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
S. Hatusima
3 islands of Japan · 14–26 Mar 1958
S. Hatusima in Okinoerabujima, Amami-Oshima and Okinawa, 14–26 March 195867 specimens · 10 stops · 13 days
G. Yakovlev
Vietnam · Feb – Apr 1995
G. Yakovlev in Vietnam, February – April 199551 specimens · 12 stops · 60 days
K. Shultz
Oʻahu and Kauaʻi · 4–27 Apr 2001
K. Shultz in Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, 4–27 April 2001201 specimens · 3 stops · 24 days · 184 km
Zennoske Iwatsuki
4 islands of Japan · 1–28 Dec 1964
Zennoske Iwatsuki across 4 islands of Japan, 1–28 December 196462 specimens · 10 stops · 28 days · 943 km
van Royen
the United States · Jul – Aug 1973
van Royen in the United States, July – August 197397 specimens · 17 stops · 27 days
Charles N. Forbes
3 islands of the United States · Oct 1910 – Jan 1911
Charles N. Forbes in Oʻahu, Maui and Kauaʻi, October 1910 – January 191148 specimens · 16 stops · 97 days · 1,320 km
Benjamin C. Stone
Guam and Rota · Feb – Jun 1964
Benjamin C. Stone in Guam and Rota, February – June 196451 specimens · 18 stops · 129 days
Otto Degener
Oʻahu · Jan – Jun 1933
Otto Degener in Oʻahu, January – June 193341 specimens · 17 stops · 136 days · 1,199 km
S.R. Gradstein
Crete · Apr – May 1967
S.R. Gradstein in Crete, April – May 196749 specimens · 16 stops · 36 days
Stud. Biol. Rheno-Trai in itinere
Boyroya · Jun – Jul 1970
Stud. Biol. Rheno-Trai in itinere in Boyroya, June – July 197055 specimens · 12 stops · 31 days
Steven Perlman
4 islands of the United States · Apr – Jul 2012
Steven Perlman across 4 islands of the United States, April – July 201247 specimens · 14 stops · 84 days · 1,122 km
A.K. Sakai
3 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1985
A.K. Sakai in Hawaiʻi Island, Lānaʻi and Maui, June – July 198570 specimens · 9 stops · 14 days · 289 km
Isa Degener
Kauaʻi · Sep – Oct 1955
Isa Degener in Kauaʻi, September – October 195559 specimens · 10 stops · 31 days · 126 km
W. Law
10 islands · Jan – Feb 2008
W. Law across 10 islands, January – February 200876 specimens · 9 stops · 24 days · 139 km
E.A. Bessey
Hawaiʻi Island and Maui · 1–29 Jun 1940
E.A. Bessey in Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, 1–29 June 1940106 specimens · 13 stops · 29 days · 325 km
Harold St.John
3 islands · Mar – Apr 1949
Harold St.John in Niʻihau, Nihoa and Enewetak Atoll, March – April 1949101 specimens · 4 stops · 14 days · 4,437 km
A.A. Tam
Maui and Molokaʻi · 1–30 Mar 1952
A.A. Tam in Maui and Molokaʻi, 1–30 March 195278 specimens · 6 stops · 30 days · 204 km
Steven Perlman
4 islands · Mar – May 2007
Steven Perlman across 4 islands, March – May 200777 specimens · 9 stops · 50 days · 5,611 km
F. Salucop
Maui · Jul – Aug 1939
F. Salucop in Maui, July – August 193958 specimens · 10 stops · 36 days · 189 km
F. Raymond Fosberg
4 islands · Dec 1957 – Jan 1958
F. Raymond Fosberg across 4 islands, December 1957 – January 195861 specimens · 17 stops · 32 days · 36,429 km
Earl T. Ozaki
3 islands of the United States · Dec 1953 – Jan 1954
Earl T. Ozaki in Molokaʻi, Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island, December 1953 – January 1954103 specimens · 5 stops · 11 days · 710 km
Lynette Williams
Molokaʻi · Dec 1938 – Jan 1939
Lynette Williams in Molokaʻi, December 1938 – January 193997 specimens · 4 stops · 15 days · 37 km
J.H. Smittenberg
Crete · Apr – May 1967
J.H. Smittenberg in Crete, April – May 196748 specimens · 16 stops · 36 days
Vera Santos
Mexico · Aug – Sep 1941
Vera Santos in Mexico, August – September 194193 specimens · 16 stops · 46 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.