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
Harold St.John
3 islands · 4–15 Apr 1938
Harold St.John in Lānaʻi, Maui and Rotuma, 4–15 April 1938248 specimens · 6 stops · 12 days · 4,846 km
M.V.C. Falanruw
3 islands of the Northern Mariana Islands · Apr – May 1982
M.V.C. Falanruw in Rota, Tinian and Saipan, April – May 1982265 specimens · 14 stops · 19 days · 217 km
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
4 islands of the United States · Jul – Sep 1927
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. across 4 islands of the United States, July – September 1927243 specimens · 11 stops · 55 days · 849 km
A. Meebold
4 islands · Oct – Dec 1929
A. Meebold across 4 islands, October – December 1929163 specimens · 9 stops · 73 days · 9,986 km
Marie Catherine Neal
Hawaiʻi Island · 6–19 Aug 1935
Marie Catherine Neal in Hawaiʻi Island, 6–19 August 1935200 specimens · 10 stops · 14 days · 24 km
Maxwell S. Doty
11 islands · Dec 1964 – Feb 1965
Maxwell S. Doty across 11 islands, December 1964 – February 1965158 specimens · 14 stops · 38 days · 6,438 km
M.E. Leu
Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · Apr – Jun 1988
M.E. Leu in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, April – June 1988283 specimens · 10 stops · 70 days · 1,397 km
J.R. Croft
3 islands of Papua New Guinea · May – Jun 1973
J.R. Croft in New Britain, Ott Island and Kakolan, May – June 1973185 specimens · 9 stops · 38 days · 542 km
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R.J. Baker
Oʻahu · Nov 1989 – Jan 1990
R.J. Baker in Oʻahu, November 1989 – January 1990345 specimens · 7 stops · 45 days
Walter M. Giffard
Oʻahu · Jan – Feb 1916
Walter M. Giffard in Oʻahu, January – February 1916478 specimens · 4 stops · 45 days
P.S. Vroom
7 islands · Jan – Feb 2004
P.S. Vroom across 7 islands, January – February 2004336 specimens · 6 stops · 29 days · 7,651 km
E.F. Anderson
Thailand · Oct 1976 – Feb 1977
E.F. Anderson in Thailand, October 1976 – February 1977118 specimens · 17 stops · 123 days · 2,502 km
J. Elbert
10 islands of Indonesia · Oct 1909 – Mar 1910
J. Elbert across 10 islands of Indonesia, October 1909 – March 1910102 specimens · 26 stops · 142 days
J.S. Burley
3 islands · Sep – Oct 1987
J.S. Burley in Borneo, Sarawak and Luzon, September – October 1987141 specimens · 15 stops · 45 days · 5,605 km
Erling Christophersen
3 islands · Oct 1924 – Jan 1925
Erling Christophersen in Oʻahu, Tutuila and Hawaiʻi Island, October 1924 – January 1925126 specimens · 16 stops · 85 days · 17,725 km
Jacques Florence
6 islands of French Polynesia · Nov – Dec 1982
Jacques Florence across 6 islands of French Polynesia, November – December 1982276 specimens · 8 stops · 47 days · 3,804 km
L.M. Crago
Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · Jan – Mar 2005
L.M. Crago in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, January – March 2005144 specimens · 11 stops · 77 days · 893 km
Angela Kay Kepler
10 islands of Palau · 3–17 Jun 1992
Angela Kay Kepler across 10 islands of Palau, 3–17 June 1992341 specimens · 6 stops · 15 days · 196 km
Sunaryo
3 islands of Indonesia · Apr – Jun 1994
Sunaryo in Sumba, E. Sumba and Nusa Tenggara Timor, April – June 1994159 specimens · 11 stops · 40 days · 59 km
J.C. Chapin
15 islands · Oct 1934 – Jan 1935
J.C. Chapin across 15 islands, October 1934 – January 1935125 specimens · 26 stops · 107 days · 13,508 km
Wray Harris
3 islands of Samoa · Jul – Aug 1937
Wray Harris in Upolu, Tutuila and Olosega, July – August 1937284 specimens · 3 stops · 32 days · 258 km
Derral R. Herbst
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · Jul – Sep 1966
Derral R. Herbst in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, July – September 1966129 specimens · 17 stops · 57 days · 459 km
J. Allerton
8 islands · 6–23 Aug 1972
J. Allerton across 8 islands, 6–23 August 1972230 specimens · 11 stops · 18 days · 9,710 km
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C.E. Hartt
Hawaiʻi Island · 6–19 Aug 1935
C.E. Hartt in Hawaiʻi Island, 6–19 August 1935192 specimens · 10 stops · 14 days · 24 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.