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
Otto Degener
Oʻahu · May – Jul 1923
Otto Degener in Oʻahu, May – July 192356 specimens · 13 stops · 57 days · 979 km
K. Faccenda
Hawaiʻi Island · Feb – Mar 2022
K. Faccenda in Hawaiʻi Island, February – March 202297 specimens · 7 stops · 7 days
M.M. Fleischer
Sri Lanka and Singapore · Feb – Mar 1898
M.M. Fleischer in Sri Lanka and Singapore, February – March 189853 specimens · 16 stops · 43 days
L.D. Whiteaker
3 islands · May – Aug 1980
L.D. Whiteaker in Oʻahu, Savaii and Upolu, May – August 198062 specimens · 16 stops · 82 days · 4,343 km
J.K. Jarvie
Borneo and Indonesia · Jan – Feb 1995
J.K. Jarvie in Borneo and Indonesia, January – February 199558 specimens · 15 stops · 33 days · 63,156 km
Derral R. Herbst
Kauaʻi and Maui · Nov 1972 – Feb 1973
Derral R. Herbst in Kauaʻi and Maui, November 1972 – February 197358 specimens · 11 stops · 79 days · 768 km
M.S. Kim
Maui and Oʻahu · Dec 2000 – Feb 2001
M.S. Kim in Maui and Oʻahu, December 2000 – February 2001152 specimens · 4 stops · 45 days · 68 km
J.L.J.A. De Sloover
Burundi · Jul – Oct 1974
J.L.J.A. De Sloover in Burundi, July – October 197446 specimens · 19 stops · 85 days
Benjamin C. Stone
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · 1–13 Aug 1959
Benjamin C. Stone in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, 1–13 August 195976 specimens · 9 stops · 13 days · 35 km
B. Emmons
5 islands of Palau · Dec 1967 – Feb 1968
B. Emmons across 5 islands of Palau, December 1967 – February 196865 specimens · 18 stops · 61 days · 4,935 km
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S.G. Weller
3 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1985
S.G. Weller in Hawaiʻi Island, Lānaʻi and Maui, June – July 198574 specimens · 10 stops · 14 days · 289 km
M.A. Evans
Australia · Sep 1967 – Jan 1968
M.A. Evans in Australia, September 1967 – January 196849 specimens · 15 stops · 108 days
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William Alanson Bryan
Oʻahu · Nov 1903 – Jan 1904
William Alanson Bryan in Oʻahu, November 1903 – January 190465 specimens · 8 stops · 59 days · 252 km
M. Tsuneshige
Oʻahu · Jan – May 2022
M. Tsuneshige in Oʻahu, January – May 202254 specimens · 13 stops · 112 days
Harold St.John
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · Dec 1956 – Jan 1957
Harold St.John in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, December 1956 – January 195784 specimens · 8 stops · 14 days
Harold St.John
3 islands of Canada · Aug – Sep 1913
Harold St.John in Sable Island, Sable and Nova Scotia, August – September 1913118 specimens · 8 stops · 44 days · 99 km
S. Carlquist
Australia · Oct – Nov 1962
S. Carlquist in Australia, October – November 196251 specimens · 17 stops · 47 days
M.M. Richardson
Tasmania · 14–25 Feb 1989
M.M. Richardson in Tasmania, 14–25 February 198977 specimens · 9 stops · 12 days · 374 km
Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr.
4 islands of Malaysia · Feb – Apr 1983
Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr. across 4 islands of Malaysia, February – April 198354 specimens · 15 stops · 76 days
H. Koyama
New Caledonia · Feb – Mar 1992
H. Koyama in New Caledonia, February – March 1992111 specimens · 12 stops · 25 days
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Ding Hou
3 islands · Jun – Sep 1966
Ding Hou in Borneo, Sarawak and Pahang, June – September 196641 specimens · 24 stops · 106 days
Steven Perlman
Kauaʻi · Jul – Sep 1979
Steven Perlman in Kauaʻi, July – September 197968 specimens · 10 stops · 78 days
William J. Hoe
Hawaiʻi Island · 11–17 Jun 1972
William J. Hoe in Hawaiʻi Island, 11–17 June 1972108 specimens · 5 stops · 7 days
Otto Degener
4 islands · Jan – Feb 1958
Otto Degener across 4 islands, January – February 195884 specimens · 20 stops · 41 days · 13,268 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.