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
Steven Perlman
Kauaʻi and Maui · Apr – Sep 2014
Steven Perlman in Kauaʻi and Maui, April – September 201473 specimens · 22 stops · 161 days · 1,352 km
Erling Christophersen
3 islands · Dec 1931 – Feb 1932
Erling Christophersen in Tutuila, Oʻahu and Upolu, December 1931 – February 1932148 specimens · 8 stops · 47 days · 8,662 km
D. Wesley Garber
Tau and Olosega · Dec 1921 – Jan 1922
D. Wesley Garber in Tau and Olosega, December 1921 – January 1922133 specimens · 10 stops · 45 days
M. Tabua
Savaii and Upolu · 2–30 Jun 2016
M. Tabua in Savaii and Upolu, 2–30 June 2016133 specimens · 15 stops · 29 days · 80 km
A. AllisonA Allison
Papua New Guinea · Mar – Apr 2014
A. AllisonA Allison in Papua New Guinea, March – April 201498 specimens · 17 stops · 28 days
Thane K. Pratt
Papua New Guinea · Mar – Apr 2014
Thane K. Pratt in Papua New Guinea, March – April 201498 specimens · 17 stops · 28 days
K.J. Geisler
4 islands · 7–23 Feb 2001
K.J. Geisler across 4 islands, 7–23 February 2001233 specimens · 5 stops · 17 days · 2,731 km
Steven Perlman
6 islands · Apr – Jul 2004
Steven Perlman across 6 islands, April – July 2004114 specimens · 22 stops · 110 days · 9,780 km
H.A. Woolford
4 islands of the United States · 1–31 Dec 1954
H.A. Woolford across 4 islands of the United States, 1–31 December 1954116 specimens · 10 stops · 31 days
Earl T. Ozaki
Hawaiʻi Island · 1–31 Dec 1954
Earl T. Ozaki in Hawaiʻi Island, 1–31 December 1954117 specimens · 11 stops · 31 days
L.K. Croft
Hawaiʻi Island · Jun – Aug 1977
L.K. Croft in Hawaiʻi Island, June – August 1977123 specimens · 7 stops · 56 days
E. Hegewald
Jamaica · Jul – Nov 1973
E. Hegewald in Jamaica, July – November 197376 specimens · 21 stops · 106 days
Benjamin C. Stone
3 islands · Aug – Sep 1961
Benjamin C. Stone in Kauaʻi, Oʻahu and New Caledonia, August – September 196194 specimens · 16 stops · 48 days · 15,390 km
Clarence C.Y. Wong
Yap and Gagil-Tamil · Jan – Mar 1948
Clarence C.Y. Wong in Yap and Gagil-Tamil, January – March 1948307 specimens · 2 stops · 67 days · 871 km
M.-H Sachet
5 islands of French Polynesia · Jun – Jul 1982
M.-H Sachet across 5 islands of French Polynesia, June – July 1982169 specimens · 12 stops · 28 days · 297 km
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R.J. Baker
Oʻahu and Kauaʻi · Apr – Jun 1975
R.J. Baker in Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, April – June 1975114 specimens · 10 stops · 66 days
C. Squair
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · Jul – Aug 2006
C. Squair in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, July – August 2006205 specimens · 3 stops · 24 days · 113 km
J.S. Miller
Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Aug 1992
J.S. Miller in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, July – August 1992152 specimens · 7 stops · 11 days · 502 km
M. Merello
Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Aug 1992
M. Merello in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, July – August 1992152 specimens · 7 stops · 11 days · 502 km
C.H. Lamoureux
Maui and Oʻahu · 6–16 Aug 1967
C.H. Lamoureux in Maui and Oʻahu, 6–16 August 1967193 specimens · 4 stops · 11 days · 45 km
G.A. Pearsall
Maui · 1–31 Dec 1955
G.A. Pearsall in Maui, 1–31 December 1955125 specimens · 9 stops · 31 days · 79 km
K.U. Kramer
3 islands · Oct – Nov 1980
K.U. Kramer in Taiwan, Formosa and Orchid Island, October – November 198078 specimens · 27 stops · 46 days
Isa Degener
3 islands of the United States · Mar – May 1959
Isa Degener in Maui, Molokaʻi and Oʻahu, March – May 1959108 specimens · 11 stops · 39 days · 864 km
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Gerrit Parmele Wilder
3 islands · Jul – Dec 1926
Gerrit Parmele Wilder in Moorea, Tahiti and Penrhyn Atoll, July – December 192677 specimens · 29 stops · 145 days · 451 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.