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
D.L. Topping
Luzon · Mar – May 1904
D.L. Topping in Luzon, March – May 190470 specimens · 4 stops · 43 days
M.E. Kerr
Hawaiʻi Island and Maui · Aug – Sep 1949
M.E. Kerr in Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, August – September 194962 specimens · 9 stops · 12 days · 21 km
F.A. McClure
Hainan Island and Canton · Apr – Jun 1922
F.A. McClure in Hainan Island and Canton, April – June 192252 specimens · 11 stops · 60 days
Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr.
4 islands · Aug – Sep 2000
Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr. across 4 islands, August – September 2000123 specimens · 5 stops · 29 days · 844 km
E. Ordonez
Oʻahu · Mar – Jun 1939
E. Ordonez in Oʻahu, March – June 193941 specimens · 12 stops · 90 days · 315 km
J.B. Pollock
6 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 1923
J.B. Pollock across 6 islands of the United States, July – August 192378 specimens · 10 stops · 35 days · 23,475 km
Lynette Williams
4 islands of New Caledonia · Oct – Nov 1940
Lynette Williams across 4 islands of New Caledonia, October – November 194060 specimens · 7 stops · 29 days · 3,339 km
Koichi Nitta
Oʻahu · Oct 1929 – Jan 1930
Koichi Nitta in Oʻahu, October 1929 – January 193041 specimens · 11 stops · 92 days · 268 km
Otto Degener
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · Dec 1939 – Jan 1940
Otto Degener in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, December 1939 – January 194046 specimens · 12 stops · 36 days · 254 km
E.J. Godley
4 islands of New Zealand · 6–18 Mar 1962
E.J. Godley across 4 islands of New Zealand, 6–18 March 196260 specimens · 8 stops · 13 days
J.K. Small
the United States · Jun – Aug 1893
J.K. Small in the United States, June – August 189347 specimens · 9 stops · 59 days
L.M. Giuseffi
Molokaʻi and Oʻahu · Aug – Sep 2007
L.M. Giuseffi in Molokaʻi and Oʻahu, August – September 2007169 specimens · 2 stops · 22 days · 92 km
M.J.E. Coode
New Ireland and Lavongai · Jan – Feb 1967
M.J.E. Coode in New Ireland and Lavongai, January – February 196763 specimens · 6 stops · 26 days · 472 km
W.M. Hamilton
3 islands of New Zealand · 5–16 Mar 1962
W.M. Hamilton in Little Barrier, New Zealand and North Island, 5–16 March 196261 specimens · 8 stops · 12 days
V.O. Fosberg
Oʻahu · Mar – May 1937
V.O. Fosberg in Oʻahu, March – May 193749 specimens · 8 stops · 71 days
K. Faccenda
Kauaʻi · May – Jun 2022
K. Faccenda in Kauaʻi, May – June 202274 specimens · 6 stops · 7 days
Alvarez
Bohol and Cebu · Mar – Apr 1993
Alvarez in Bohol and Cebu, March – April 1993125 specimens · 2 stops · 12 days · 77 km
Pakki A. Reath
Hawaiʻi Island · 23–28 Jun 2003
Pakki A. Reath in Hawaiʻi Island, 23–28 June 2003258 specimens · 2 stops · 6 days
Michael Martinez
Oʻahu · Mar – Apr 1936
Michael Martinez in Oʻahu, March – April 193650 specimens · 9 stops · 39 days · 294 km
Liloa Dunn
4 islands of French Polynesia · Nov – Dec 2003
Liloa Dunn across 4 islands of French Polynesia, November – December 200394 specimens · 5 stops · 28 days · 1,902 km
Paul K. Higashino
Oʻahu and Kahoʻolawe · Oct – Nov 1976
Paul K. Higashino in Oʻahu and Kahoʻolawe, October – November 197667 specimens · 5 stops · 28 days · 151 km
Fuentes
3 islands of the Philippines · Apr – May 1991
Fuentes in Negros, Mindoro and Mindanao, April – May 199154 specimens · 9 stops · 49 days · 689 km
J.C. Lindsay
Kauaʻi · Dec 1930 – Jan 1931
J.C. Lindsay in Kauaʻi, December 1930 – January 193159 specimens · 8 stops · 15 days
R. Masuhara
Kauaʻi · Dec 1930 – Jan 1931
R. Masuhara in Kauaʻi, December 1930 – January 193159 specimens · 8 stops · 15 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.