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
L. Budantzev
Vietnam · Feb – Apr 1995
L. Budantzev in Vietnam, February – April 199554 specimens · 12 stops · 52 days
Liloa Dunn
Oʻahu and Kauaʻi · Jan – Apr 2000
Liloa Dunn in Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, January – April 200047 specimens · 16 stops · 71 days · 509 km
Thomas G. Lammers
4 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1985
Thomas G. Lammers across 4 islands of the United States, June – July 198563 specimens · 12 stops · 18 days · 636 km
P.A. Fryxell
Australia · Apr – May 1983
P.A. Fryxell in Australia, April – May 198351 specimens · 20 stops · 27 days · 2,204 km
Dana G. Griffin III
Brazil · Jun – Aug 1974
Dana G. Griffin III in Brazil, June – August 197450 specimens · 14 stops · 58 days
A. AllisonA Allison
New Guinea · Aug – Oct 1988
A. AllisonA Allison in New Guinea, August – October 198861 specimens · 12 stops · 71 days
Warren L. Wagner Jr.
Hawaiʻi Island · 16–21 Nov 1982
Warren L. Wagner Jr. in Hawaiʻi Island, 16–21 November 1982104 specimens · 5 stops · 6 days · 16 km
H.J. Fortner
6 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1984
H.J. Fortner across 6 islands of the United States, June – July 198467 specimens · 8 stops · 35 days · 2,689 km
A.R.H. Lamberton
Hawaiʻi Island · Aug – Sep 1952
A.R.H. Lamberton in Hawaiʻi Island, August – September 195280 specimens · 8 stops · 12 days · 5 km
R.C. Gardner
6 islands · Jan – Mar 1975
R.C. Gardner across 6 islands, January – March 197549 specimens · 15 stops · 54 days · 18,774 km
Jacques Florence
3 islands of French Polynesia · Oct – Nov 1992
Jacques Florence in Huahine, Tahaa and Raivavae, October – November 1992256 specimens · 2 stops · 8 days · 54 km
Derral R. Herbst
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · 11–18 Jan 1975
Derral R. Herbst in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, 11–18 January 197592 specimens · 6 stops · 8 days · 302 km
Seymour H. Sohmer
Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · Aug – Sep 1969
Seymour H. Sohmer in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, August – September 196975 specimens · 6 stops · 41 days
Vander Velde
6 islands of the Marshall Islands · 11–20 May 2009
Vander Velde across 6 islands of the Marshall Islands, 11–20 May 200987 specimens · 6 stops · 10 days
Angela Kay Kepler
Caroline Atoll · Mar – Apr 1990
Angela Kay Kepler in Caroline Atoll, March – April 1990106 specimens · 3 stops · 28 days
G.J. Spence
Lānaʻi and Oʻahu · Sep – Oct 1973
G.J. Spence in Lānaʻi and Oʻahu, September – October 197387 specimens · 4 stops · 49 days · 77 km
C.H. Lamoureux
4 islands · 6–17 Dec 1962
C.H. Lamoureux across 4 islands, 6–17 December 196293 specimens · 6 stops · 12 days
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Gerrit Parmele Wilder
7 islands · Jun – Aug 1925
Gerrit Parmele Wilder across 7 islands, June – August 192552 specimens · 22 stops · 65 days · 10,586 km
Judson Linsley Gressitt
New Guinea · Aug – Dec 1958
Judson Linsley Gressitt in New Guinea, August – December 195867 specimens · 26 stops · 110 days · 956 km
H.A. Miller
3 islands of the United States · Nov 1952 – Feb 1953
H.A. Miller in Kauaʻi, Oʻahu and Molokaʻi, November 1952 – February 195356 specimens · 15 stops · 82 days · 608 km
Isa Degener
4 islands · Jan – Feb 1958
Isa Degener across 4 islands, January – February 195879 specimens · 20 stops · 41 days · 13,268 km
Peter J. Edwards
North Island and New Zealand · 1–30 Mar 1970
Peter J. Edwards in North Island and New Zealand, 1–30 March 197062 specimens · 10 stops · 30 days · 53,824 km
Isa Degener
14 islands · May – Aug 1982
Isa Degener across 14 islands, May – August 198266 specimens · 25 stops · 81 days · 26,529 km
J.R. Johansen
Oʻahu and Kauaʻi · 20–30 Jul 2009
J.R. Johansen in Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, 20–30 July 2009131 specimens · 9 stops · 11 days · 653 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.