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
Dennis M. Devaney
16 islands · Sep – Oct 1967
Dennis M. Devaney across 16 islands, September – October 196750 specimens · 18 stops · 56 days · 7,816 km
C.H. Lamoureux
South Island and New Zealand · 12–25 Oct 1965
C.H. Lamoureux in South Island and New Zealand, 12–25 October 196565 specimens · 5 stops · 14 days · 18,752 km
Alvarez
Mindanao · 14–29 Mar 1992
Alvarez in Mindanao, 14–29 March 199252 specimens · 8 stops · 16 days
E.J. Reynoso
Mindanao · 14–29 Mar 1992
E.J. Reynoso in Mindanao, 14–29 March 199252 specimens · 8 stops · 16 days
R. Fox
Oʻahu · 11–16 May 1988
R. Fox in Oʻahu, 11–16 May 1988133 specimens · 2 stops · 6 days
Harold St.John
Reunion and Direction Island · Jan – Mar 1961
Harold St.John in Reunion and Direction Island, January – March 196142 specimens · 12 stops · 54 days
R.S. Jones
Guam and Ulithi Atoll · May – Jun 1968
R.S. Jones in Guam and Ulithi Atoll, May – June 196894 specimens · 8 stops · 34 days
John Francis Gray Stokes
3 islands of French Polynesia · Mar – Apr 1922
John Francis Gray Stokes in Raivavae, Rapa and Rimatara, March – April 192250 specimens · 9 stops · 52 days · 8 km
G. Plunkett M
Palau · 4–15 Nov 2013
G. Plunkett M in Palau, 4–15 November 201361 specimens · 6 stops · 12 days
J.E.R. Tilden
the United States and Canada · Jun – Aug 1897
J.E.R. Tilden in the United States and Canada, June – August 189740 specimens · 15 stops · 49 days
Kim Starr
Midway Atoll · 1–11 Jun 2008
Kim Starr in Midway Atoll, 1–11 June 200852 specimens · 9 stops · 11 days
Forest Starr
Midway Atoll · 1–11 Jun 2008
Forest Starr in Midway Atoll, 1–11 June 200852 specimens · 9 stops · 11 days
A.F. Rinehart
Babeldaob Island · Mar – Apr 1996
A.F. Rinehart in Babeldaob Island, March – April 199688 specimens · 9 stops · 9 days
G. Cottam
Molokaʻi · 19–27 Dec 1948
G. Cottam in Molokaʻi, 19–27 December 194883 specimens · 4 stops · 9 days · 71 km
C.J. Cianchini
Kosrae · 15–25 Mar 2009
C.J. Cianchini in Kosrae, 15–25 March 200962 specimens · 7 stops · 11 days · 4,425 km
W.P. Char
Kahoʻolawe and Hawaiʻi Island · 21–26 Nov 1978
W.P. Char in Kahoʻolawe and Hawaiʻi Island, 21–26 November 197869 specimens · 6 stops · 6 days
J.R. Shevock
Kauaʻi · 22–31 Jan 2015
J.R. Shevock in Kauaʻi, 22–31 January 201556 specimens · 10 stops · 10 days
Benjamin C. Stone
5 islands · Feb – Mar 1970
Benjamin C. Stone across 5 islands, February – March 197043 specimens · 11 stops · 27 days
J.F. Butaud
Ua Pou and Hiva Oa · Oct – Nov 2017
J.F. Butaud in Ua Pou and Hiva Oa, October – November 201761 specimens · 8 stops · 15 days · 168 km
B.M. Waterhouse
9 islands · Mar – Apr 2000
B.M. Waterhouse across 9 islands, March – April 200079 specimens · 8 stops · 14 days · 2,751 km
W.R. Sykes
Norfolk Island and Norfolk · 7–20 Apr 1980
W.R. Sykes in Norfolk Island and Norfolk, 7–20 April 198044 specimens · 14 stops · 14 days
G.J. Spence
3 islands of the United States · Jun – Aug 1973
G.J. Spence in Kauaʻi, Oʻahu and Lānaʻi, June – August 197347 specimens · 8 stops · 48 days · 704 km
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo
Oʻahu · Nov – Dec 1951
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo in Oʻahu, November – December 195170 specimens · 4 stops · 17 days · 129 km
K.Q. Damas
New Guinea · Jan – Feb 1989
K.Q. Damas in New Guinea, January – February 198971 specimens · 5 stops · 15 days · 602 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.