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
Seymour H. Sohmer
6 islands · 6–27 Nov 1983
Seymour H. Sohmer across 6 islands, 6–27 November 198368 specimens · 6 stops · 22 days
T. Triono
New Guinea and Papua · Apr – May 2000
T. Triono in New Guinea and Papua, April – May 200054 specimens · 12 stops · 34 days · 393 km
de Vogel
New Britain · 4–17 Nov 2016
de Vogel in New Britain, 4–17 November 2016100 specimens · 3 stops · 14 days
S.J. Schou
6 islands · Jun – Jul 2022
S.J. Schou across 6 islands, June – July 202260 specimens · 9 stops · 14 days
van der Klip
Australia · Sep – Oct 1986
van der Klip in Australia, September – October 198648 specimens · 12 stops · 35 days
Erling Christophersen
Oʻahu · May – Jun 1930
Erling Christophersen in Oʻahu, May – June 193070 specimens · 5 stops · 37 days · 125 km
Seymour H. Sohmer
Sibuyan · 12–21 May 1987
Seymour H. Sohmer in Sibuyan, 12–21 May 198785 specimens · 5 stops · 10 days
Charles N. Forbes
Oʻahu and Maui · Feb – May 1919
Charles N. Forbes in Oʻahu and Maui, February – May 191944 specimens · 14 stops · 101 days · 191 km
Harold St.John
3 islands of the United States · Jan – Mar 1939
Harold St.John in Kauaʻi, Oʻahu and Molokaʻi, January – March 193958 specimens · 8 stops · 34 days · 540 km
K.K. Chen
Palau · 4–21 Nov 2013
K.K. Chen in Palau, 4–21 November 201374 specimens · 5 stops · 18 days
Zennoske Iwatsuki
4 islands of Japan · Aug – Sep 1975
Zennoske Iwatsuki across 4 islands of Japan, August – September 197547 specimens · 12 stops · 37 days · 686 km
L.M. Crago
Oʻahu · Oct – Dec 2005
L.M. Crago in Oʻahu, October – December 200555 specimens · 7 stops · 56 days · 511 km
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss
4 islands · Jan – Feb 1962
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss across 4 islands, January – February 196257 specimens · 12 stops · 30 days · 22,109 km
Stephen L. Coles
3 islands · May – Jun 2000
Stephen L. Coles in Johnston Island, Sand Island and Molokaʻi, May – June 2000219 specimens · 2 stops · 23 days · 3,552 km
J.M. Powell
Australia · Aug – Sep 1979
J.M. Powell in Australia, August – September 197942 specimens · 17 stops · 33 days
Nengah Wirawan
3 islands of Indonesia · Dec 1963 – Jan 1964
Nengah Wirawan in Java, Peucang Island and Bogor, December 1963 – January 196443 specimens · 17 stops · 33 days
K. Faccenda
Kauaʻi · 2–6 Mar 2026
K. Faccenda in Kauaʻi, 2–6 March 2026126 specimens · 5 stops · 5 days
C.T. Imada
Kauaʻi · 6–12 Apr 1988
C.T. Imada in Kauaʻi, 6–12 April 198876 specimens · 7 stops · 7 days
L. Shine
Myanmar · Aug – Sep 2013
L. Shine in Myanmar, August – September 201344 specimens · 16 stops · 26 days
R.L. Stemmermann
5 islands · Nov – Dec 1979
R.L. Stemmermann across 5 islands, November – December 197978 specimens · 10 stops · 34 days · 5,655 km
G.T. Kraft
Luzon · 1–27 Mar 1968
G.T. Kraft in Luzon, 1–27 March 196858 specimens · 10 stops · 27 days
Warren L. Wagner Jr.
3 islands of the United States · Oct – Dec 1984
Warren L. Wagner Jr. in Maui, Oʻahu and Molokaʻi, October – December 198455 specimens · 7 stops · 57 days · 194 km
Lewis W. Bell
Enewetak Atoll and Kwajalein Atoll · Sep – Oct 1982
Lewis W. Bell in Enewetak Atoll and Kwajalein Atoll, September – October 1982166 specimens · 4 stops · 15 days · 895 km
John T. Buchholz
3 islands · Feb – Mar 1948
John T. Buchholz in New Caledonia, Isle Of Pines and New Guinea, February – March 194862 specimens · 13 stops · 51 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.