · Jan – Aug 1959
E. Soakai across 16 islands of Tonga, January – August 1959133 specimens · 38 stops · 206 days · 603 km
D.E. Yen
6 islands of the Solomon Islands · Feb – May 1971
D.E. Yen across 6 islands of the Solomon Islands, February – May 1971161 specimens · 31 stops · 107 days · 1,964 km
M.M. Fleischer
3 islands · Feb – Apr 1909
M.M. Fleischer in Luzon, Penang and Java, February – April 1909184 specimens · 16 stops · 64 days
R.L. Wilbur
3 islands of the United States · May – Jul 1948
R.L. Wilbur in Maui, Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, May – July 1948191 specimens · 17 stops · 44 days · 594 km
L.A. Doore
5 islands of New Zealand · Jan – Mar 1935
L.A. Doore across 5 islands of New Zealand, January – March 1935159 specimens · 31 stops · 46 days · 5,344 km
Joseph F. Rock
3 islands of the United States · Apr – Jun 1918
Joseph F. Rock in Molokaʻi, Oʻahu and Maui, April – June 1918200 specimens · 14 stops · 62 days · 167 km
Benjamin C. Stone
Guam and Rota · Nov 1961 – Aug 1962
Benjamin C. Stone in Guam and Rota, November 1961 – August 1962147 specimens · 52 stops · 255 days
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Paul H. Baldwin
Hawaiʻi Island · 19–31 Dec 1937
Paul H. Baldwin in Hawaiʻi Island, 19–31 December 1937258 specimens · 11 stops · 13 days
H.A. Miller
4 islands of the United States · May – Jun 1953
H.A. Miller across 4 islands of the United States, May – June 1953191 specimens · 24 stops · 33 days · 441 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.