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
P.J. Darbyshire
New Guinea · Jun – Sep 1961
P.J. Darbyshire in New Guinea, June – September 196176 specimens · 40 stops · 109 days · 2,501 km
Harold E. Parks
Rarotonga · May – Jul 1929
Harold E. Parks in Rarotonga, May – July 1929115 specimens · 17 stops · 69 days
Benjamin C. Stone
7 islands · Dec 1967 – Apr 1968
Benjamin C. Stone across 7 islands, December 1967 – April 196895 specimens · 22 stops · 121 days · 1,715 km
G.J. Leach
New Guinea · May – Aug 1972
G.J. Leach in New Guinea, May – August 1972127 specimens · 9 stops · 75 days · 1,995 km
G.A. Santos
4 islands of the Philippines · Feb – Jun 1968
G.A. Santos across 4 islands of the Philippines, February – June 196884 specimens · 23 stops · 117 days · 3,115 km
Marie Catherine Neal
4 islands · Jul – Aug 1933
Marie Catherine Neal across 4 islands, July – August 1933137 specimens · 9 stops · 33 days · 17,135 km
Alvarez
Luzon and Olango · Nov – Dec 1991
Alvarez in Luzon and Olango, November – December 1991124 specimens · 13 stops · 19 days
M.D. Hoyle
6 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 1968
M.D. Hoyle across 6 islands of the United States, July – August 196891 specimens · 22 stops · 46 days
Edward Yataro Hosaka
Maui and Hawaiʻi Island · Jan – Feb 1937
Edward Yataro Hosaka in Maui and Hawaiʻi Island, January – February 1937114 specimens · 14 stops · 28 days · 447 km
Steven Perlman
Kauaʻi · Jan – Apr 2015
Steven Perlman in Kauaʻi, January – April 201591 specimens · 17 stops · 94 days · 13,385 km
Ruth D. Svihla
Maui and Oʻahu · Jun – Aug 1935
Ruth D. Svihla in Maui and Oʻahu, June – August 1935176 specimens · 15 stops · 69 days · 191 km
David F. Grether
5 islands · Jul – Aug 1946
David F. Grether across 5 islands, July – August 1946121 specimens · 10 stops · 38 days · 37,731 km
Edward Yataro Hosaka
Hawaiʻi Island · Dec 1931 – Jan 1932
Edward Yataro Hosaka in Hawaiʻi Island, December 1931 – January 1932154 specimens · 8 stops · 14 days · 67 km
Fiona R. Willis
New Guinea and Irian Jaya · Mar – Apr 1999
Fiona R. Willis in New Guinea and Irian Jaya, March – April 1999122 specimens · 13 stops · 40 days · 1,153 km
T.R. Herat
Oʻahu · 11–29 Aug 1972
T.R. Herat in Oʻahu, 11–29 August 1972120 specimens · 13 stops · 19 days · 268 km
P.E. Hegewald
Jamaica · Jul – Nov 1973
P.E. Hegewald in Jamaica, July – November 197380 specimens · 23 stops · 106 days
Timothy Flynn
Savaii and Upolu · Jun – Jul 2016
Timothy Flynn in Savaii and Upolu, June – July 2016135 specimens · 17 stops · 31 days · 160 km
W. Law
4 islands · Feb – Apr 2009
W. Law across 4 islands, February – April 2009112 specimens · 14 stops · 44 days · 9,392 km
Seymour H. Sohmer
3 islands of the United States · May – Jul 1970
Seymour H. Sohmer in Kauaʻi, Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, May – July 1970111 specimens · 13 stops · 60 days · 1,246 km
Fernando
3 islands of the Philippines · Aug – Oct 1993
Fernando in Quezon, Luzon and Quezon Island, August – October 199399 specimens · 14 stops · 62 days
W.A. Whistler
5 islands · Aug – Oct 1978
W.A. Whistler across 5 islands, August – October 1978139 specimens · 24 stops · 67 days
R.C. Gardner
6 islands of the United States · Jan – Feb 1974
R.C. Gardner across 6 islands of the United States, January – February 197489 specimens · 24 stops · 54 days · 1,081 km
C. Corn
3 islands of the United States · Mar – Apr 1980
C. Corn in Kahoʻolawe, Hawaiʻi Island and Kauaʻi, March – April 1980171 specimens · 5 stops · 30 days · 902 km
Mrs. Fred E. Lewis
Oʻahu and Maui · Jan – Apr 1979
Mrs. Fred E. Lewis in Oʻahu and Maui, January – April 197980 specimens · 22 stops · 105 days · 89 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.