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
W. Wong
Kauaʻi · Dec 1930 – Jan 1931
W. Wong in Kauaʻi, December 1930 – January 193159 specimens · 8 stops · 15 days
Paul K. Higashino
Maui · Dec 1975 – Jan 1976
Paul K. Higashino in Maui, December 1975 – January 197684 specimens · 4 stops · 10 days · 58 km
Harry G. Lee
4 islands of the United States · Oct – Dec 1925
Harry G. Lee across 4 islands of the United States, October – December 192548 specimens · 9 stops · 62 days · 1,105 km
John W. Gillespie
Oʻahu · 1–8 Jul 1927
John W. Gillespie in Oʻahu, 1–8 July 192786 specimens · 4 stops · 8 days
A.W.C.T. Herre
10 islands · Mar – Jun 1929
A.W.C.T. Herre across 10 islands, March – June 192946 specimens · 15 stops · 93 days · 5,808 km
Seymour H. Sohmer
Luzon and Quezon · 9–14 Feb 1985
Seymour H. Sohmer in Luzon and Quezon, 9–14 February 198581 specimens · 5 stops · 6 days
Katherine Luomala
Tabiteuea and Onotoa · Oct – Dec 1948
Katherine Luomala in Tabiteuea and Onotoa, October – December 194862 specimens · 10 stops · 58 days
K.E. Schlech
Oʻahu and Kauaʻi · Jan – May 1980
K.E. Schlech in Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, January – May 198044 specimens · 10 stops · 131 days · 432 km
R.L. Stemmermann
Oʻahu · Mar – May 1973
R.L. Stemmermann in Oʻahu, March – May 197365 specimens · 16 stops · 49 days
Benjamin C. Stone
4 islands of the Philippines · Nov 1991 – Feb 1992
Benjamin C. Stone across 4 islands of the Philippines, November 1991 – February 199243 specimens · 11 stops · 77 days · 613 km
L.S. Mang
Myanmar and Myanmur · Jun – Jul 2013
L.S. Mang in Myanmar and Myanmur, June – July 201340 specimens · 14 stops · 46 days
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss
5 islands · Feb – Apr 1964
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss across 5 islands, February – April 196452 specimens · 8 stops · 81 days · 17,676 km
Keith D.P. Wilson
3 islands of the United States · May – Jun 1994
Keith D.P. Wilson in Hawaiʻi Island, Molokaʻi and Maui, May – June 199455 specimens · 7 stops · 32 days · 459 km
S.W. Mill
Hawaiʻi Island · Jan – Feb 1984
S.W. Mill in Hawaiʻi Island, January – February 198461 specimens · 5 stops · 45 days
George Butler
Australia · Jan – Feb 1983
George Butler in Australia, January – February 198343 specimens · 15 stops · 21 days · 1,687 km
M. Nishimoto
Oʻahu · Mar – May 1945
M. Nishimoto in Oʻahu, March – May 194545 specimens · 9 stops · 71 days
Masatomi Suzuki
'Eua Island and Tongatapu Island · Nov – Dec 2000
Masatomi Suzuki in 'Eua Island and Tongatapu Island, November – December 200096 specimens · 7 stops · 8 days
Isa Degener
Oʻahu · Mar – May 1962
Isa Degener in Oʻahu, March – May 196246 specimens · 10 stops · 50 days · 319 km
E.A. Widjaja
New Guinea and Irian Jaya · 4–15 Jun 1991
E.A. Widjaja in New Guinea and Irian Jaya, 4–15 June 199163 specimens · 8 stops · 12 days
M. Kato
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · 16–29 Oct 1997
M. Kato in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, 16–29 October 199752 specimens · 10 stops · 14 days · 254 km
R.G. Buggeln
Tutuila and Ofu · 1–27 Aug 1964
R.G. Buggeln in Tutuila and Ofu, 1–27 August 196485 specimens · 9 stops · 27 days
C. Alevizos
Kauaʻi · 2–6 Mar 2026
C. Alevizos in Kauaʻi, 2–6 March 2026117 specimens · 5 stops · 5 days
C. Corn
Kauaʻi · 1–19 Jun 1987
C. Corn in Kauaʻi, 1–19 June 198786 specimens · 3 stops · 19 days
Robert Hobdy
Kauaʻi · 6–19 Jun 1991
Robert Hobdy in Kauaʻi, 6–19 June 199194 specimens · 3 stops · 14 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.