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
Robert Hobdy
Kauaʻi and Lānaʻi · Jun – Jul 1969
Robert Hobdy in Kauaʻi and Lānaʻi, June – July 196945 specimens · 8 stops · 49 days · 592 km
Lewis Thayer
Kauaʻi · Jul – Aug 1925
Lewis Thayer in Kauaʻi, July – August 192576 specimens · 9 stops · 37 days
E. Schuettpelz
Hiva Oa and Ua Pou · Oct – Nov 2017
E. Schuettpelz in Hiva Oa and Ua Pou, October – November 201758 specimens · 9 stops · 16 days · 168 km
P.H. Moore
3 islands · 1–12 Nov 1978
P.H. Moore in Rota, Guam and Pohnpei, 1–12 November 197875 specimens · 8 stops · 12 days · 50,817 km
F. Sohl
Pohnpei and Micronesia · Feb – May 2006
F. Sohl in Pohnpei and Micronesia, February – May 200641 specimens · 14 stops · 95 days · 1,383 km
Hammond
Lānaʻi and Maui · Jul – Aug 1910
Hammond in Lānaʻi and Maui, July – August 191042 specimens · 12 stops · 36 days · 442 km
K. Ziegelbauer
Oʻahu · Feb – Apr 1975
K. Ziegelbauer in Oʻahu, February – April 197544 specimens · 7 stops · 58 days
V.J. Krajina
3 islands of the United States · 11–21 Jun 1962
V.J. Krajina in Molokaʻi, Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, 11–21 June 1962114 specimens · 2 stops · 11 days · 269 km
K. Faccenda
Molokaʻi · 26–30 Dec 2022
K. Faccenda in Molokaʻi, 26–30 December 202271 specimens · 5 stops · 5 days
M.-H Sachet
4 islands · May – Jun 1973
M.-H Sachet across 4 islands, May – June 197364 specimens · 13 stops · 17 days · 51,159 km
Donald Bruce Foreman
Manus Island · Oct – Nov 1974
Donald Bruce Foreman in Manus Island, October – November 197459 specimens · 6 stops · 13 days · 502 km
van Royen
Kauaʻi · Aug – Sep 1977
van Royen in Kauaʻi, August – September 197766 specimens · 4 stops · 25 days
G. George D. Peterson
Kauaʻi · 12–22 Dec 1983
G. George D. Peterson in Kauaʻi, 12–22 December 198371 specimens · 4 stops · 11 days
S.W. Mill
Kauaʻi · 12–22 Dec 1983
S.W. Mill in Kauaʻi, 12–22 December 198371 specimens · 4 stops · 11 days
R.G. Buggeln
4 islands · 17–26 Aug 1965
R.G. Buggeln across 4 islands, 17–26 August 1965118 specimens · 6 stops · 10 days · 37,588 km
J.W. Dawson
New Caledonia · 5–16 Aug 2003
J.W. Dawson in New Caledonia, 5–16 August 200388 specimens · 9 stops · 12 days · 3,739 km
B. Williamson
New Caledonia · 5–16 Aug 2003
B. Williamson in New Caledonia, 5–16 August 200388 specimens · 9 stops · 12 days · 3,739 km
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William Alanson Bryan
5 islands · Jul – Aug 1902
William Alanson Bryan across 5 islands, July – August 190251 specimens · 8 stops · 32 days · 4,185 km
Derral R. Herbst
8 islands · May – Jun 1994
Derral R. Herbst across 8 islands, May – June 199465 specimens · 7 stops · 44 days · 16,541 km
Y. Lelean
8 islands of Papua New Guinea · 2–27 Oct 1971
Y. Lelean across 8 islands of Papua New Guinea, 2–27 October 197146 specimens · 8 stops · 26 days · 1,028 km
E.C. Sagcal Jr.
Mindanao · Jul – Aug 1991
E.C. Sagcal Jr. in Mindanao, July – August 199174 specimens · 4 stops · 28 days
Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr.
Lānaʻi · 5–11 Feb 2003
Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr. in Lānaʻi, 5–11 February 2003153 specimens · 3 stops · 7 days · 157 km
Francis Xavier Williams
Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Oct 1929
Francis Xavier Williams in Hawaiʻi Island, July – October 192949 specimens · 8 stops · 100 days · 90 km
Joseph F. Rock
3 islands of the United States · Aug – Oct 1917
Joseph F. Rock in Hawaiʻi Island, Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, August – October 191740 specimens · 10 stops · 39 days · 1,127 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.