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
A.J. Bernatowicz
4 islands · May – Sep 1950
A.J. Bernatowicz across 4 islands, May – September 195082 specimens · 32 stops · 103 days
J.S. Burley
Borneo and Kalimantan · Mar – May 1988
J.S. Burley in Borneo and Kalimantan, March – May 1988100 specimens · 20 stops · 42 days · 4,807 km
M. Sundue
New Guinea · 3–23 Feb 2013
M. Sundue in New Guinea, 3–23 February 2013300 specimens · 2 stops · 21 days · 483 km
H.E. Connor
New Zealand and South Island · Jan – Feb 1962
H.E. Connor in New Zealand and South Island, January – February 1962114 specimens · 13 stops · 57 days · 9,986 km
Thomas G. Lammers
3 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1984
Thomas G. Lammers in Maui, Molokaʻi and Oʻahu, June – July 1984115 specimens · 14 stops · 36 days · 403 km
Benjamin C. Stone
11 islands · Dec 1964 – Feb 1965
Benjamin C. Stone across 11 islands, December 1964 – February 1965145 specimens · 14 stops · 51 days · 64,561 km
J.A. McDonald
Kabaena and Sulawesi · Jul – Aug 1993
J.A. McDonald in Kabaena and Sulawesi, July – August 1993132 specimens · 12 stops · 18 days · 85 km
Heinar Streimann
Australia and Oʻahu · 10–19 Dec 1975
Heinar Streimann in Australia and Oʻahu, 10–19 December 1975152 specimens · 10 stops · 10 days
Joseph F. Rock
3 islands of the United States · Jul – Sep 1918
Joseph F. Rock in Maui, Hawaiʻi Island and Molokaʻi, July – September 1918168 specimens · 8 stops · 67 days · 409 km
D.J. Russell Jr.
Fanning (=Tabuaeran) · Jul – Aug 1972
D.J. Russell Jr. in Fanning (=Tabuaeran), July – August 1972142 specimens · 16 stops · 47 days
A.J. Eames
Lānaʻi and Oʻahu · Apr – May 1938
A.J. Eames in Lānaʻi and Oʻahu, April – May 1938150 specimens · 7 stops · 31 days · 188 km
J.E.R. Tilden
3 islands of the United States · May – Jul 1900
J.E.R. Tilden in Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi Island and Kauaʻi, May – July 1900103 specimens · 18 stops · 90 days · 2,500 km
D.A. Madulid
Palawan and Palawan Island · Jun – Aug 1988
D.A. Madulid in Palawan and Palawan Island, June – August 1988121 specimens · 11 stops · 42 days · 624 km
V.J. Krajina
Hawaiʻi Island · 25–31 Dec 1961
V.J. Krajina in Hawaiʻi Island, 25–31 December 1961203 specimens · 7 stops · 7 days · 204 km
Erling Christophersen
3 islands · May – Jul 1929
Erling Christophersen in Java, Borneo and Krakatau, May – July 1929104 specimens · 14 stops · 63 days
Steven Perlman
7 islands · Jun – Oct 1997
Steven Perlman across 7 islands, June – October 1997111 specimens · 23 stops · 117 days · 9,650 km
Harold St.John
3 islands · Oct 1951 – Jan 1952
Harold St.John in Maui, Oʻahu and Maug, October 1951 – January 1952115 specimens · 15 stops · 85 days · 313 km
Harold St.John
Kauaʻi · Jun – Aug 1925
Harold St.John in Kauaʻi, June – August 1925162 specimens · 18 stops · 58 days
Charles N. Forbes
Oʻahu · Feb – May 1911
Charles N. Forbes in Oʻahu, February – May 1911101 specimens · 17 stops · 92 days · 602 km
T.K. Newell
9 islands · Aug – Nov 1966
T.K. Newell across 9 islands, August – November 1966116 specimens · 27 stops · 91 days · 12,029 km
M. Jitmau
3 islands of Indonesia · Mar – May 1994
M. Jitmau in New Guinea, Irian Jaya and Borneo, March – May 1994128 specimens · 10 stops · 76 days · 4,100 km
Mrs Hughes
7 islands of the United States · Sep – Oct 2002
Mrs Hughes across 7 islands of the United States, September – October 2002122 specimens · 13 stops · 27 days · 2,889 km
D. Wesley Garber
Tutuila and Goat Island · Nov 1924 – Jan 1925
D. Wesley Garber in Tutuila and Goat Island, November 1924 – January 1925170 specimens · 9 stops · 38 days
Gordon Allan Samuelson
5 islands of New Zealand · Sep – Oct 1962
Gordon Allan Samuelson across 5 islands of New Zealand, September – October 196285 specimens · 27 stops · 58 days · 9,986 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.