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
J.A. McDonald
New Guinea and Irian Jaya · May – Jun 1993
J.A. McDonald in New Guinea and Irian Jaya, May – June 1993131 specimens · 7 stops · 24 days · 2,310 km
Maxwell S. Doty
5 islands of the United States · Jun – Aug 1948
Maxwell S. Doty across 5 islands of the United States, June – August 194874 specimens · 22 stops · 82 days
W.R. Sykes
Rarotonga and Mangaia · Jan – Feb 1990
W.R. Sykes in Rarotonga and Mangaia, January – February 1990103 specimens · 35 stops · 40 days · 5,124 km
Ruth D. Svihla
Oʻahu and Maui · Jun – Aug 1934
Ruth D. Svihla in Oʻahu and Maui, June – August 1934152 specimens · 12 stops · 44 days · 191 km
Steven Perlman
4 islands of the United States · May – Jul 2013
Steven Perlman across 4 islands of the United States, May – July 201375 specimens · 17 stops · 58 days · 1,476 km
Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr.
6 islands · Oct – Dec 1989
Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr. across 6 islands, October – December 1989103 specimens · 14 stops · 61 days · 893 km
R.S. Isles
New Britain and Ott Island · May – Jun 1973
R.S. Isles in New Britain and Ott Island, May – June 1973103 specimens · 10 stops · 38 days · 784 km
Kenneth M. Nagata
3 islands of the United States · Jun – Aug 1978
Kenneth M. Nagata in Hawaiʻi Island, Maui and Molokaʻi, June – August 197886 specimens · 15 stops · 44 days · 639 km
P.F. Hunt
6 islands · Jul – Nov 1965
P.F. Hunt across 6 islands, July – November 196569 specimens · 35 stops · 147 days · 15,687 km
Harold St.John
4 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1955
Harold St.John across 4 islands of the United States, June – July 195596 specimens · 11 stops · 34 days · 411 km
A.J. Bernatowicz
8 islands of the United States · Jun – Aug 1951
A.J. Bernatowicz across 8 islands of the United States, June – August 195176 specimens · 23 stops · 60 days
Leila Morrison
Maui and Lānaʻi · Apr – Jul 2025
Leila Morrison in Maui and Lānaʻi, April – July 202580 specimens · 12 stops · 79 days · 104 km
Otto Herman Swezey
4 islands · Apr – Aug 1912
Otto Herman Swezey across 4 islands, April – August 191264 specimens · 22 stops · 124 days · 37,337 km
Benjamin C. Stone
Negros and Luzon · 3–31 Mar 1992
Benjamin C. Stone in Negros and Luzon, 3–31 March 199299 specimens · 10 stops · 29 days · 623 km
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss
Oʻahu · Sep 1933 – Jan 1934
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss in Oʻahu, September 1933 – January 193493 specimens · 16 stops · 113 days · 124 km
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W.H. Magruder
Kauaʻi · 1–21 Sep 1979
W.H. Magruder in Kauaʻi, 1–21 September 1979138 specimens · 10 stops · 21 days · 834 km
Derral R. Herbst
3 islands · Jan – Feb 1991
Derral R. Herbst in Hawaiʻi Island, Mbanika and Oʻahu, January – February 1991168 specimens · 6 stops · 29 days · 230 km
L.W. Cuddihy
Kahoʻolawe and Kauaʻi · 9–25 Apr 1980
L.W. Cuddihy in Kahoʻolawe and Kauaʻi, 9–25 April 1980142 specimens · 5 stops · 17 days · 434 km
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss
Maui · Mar – May 1967
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss in Maui, March – May 196796 specimens · 17 stops · 62 days · 301 km
Carl Masaru Yoshimoto
4 islands · Jan – Mar 1963
Carl Masaru Yoshimoto across 4 islands, January – March 196387 specimens · 19 stops · 39 days · 7,539 km
C.T. Imada
4 islands of Kiribati · Aug – Sep 2003
C.T. Imada across 4 islands of Kiribati, August – September 2003170 specimens · 8 stops · 20 days · 789 km
M. Bates
4 islands · Jul – Sep 1953
M. Bates across 4 islands, July – September 1953114 specimens · 13 stops · 64 days
K.N. Page
Kingman Reef and Jarvis Island · Mar – Apr 2004
K.N. Page in Kingman Reef and Jarvis Island, March – April 2004374 specimens · 2 stops · 10 days · 798 km
Timothy J. Gallaher
Australia and Dunk · 1–16 Dec 2011
Timothy J. Gallaher in Australia and Dunk, 1–16 December 201199 specimens · 12 stops · 16 days
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.