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
A. Gouveia A. Gouveia A. Gouveia v A. Gouveia
Oʻahu · Oct – Nov 1919
A. Gouveia A. Gouveia A. Gouveia v A. Gouveia in Oʻahu, October – November 191958 specimens · 4 stops · 36 days · 257 km
E.L. Robinson
Thailand · Jun – Jul 1963
E.L. Robinson in Thailand, June – July 196347 specimens · 6 stops · 42 days
F.J.M. Gaerlan
Mindanao and Luzon · 5–22 Jul 1991
F.J.M. Gaerlan in Mindanao and Luzon, 5–22 July 199176 specimens · 4 stops · 18 days · 973 km
Jim Space
6 islands of the Cook Islands · 12–29 Mar 2002
Jim Space across 6 islands of the Cook Islands, 12–29 March 200267 specimens · 8 stops · 18 days · 2,644 km
Gregory Plunkett
3 islands · 4–21 Nov 2013
Gregory Plunkett in Palau, Palao and Ngeruktabel, 4–21 November 201357 specimens · 5 stops · 18 days
de Lappe
Kauaʻi · May – Jun 1987
de Lappe in Kauaʻi, May – June 198760 specimens · 4 stops · 31 days
P.A. Schafer
4 islands of French Polynesia · Aug – Nov 1975
P.A. Schafer across 4 islands of French Polynesia, August – November 197544 specimens · 17 stops · 98 days · 2,534 km
Jacques Florence
Moorea · 8–21 Aug 1983
Jacques Florence in Moorea, 8–21 August 1983154 specimens · 2 stops · 14 days · 10 km
U. Eliasson
3 islands of the United States · Jan – Apr 1988
U. Eliasson in Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, January – April 198853 specimens · 21 stops · 97 days · 690 km
U.W. Mayar
3 islands of Indonesia · Apr – May 1995
U.W. Mayar in New Guinea, Irian Jaya and Papua, April – May 199544 specimens · 12 stops · 36 days · 5,403 km
P.C. Hutchison
3 islands · 13–21 Jan 1967
P.C. Hutchison in Oʻahu, Kauaʻi and Tutuila, 13–21 January 196751 specimens · 8 stops · 9 days · 522 km
S. Balasubramaniam
Sri Lanka · Mar – Apr 1985
S. Balasubramaniam in Sri Lanka, March – April 198543 specimens · 8 stops · 29 days
Otto Degener
4 islands of the United States · Nov 1959 – Feb 1960
Otto Degener across 4 islands of the United States, November 1959 – February 196044 specimens · 6 stops · 85 days · 321 km
A.F. Chambers
Nanumea · Nov – Dec 1974
A.F. Chambers in Nanumea, November – December 197445 specimens · 10 stops · 38 days
F. Raymond Fosberg
7 islands · Jul – Aug 1952
F. Raymond Fosberg across 7 islands, July – August 195252 specimens · 12 stops · 38 days
David Dwight Baldwin
3 islands of the United States · 1–30 Aug 1879
David Dwight Baldwin in Maui, Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, 1–30 August 187940 specimens · 10 stops · 30 days · 1,487 km
M.A. Evans
3 islands of the Northern Mariana Islands · 18–23 Jun 1966
M.A. Evans in Sariguan, Saipan and Sarigan, 18–23 June 196691 specimens · 5 stops · 6 days
Masatomi Suzuki
3 islands of Tonga · 12–21 Mar 2001
Masatomi Suzuki in Tongatapu Island, 'Eua Island and 'Euaiki Island, 12–21 March 200178 specimens · 9 stops · 10 days
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss
5 islands · Jan – Apr 1986
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss across 5 islands, January – April 198662 specimens · 10 stops · 77 days · 2,638 km
G.Y. Daida
Oʻahu · Jun – Jul 1977
G.Y. Daida in Oʻahu, June – July 197748 specimens · 8 stops · 51 days
P.A. Cox
Savaii and Tau · Jun – Jul 1979
P.A. Cox in Savaii and Tau, June – July 197966 specimens · 9 stops · 24 days · 328 km
F. Raymond Fosberg
3 islands of the United States · Mar – Apr 1978
F. Raymond Fosberg in Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi Island and Kauaʻi, March – April 197842 specimens · 9 stops · 24 days · 718 km
Wayne C. Gagne
4 islands of the United States · Nov 1972 – Jan 1973
Wayne C. Gagne across 4 islands of the United States, November 1972 – January 197340 specimens · 11 stops · 63 days · 1,004 km
L. Marrack
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · Jul – Aug 2006
L. Marrack in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, July – August 200675 specimens · 3 stops · 14 days · 113 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.