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
Marshall R. Crosby
5 islands of the United States · Jun – Aug 1964
Marshall R. Crosby across 5 islands of the United States, June – August 1964461 specimens · 21 stops · 83 days · 2,429 km
E.H. Walker
4 islands of Japan · Jun – Sep 1951
E.H. Walker across 4 islands of Japan, June – September 1951340 specimens · 53 stops · 113 days
Harold St.John
7 islands · Apr – Aug 1937
Harold St.John across 7 islands, April – August 1937459 specimens · 38 stops · 139 days · 68,706 km
Erling Christophersen
3 islands · Aug – Sep 1929
Erling Christophersen in Upolu, Tutuila and Ofu, August – September 1929587 specimens · 24 stops · 37 days · 31 km
J.A. McDonald
7 islands · Apr – Sep 1994
J.A. McDonald across 7 islands, April – September 1994359 specimens · 33 stops · 154 days · 3,611 km
Charles N. Forbes
4 islands of the United States · Jun – Aug 1912
Charles N. Forbes across 4 islands of the United States, June – August 1912567 specimens · 12 stops · 44 days · 287 km
Ismail Tukirin
4 islands · May – Jul 1989
Ismail Tukirin across 4 islands, May – July 1989414 specimens · 25 stops · 63 days · 32,354 km
William J. Hoe
Maui · Jun – Jul 1975
William J. Hoe in Maui, June – July 1975534 specimens · 15 stops · 36 days · 351 km
Harold St.John
3 islands · Feb – Jul 1933
Harold St.John in Oʻahu, Molokaʻi and Mangareva, February – July 1933379 specimens · 23 stops · 151 days · 11,376 km
Paul K. Higashino
4 islands of the United States · May – Aug 1980
Paul K. Higashino across 4 islands of the United States, May – August 1980421 specimens · 25 stops · 98 days · 946 km
Truman George Yuncker
3 islands of the United States · Aug 1932 – Jan 1933
Truman George Yuncker in Molokaʻi, Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, August 1932 – January 1933335 specimens · 35 stops · 150 days · 463 km
Grady L. Webster
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · Nov 1947 – Apr 1948
Grady L. Webster in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, November 1947 – April 1948329 specimens · 34 stops · 176 days · 1,112 km
W.G. Anderson William G. Anderson Jr.
5 islands of the United States · Jun – Aug 1964
W.G. Anderson William G. Anderson Jr. across 5 islands of the United States, June – August 1964424 specimens · 20 stops · 65 days · 2,387 km
Ted E. should Be D. Dranga
8 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 1924
Ted E. should Be D. Dranga across 8 islands of the United States, July – August 1924504 specimens · 13 stops · 52 days · 6,915 km
J.S. Henrickson
4 islands of the United States · Jun – Aug 1969
J.S. Henrickson across 4 islands of the United States, June – August 1969483 specimens · 15 stops · 55 days · 1,780 km
F. Raymond Fosberg
14 islands · Mar – Sep 1956
F. Raymond Fosberg across 14 islands, March – September 1956258 specimens · 81 stops · 177 days · 16,398 km
J.M. Powell
6 islands · Apr – Jul 1972
J.M. Powell across 6 islands, April – July 1972377 specimens · 34 stops · 109 days · 11,538 km
Adolph D.E. Elmer
3 islands · 1–22 Oct 1922
Adolph D.E. Elmer in Borneo, North Borneo and Tawao, 1–22 October 19221,407 specimens · 2 stops · 22 days
G.P. Buelow
5 islands of Tonga · Jun – Aug 1982
G.P. Buelow across 5 islands of Tonga, June – August 1982540 specimens · 49 stops · 82 days
William J. Hoe
3 islands · Jun – Sep 1966
William J. Hoe in Hawaiʻi Island, Maui and South Island, June – September 1966330 specimens · 50 stops · 79 days · 274 km
Harold St.John
11 islands · Oct 1957 – Feb 1958
Harold St.John across 11 islands, October 1957 – February 1958325 specimens · 61 stops · 125 days · 23,583 km
P.H. McEldowney
Maui and Molokaʻi · May – Aug 1980
P.H. McEldowney in Maui and Molokaʻi, May – August 1980394 specimens · 23 stops · 119 days · 780 km
Kenneth R. Wood
8 islands · Jul – Dec 1995
Kenneth R. Wood across 8 islands, July – December 1995447 specimens · 35 stops · 139 days · 32,262 km
R. Okano
4 islands of the United States · May – Jul 2000
R. Okano across 4 islands of the United States, May – July 2000654 specimens · 14 stops · 67 days · 2,034 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.