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
T. Hosokawa
12 islands · Jun – Sep 1934
T. Hosokawa across 12 islands, June – September 1934185 specimens · 21 stops · 89 days · 8,890 km
A.J. Eames
Upolu and Tutuila · Feb – Mar 1921
A.J. Eames in Upolu and Tutuila, February – March 1921260 specimens · 10 stops · 33 days · 289 km
Benjamin C. Stone
14 islands · Jun – Sep 1956
Benjamin C. Stone across 14 islands, June – September 1956168 specimens · 36 stops · 116 days · 49,852 km
Heinar Streimann
Australia · Jul – Nov 1978
Heinar Streimann in Australia, July – November 1978124 specimens · 23 stops · 131 days · 517 km
Benjamin C. Stone
5 islands · Jul – Sep 1981
Benjamin C. Stone across 5 islands, July – September 1981220 specimens · 21 stops · 49 days · 9,878 km
D.D. Soejarto
3 islands of the Philippines · Jun – Aug 1988
D.D. Soejarto in Palawan, Palawan Island and Plawan Island, June – August 1988166 specimens · 14 stops · 42 days · 754 km
Clarence H. Cooke Jr.
Molokaʻi · Feb – Mar 1915
Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Molokaʻi, February – March 1915275 specimens · 4 stops · 42 days · 51 km
A. Palmer
4 islands of the Northern Mariana Islands · 12–22 May 2007
A. Palmer across 4 islands of the Northern Mariana Islands, 12–22 May 2007230 specimens · 9 stops · 11 days · 17,156 km
Philip Hunter Timberlake
Maui and Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Aug 1919
Philip Hunter Timberlake in Maui and Hawaiʻi Island, July – August 1919229 specimens · 22 stops · 51 days · 448 km
Jacques Florence
5 islands of French Polynesia · May – Jul 1990
Jacques Florence across 5 islands of French Polynesia, May – July 1990302 specimens · 8 stops · 60 days · 929 km
D. Afualo
Oʻahu · Feb – Apr 1975
D. Afualo in Oʻahu, February – April 1975141 specimens · 19 stops · 60 days · 312 km
P.B. Tomlinson
3 islands of Fiji · Apr – May 1969
P.B. Tomlinson in Viti Levu, Vanua Levu and Taveuni, April – May 1969232 specimens · 13 stops · 16 days · 14,669 km
Edward Yataro Hosaka
Hawaiʻi Island and Maui · May – Jun 1938
Edward Yataro Hosaka in Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, May – June 1938174 specimens · 15 stops · 26 days · 58 km
John Francis Gray Stokes
Rapa and Rapaq · Jul – Nov 1921
John Francis Gray Stokes in Rapa and Rapaq, July – November 1921149 specimens · 21 stops · 116 days
Jan Newhouse
6 islands · Dec 1968 – Feb 1969
Jan Newhouse across 6 islands, December 1968 – February 1969162 specimens · 13 stops · 62 days · 4,798 km
Harold St.John
Kauaʻi · Mar – Jun 1926
Harold St.John in Kauaʻi, March – June 1926270 specimens · 15 stops · 91 days
F. Raymond Fosberg
7 islands · Jan – Mar 1968
F. Raymond Fosberg across 7 islands, January – March 1968177 specimens · 44 stops · 62 days
Benjamin C. Stone
Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · Jan – May 1959
Benjamin C. Stone in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, January – May 1959126 specimens · 20 stops · 120 days · 470 km
Donald Anderson
8 islands · Apr – Jun 1950
Donald Anderson across 8 islands, April – June 1950193 specimens · 19 stops · 54 days · 16,195 km
van Balgooy
South Island and Australia · Jan – Feb 1983
van Balgooy in South Island and Australia, January – February 1983166 specimens · 13 stops · 39 days
R. Inafuku
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · Dec 1930 – May 1931
R. Inafuku in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, December 1930 – May 1931116 specimens · 26 stops · 147 days · 509 km
B. Tate
Oʻahu · Jun – Sep 1985
B. Tate in Oʻahu, June – September 1985141 specimens · 18 stops · 99 days
Alvin K. Chock
Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Sep 1953
Alvin K. Chock in Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island, July – September 1953163 specimens · 14 stops · 46 days
A. Meebold
3 islands · Jun – Jul 1932
A. Meebold in Viti Levu, Oʻahu and Tutuila, June – July 1932336 specimens · 4 stops · 31 days · 5,857 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.