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
N. Price
Vancouver and Vancouver Island · May – Jul 1969
N. Price in Vancouver and Vancouver Island, May – July 196993 specimens · 31 stops · 65 days
R.L. Halbert
Vancouver and Vancouver Island · May – Jul 1969
R.L. Halbert in Vancouver and Vancouver Island, May – July 196991 specimens · 31 stops · 77 days
Clarence C.Y. Wong
6 islands of Micronesia · Sep – Nov 1947
Clarence C.Y. Wong across 6 islands of Micronesia, September – November 1947201 specimens · 8 stops · 57 days
Edwin Smith
Moorea · Jun – Aug 1967
Edwin Smith in Moorea, June – August 1967147 specimens · 26 stops · 69 days
Harold St.John
11 islands · Jul – Aug 1949
Harold St.John across 11 islands, July – August 1949180 specimens · 15 stops · 30 days · 6,890 km
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo
Oʻahu · Mar – Apr 1948
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo in Oʻahu, March – April 1948164 specimens · 7 stops · 37 days · 934 km
Derral R. Herbst
10 islands · 1–25 Sep 1988
Derral R. Herbst across 10 islands, 1–25 September 1988174 specimens · 13 stops · 25 days
A. Hof
8 islands of Bermuda · Jun – Aug 1925
A. Hof across 8 islands of Bermuda, June – August 1925116 specimens · 20 stops · 37 days
D. Wesley Garber
3 islands of American Samoa · May – Jul 1925
D. Wesley Garber in Ofu, Olosega and Tutuila, May – July 1925143 specimens · 16 stops · 42 days · 209 km
J.T. Conover
Okinawa · Feb – Mar 1946
J.T. Conover in Okinawa, February – March 1946138 specimens · 13 stops · 24 days
V.J. Krajina
Maui and Hawaiʻi Island · 14–22 Apr 1962
V.J. Krajina in Maui and Hawaiʻi Island, 14–22 April 1962201 specimens · 8 stops · 9 days · 494 km
W.J. Lutjeharms
Sumatra and Sumbawa · May – Jul 1936
W.J. Lutjeharms in Sumatra and Sumbawa, May – July 193693 specimens · 26 stops · 82 days
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
3 islands of the United States · Jun – Sep 1928
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Kauaʻi, Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, June – September 1928168 specimens · 15 stops · 81 days · 1,078 km
Afrastini Ismail
Kabaena and Sulawesi · Jul – Aug 1993
Afrastini Ismail in Kabaena and Sulawesi, July – August 1993141 specimens · 13 stops · 18 days · 66 km
Joseph F. Rock
3 islands of the United States · Jan – Mar 1912
Joseph F. Rock in Hawaiʻi Island, Maui and Oʻahu, January – March 1912133 specimens · 13 stops · 71 days · 136 km
Walter M. Giffard
Hawaiʻi Island · Aug – Sep 1917
Walter M. Giffard in Hawaiʻi Island, August – September 1917328 specimens · 8 stops · 19 days
C.F. Puttock
Maui and Hawaiʻi Island · 6–24 May 2001
C.F. Puttock in Maui and Hawaiʻi Island, 6–24 May 2001364 specimens · 5 stops · 19 days · 258 km
Ernani Meñez
5 islands of the Philippines · Jun – Jul 1958
Ernani Meñez across 5 islands of the Philippines, June – July 1958187 specimens · 8 stops · 16 days · 1,713 km
R. Okano
3 islands of the United States · Jan – Feb 2000
R. Okano in Molokaʻi, Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, January – February 2000355 specimens · 5 stops · 17 days · 223 km
Otto Herman Swezey
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · Aug – Sep 1925
Otto Herman Swezey in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, August – September 1925211 specimens · 21 stops · 38 days · 254 km
W.R. Sykes
3 islands of Tonga · 8–27 Nov 1997
W.R. Sykes in Tongatapu Island, 'Eua Island and 'Euaiki Island, 8–27 November 1997220 specimens · 20 stops · 20 days
Glen W. Russ
Molokaʻi · 1–13 Dec 1932
Glen W. Russ in Molokaʻi, 1–13 December 1932236 specimens · 4 stops · 13 days · 35 km
Joan E. Canfield
5 islands of Palau · 16–29 Jul 1991
Joan E. Canfield across 5 islands of Palau, 16–29 July 1991234 specimens · 14 stops · 14 days · 414 km
Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr.
Maui and Hawaiʻi Island · 7–25 May 2001
Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr. in Maui and Hawaiʻi Island, 7–25 May 2001361 specimens · 5 stops · 19 days · 853 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.