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
F. Raymond Fosberg
7 islands · 8–24 Nov 1968
F. Raymond Fosberg across 7 islands, 8–24 November 196877 specimens · 9 stops · 17 days · 40,884 km
Luther E. Bishop
Maui · 23–29 Aug 1971
Luther E. Bishop in Maui, 23–29 August 197168 specimens · 6 stops · 7 days
B. Tantisewie
Thailand · 8–28 Jan 1969
B. Tantisewie in Thailand, 8–28 January 196947 specimens · 9 stops · 21 days
J.C. Jolinon
4 islands of French Polynesia · Jan – Feb 1987
J.C. Jolinon across 4 islands of French Polynesia, January – February 198749 specimens · 15 stops · 53 days · 85 km
A. Moscal
Tasmania · 5–19 Apr 1984
A. Moscal in Tasmania, 5–19 April 198449 specimens · 9 stops · 15 days · 1,622 km
Isabelle Abbott
Marthas Vineyard · Jul – Aug 1947
Isabelle Abbott in Marthas Vineyard, July – August 194742 specimens · 12 stops · 41 days
W.A. Weber
Kauaʻi · Mar – Apr 1985
W.A. Weber in Kauaʻi, March – April 198560 specimens · 10 stops · 15 days
H.E. Milliron
4 islands · May – Oct 1958
H.E. Milliron across 4 islands, May – October 195841 specimens · 18 stops · 136 days · 10,829 km
H.K. Svenson
4 islands · Mar – Apr 1930
H.K. Svenson across 4 islands, March – April 193069 specimens · 17 stops · 24 days
G.S. Varadarajan
Panay and Panay Island · 3–8 Aug 1987
G.S. Varadarajan in Panay and Panay Island, 3–8 August 198781 specimens · 4 stops · 6 days
J.T. Swarbrick
Oʻahu · 3–10 Jan 1976
J.T. Swarbrick in Oʻahu, 3–10 January 197669 specimens · 5 stops · 8 days
W. Cadenhead
Kauaʻi · Nov – Dec 1960
W. Cadenhead in Kauaʻi, November – December 196041 specimens · 15 stops · 18 days
M. Ito
Iriomote Island and Iriomote · 8–17 Mar 1982
M. Ito in Iriomote Island and Iriomote, 8–17 March 198252 specimens · 9 stops · 10 days
R. Newbold
4 islands · 16–28 Mar 2000
R. Newbold across 4 islands, 16–28 March 200075 specimens · 6 stops · 13 days · 3,151 km
D. Randolph
Kauaʻi · Mar – Apr 1985
D. Randolph in Kauaʻi, March – April 198559 specimens · 10 stops · 15 days
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C.E. Hartt
Oʻahu · Jul – Aug 1938
C.E. Hartt in Oʻahu, July – August 193850 specimens · 8 stops · 22 days · 291 km
P.J. Garnock-Jones
3 islands of Fiji · Jun – Jul 1977
P.J. Garnock-Jones in Vanua Balavu, Lakeba and Ovalau, June – July 197767 specimens · 13 stops · 24 days · 3,420 km
G.G. Murata
Honshu · May – Jun 1984
G.G. Murata in Honshu, May – June 198462 specimens · 5 stops · 15 days
H. Uchiyama
Upolu and Tutuila · Aug – Sep 1999
H. Uchiyama in Upolu and Tutuila, August – September 199982 specimens · 7 stops · 18 days · 137 km
R. Okano
3 islands of the United States · 3–13 Aug 2006
R. Okano in Niʻihau, Kauaʻi and Lānaʻi, 3–13 August 200676 specimens · 5 stops · 11 days · 568 km
A.W. Wisner
Tutuila and Upolu · Jan – Feb 1959
A.W. Wisner in Tutuila and Upolu, January – February 195961 specimens · 8 stops · 50 days
R.J. Johns
Brunei · 9–30 Mar 1991
R.J. Johns in Brunei, 9–30 March 199151 specimens · 7 stops · 22 days · 339 km
L. Raulerson
Babeldaob Island and Babeldaob · Mar – Apr 1996
L. Raulerson in Babeldaob Island and Babeldaob, March – April 199673 specimens · 9 stops · 15 days
W. Cadenheads
Kauaʻi · Nov – Dec 1960
W. Cadenheads in Kauaʻi, November – December 196042 specimens · 12 stops · 18 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.