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.T. Brigham
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · 1–7 Sep 1908
W.T. Brigham in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, 1–7 September 1908109 specimens · 2 stops · 7 days
G. Van Sickle
Oʻahu · Jan – Mar 1997
G. Van Sickle in Oʻahu, January – March 199745 specimens · 7 stops · 68 days · 586 km
H. Oppenheinmer
Maui · 11–15 Mar 2024
H. Oppenheinmer in Maui, 11–15 March 202478 specimens · 4 stops · 5 days
R.A. Darrow
Thailand · Jun – Jul 1963
R.A. Darrow in Thailand, June – July 196348 specimens · 6 stops · 42 days
Edward Leonard Caum
3 islands of the United States · 12–29 Jun 1923
Edward Leonard Caum in Nihoa, French Frigate Shoals and Mokumanamana, 12–29 June 192351 specimens · 8 stops · 18 days · 883 km
Clay Trauernicht
7 islands · Jan – Feb 2008
Clay Trauernicht across 7 islands, January – February 200845 specimens · 10 stops · 18 days · 94 km
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
Hawaiʻi Island and Tutuila · Jul – Aug 1935
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Hawaiʻi Island and Tutuila, July – August 193563 specimens · 7 stops · 41 days · 4,120 km
E.J. Reynosa
Panay · 3–8 Aug 1987
E.J. Reynosa in Panay, 3–8 August 198777 specimens · 4 stops · 6 days
E. Ordonez
Maui · Jul – Aug 1939
E. Ordonez in Maui, July – August 193942 specimens · 9 stops · 34 days · 195 km
W.H. Hatheway
Arno Atoll · Jul – Aug 1952
W.H. Hatheway in Arno Atoll, July – August 195248 specimens · 16 stops · 51 days
D.A. Madulid
Olango and Bohol · 20–25 Mar 1993
D.A. Madulid in Olango and Bohol, 20–25 March 1993113 specimens · 2 stops · 6 days · 62 km
Margaret Clark
Kauaʻi · Sep – Oct 2007
Margaret Clark in Kauaʻi, September – October 200742 specimens · 9 stops · 36 days · 265 km
D. Atha
Oʻahu · Oct – Nov 1996
D. Atha in Oʻahu, October – November 199644 specimens · 9 stops · 21 days · 689 km
Rivers Fuentes
Panay · 9–18 Feb 1992
Rivers Fuentes in Panay, 9–18 February 199256 specimens · 7 stops · 10 days
Elwood Curtin Zimmerman
Oʻahu · Jan – Mar 1937
Elwood Curtin Zimmerman in Oʻahu, January – March 193759 specimens · 12 stops · 68 days
William J. Hoe
Kauaʻi and Maui · 5–13 Aug 1974
William J. Hoe in Kauaʻi and Maui, 5–13 August 197466 specimens · 6 stops · 9 days
Pedersen
Luzon · Mar – Apr 1994
Pedersen in Luzon, March – April 199460 specimens · 5 stops · 15 days · 306 km
O. Kasmin
New Guinea and Papua · Apr – May 2000
O. Kasmin in New Guinea and Papua, April – May 200045 specimens · 9 stops · 35 days · 272 km
Donald P. Rogers
Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · Feb – Mar 1946
Donald P. Rogers in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, February – March 194644 specimens · 9 stops · 35 days · 826 km
R.W. Krauss
Maui and Oʻahu · Aug – Sep 1948
R.W. Krauss in Maui and Oʻahu, August – September 194845 specimens · 8 stops · 38 days · 351 km
Pratita Puradyatmika
New Guinea · Oct – Dec 1998
Pratita Puradyatmika in New Guinea, October – December 199847 specimens · 7 stops · 72 days · 3,262 km
Chester Thompson
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · 1–7 Sep 1908
Chester Thompson in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, 1–7 September 1908107 specimens · 2 stops · 7 days
Harold St.John
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · Jun – Jul 1971
Harold St.John in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, June – July 197162 specimens · 5 stops · 11 days · 230 km
Isabelle Abbott
Maui · 1–27 Jul 1984
Isabelle Abbott in Maui, 1–27 July 198451 specimens · 6 stops · 27 days · 315 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.