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
R.L. Stemmermann
Hawaiʻi Island and Maui · Mar – Jul 1980
R.L. Stemmermann in Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, March – July 198041 specimens · 18 stops · 132 days · 766 km
R.L. Stemmermann
Hawaiʻi Island and Maui · 7–28 Apr 1984
R.L. Stemmermann in Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, 7–28 April 198491 specimens · 4 stops · 22 days
E.C. Sagcal Jr.
Visayas and Visayan · Oct – Nov 1992
E.C. Sagcal Jr. in Visayas and Visayan, October – November 199274 specimens · 8 stops · 33 days
Garcia
Visayas and Visayan · Oct – Nov 1992
Garcia in Visayas and Visayan, October – November 199274 specimens · 8 stops · 33 days
K. Fujikawa
Myanmar · Aug – Sep 2013
K. Fujikawa in Myanmar, August – September 201349 specimens · 17 stops · 26 days
C. Maknoi
Myanmar · Aug – Sep 2013
C. Maknoi in Myanmar, August – September 201349 specimens · 17 stops · 26 days
P. Srisanga
Myanmar · Aug – Sep 2013
P. Srisanga in Myanmar, August – September 201349 specimens · 17 stops · 26 days
E.J. Reynoso
Palawan and Luzon · Jan – Feb 1991
E.J. Reynoso in Palawan and Luzon, January – February 199166 specimens · 10 stops · 15 days · 1,346 km
K. Larsen
Thailand · Jul – Aug 1966
K. Larsen in Thailand, July – August 196643 specimens · 20 stops · 56 days
E.J. Reynoso
Luzon and Northern Luzon · Jul – Aug 1992
E.J. Reynoso in Luzon and Northern Luzon, July – August 199259 specimens · 14 stops · 17 days
W.H. Hatheway
Kauaʻi · Jan – Feb 1950
W.H. Hatheway in Kauaʻi, January – February 195073 specimens · 8 stops · 12 days
David Palmer
Kauaʻi and Maui · Jun – Jul 1992
David Palmer in Kauaʻi and Maui, June – July 199262 specimens · 8 stops · 47 days · 338 km
David Timmins Fullaway
Laysan · 1–27 Apr 1923
David Timmins Fullaway in Laysan, 1–27 April 1923142 specimens · 6 stops · 27 days
C.A. Russell
Swirl and Allen Island [Washington] · Jun – Jul 1973
C.A. Russell in Swirl and Allen Island [Washington], June – July 197353 specimens · 12 stops · 43 days
H.J. Fortner
3 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1983
H.J. Fortner in Midway Atoll, Sand Island and Oʻahu, June – July 198389 specimens · 4 stops · 24 days
J.C. Regalado Jr.
3 islands of Fiji · 6–29 Apr 1993
J.C. Regalado Jr. in Viti Levu, Taveuni and Ovalau, 6–29 April 1993102 specimens · 11 stops · 24 days · 3,560 km
R. Tahuaitu
3 islands of French Polynesia · Oct – Nov 1992
R. Tahuaitu in Huahine, Tahaa and Tahiti, October – November 1992238 specimens · 2 stops · 8 days · 54 km
Seymour H. Sohmer
6 islands of the Philippines · Oct – Nov 1985
Seymour H. Sohmer across 6 islands of the Philippines, October – November 198579 specimens · 6 stops · 12 days · 286 km
Evelyn B. Sharp
4 islands of Japan · 1–28 Dec 1964
Evelyn B. Sharp across 4 islands of Japan, 1–28 December 196459 specimens · 10 stops · 28 days · 943 km
Tsing-Chao Maa
4 countries · May – Sep 1959
Tsing-Chao Maa across 4 countries, May – September 195977 specimens · 16 stops · 102 days
Ismail Tukirin
Sumatra · Nov – Dec 1988
Ismail Tukirin in Sumatra, November – December 198852 specimens · 14 stops · 34 days · 2,272 km
T. Hosokawa
Pohnpei and Ponape · Aug – Sep 1940
T. Hosokawa in Pohnpei and Ponape, August – September 194059 specimens · 18 stops · 41 days
Thane K. Pratt
Pagan and Northern Pagan · Jun – Jul 2010
Thane K. Pratt in Pagan and Northern Pagan, June – July 201048 specimens · 15 stops · 33 days
Derral R. Herbst
3 islands of the United States · Nov – Dec 1975
Derral R. Herbst in Hawaiʻi Island, Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, November – December 197563 specimens · 8 stops · 31 days · 484 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.