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
Neth. Ind. For. Service
11 islands · Feb – Aug 1938
Neth. Ind. For. Service, February – August 193863 specimens · 45 stops · 174 days · 15,218 km
Maxwell S. Doty
Squaw · Jun – Sep 1940
Maxwell S. Doty in Squaw, June – September 194086 specimens · 31 stops · 103 days
Maxwell S. Doty
Tasmania · Jul – Sep 1957
Maxwell S. Doty in Tasmania, July – September 1957129 specimens · 11 stops · 45 days
R.R. Ireland Jr.
Canada · 3–28 Jul 1974
R.R. Ireland Jr. in Canada, 3–28 July 1974100 specimens · 18 stops · 26 days
de Vogel
3 islands of Indonesia · Oct – Nov 1973
de Vogel in Celebes, Sulawesi and Suluwesi, October – November 1973111 specimens · 13 stops · 31 days · 780 km
van Zanten
3 islands · Dec 1973 – Feb 1974
van Zanten in North Island, South Island and New Zealand, December 1973 – February 197480 specimens · 26 stops · 62 days · 14,958 km
Patrick V. Kirch
3 islands · Jun – Jul 1974
Patrick V. Kirch in Futuna Island, Niuatoputapu Island and Nuku Hiva, June – July 1974162 specimens · 15 stops · 44 days
D.R. Stoddart
Aitutaki and Rarotonga · Aug – Sep 1969
D.R. Stoddart in Aitutaki and Rarotonga, August – September 1969109 specimens · 17 stops · 21 days
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
14 islands · Jul – Sep 1938
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. across 14 islands, July – September 1938131 specimens · 17 stops · 49 days · 11,700 km
M.H.S. MacKee
7 islands · Oct – Nov 1968
M.H.S. MacKee across 7 islands, October – November 1968120 specimens · 11 stops · 29 days · 80 km
V.B. Alvarez
9 islands of the Philippines · Dec 1964 – Feb 1965
V.B. Alvarez across 9 islands of the Philippines, December 1964 – February 1965122 specimens · 9 stops · 41 days · 2,185 km
G.R. Ewart III
Maui and Oʻahu · Dec 1928 – Jan 1929
G.R. Ewart III in Maui and Oʻahu, December 1928 – January 1929136 specimens · 7 stops · 38 days · 247 km
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Steven L. Montgomery
5 islands of the United States · May – Sep 1987
Steven L. Montgomery across 5 islands of the United States, May – September 198789 specimens · 15 stops · 102 days · 1,657 km
Betsy H. Gagne
3 islands of Papua New Guinea · 9–30 Mar 1979
Betsy H. Gagne in Misima Island, Rossel Island and Tagula Island, 9–30 March 1979179 specimens · 6 stops · 22 days · 267 km
M.A. Evans
3 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1990
M.A. Evans in Molokaʻi, Oʻahu and Maui, June – July 1990142 specimens · 8 stops · 35 days · 100 km
Jacques Florence
5 islands of French Polynesia · Mar – May 1992
Jacques Florence across 5 islands of French Polynesia, March – May 1992227 specimens · 6 stops · 49 days · 2,824 km
D'Alte A. Welch
Kauaʻi · 1–28 Sep 1931
D'Alte A. Welch in Kauaʻi, 1–28 September 1931260 specimens · 2 stops · 28 days · 67 km
Kenneth R. Wood
Savaii and Upolu · 2–30 Jun 2016
Kenneth R. Wood in Savaii and Upolu, 2–30 June 2016132 specimens · 15 stops · 29 days · 80 km
Joseph F. Rock
4 islands of the United States · Jan – Mar 1920
Joseph F. Rock across 4 islands of the United States, January – March 1920107 specimens · 12 stops · 42 days · 445 km
Marie Catherine Neal
Hawaiʻi Island and Kauaʻi · 1–30 Aug 1929
Marie Catherine Neal in Hawaiʻi Island and Kauaʻi, 1–30 August 1929111 specimens · 12 stops · 30 days · 450 km
Benjamin C. Stone
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · Dec 1956 – Jan 1957
Benjamin C. Stone in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, December 1956 – January 1957156 specimens · 7 stops · 12 days
Otto Degener
Maui · Jul – Aug 1939
Otto Degener in Maui, July – August 193999 specimens · 16 stops · 38 days · 339 km
Joseph F. Rock
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · Feb – Apr 1957
Joseph F. Rock in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, February – April 195796 specimens · 16 stops · 58 days · 908 km
C.D. Sayers
New Britain · Feb – Mar 1965
C.D. Sayers in New Britain, February – March 1965159 specimens · 5 stops · 31 days · 222 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.