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. Katik
Manus Island and Umboi Island · Sep – Nov 1974
P. Katik in Manus Island and Umboi Island, September – November 1974100 specimens · 10 stops · 58 days · 978 km
Ernest H. Quayle
14 islands · Apr – May 1922
Ernest H. Quayle across 14 islands, April – May 1922112 specimens · 12 stops · 40 days · 3,640 km
J.R. Conway
4 islands · Jun – Aug 1967
J.R. Conway across 4 islands, June – August 196783 specimens · 17 stops · 68 days
E.J. Reynoso
3 islands of the Philippines · Jan – Feb 1992
E.J. Reynoso in Luzon, Visayas and Sibuyan, January – February 1992119 specimens · 8 stops · 28 days
van Royen
Australia · Jul – Oct 1965
van Royen in Australia, July – October 196578 specimens · 24 stops · 108 days
Otto Degener
Oʻahu · Mar – Jun 1939
Otto Degener in Oʻahu, March – June 193977 specimens · 15 stops · 106 days · 315 km
Jacques Florence
Nuku Hiva and Moorea · Jul – Aug 1987
Jacques Florence in Nuku Hiva and Moorea, July – August 1987128 specimens · 11 stops · 62 days · 4,316 km
S.W. Mill
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · 5–31 Aug 1983
S.W. Mill in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, 5–31 August 1983126 specimens · 6 stops · 27 days · 254 km
Elsie Overstreet
4 islands · Sep – Nov 1937
Elsie Overstreet across 4 islands, September – November 193780 specimens · 17 stops · 48 days
Timothy Flynn
8 islands · Jun – Jul 2022
Timothy Flynn across 8 islands, June – July 2022102 specimens · 12 stops · 18 days
Clarence C.Y. Wong
8 islands of Micronesia · Jul – Aug 1946
Clarence C.Y. Wong across 8 islands of Micronesia, July – August 1946151 specimens · 7 stops · 50 days · 1,399 km
Alvarez
Luzon · Jan – Feb 1992
Alvarez in Luzon, January – February 1992117 specimens · 8 stops · 30 days · 68 km
K. Faccenda
Hawaiʻi Island · 7–19 Aug 2022
K. Faccenda in Hawaiʻi Island, 7–19 August 2022102 specimens · 13 stops · 13 days
Afrastini Ismail
New Guinea and Irian Jaya · May – Jun 1993
Afrastini Ismail in New Guinea and Irian Jaya, May – June 1993133 specimens · 7 stops · 24 days · 2,310 km
L. Yoshida
Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Sep 1979
L. Yoshida in Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island, July – September 1979111 specimens · 6 stops · 79 days · 1,711 km
Edward Yataro Hosaka
Hawaiʻi Island and Kauaʻi · Oct – Nov 1936
Edward Yataro Hosaka in Hawaiʻi Island and Kauaʻi, October – November 1936105 specimens · 9 stops · 33 days · 428 km
M. Mousset
Java · Apr – Aug 1909
M. Mousset in Java, April – August 190972 specimens · 17 stops · 123 days
Ben Nyberg
Kauaʻi · Jun – Oct 2020
Ben Nyberg in Kauaʻi, June – October 202097 specimens · 11 stops · 125 days
E.J. Hehre
Campobello · Aug 1966 – Jan 1967
E.J. Hehre in Campobello, August 1966 – January 196764 specimens · 23 stops · 150 days
F.C. How
3 islands · Mar – Apr 1935
F.C. How in Hainan, Hainan Island and Hatutaa, March – April 1935132 specimens · 5 stops · 32 days
B. Kimura
4 islands of the United States · Jun – Aug 1978
B. Kimura across 4 islands of the United States, June – August 197885 specimens · 15 stops · 50 days · 598 km
Benjamin C. Stone
Mindoro · Mar – Apr 1991
Benjamin C. Stone in Mindoro, March – April 199199 specimens · 13 stops · 21 days
D. Mueller-Dombois
3 islands of New Caledonia · 6–19 Aug 1981
D. Mueller-Dombois in New Caledonia, Grande-Terre and Isle Of Pines, 6–19 August 1981199 specimens · 10 stops · 14 days
ESP Field Crew
Hawaiʻi Island and Kauaʻi · Jul – Oct 1979
ESP Field Crew, July – October 1979105 specimens · 7 stops · 94 days · 1,846 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.