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
Edwin G. Burrows
'Uvea Island · Oct – Nov 1932
Edwin G. Burrows in 'Uvea Island, October – November 193263 specimens · 4 stops · 31 days · 4 km
M.V.C. Falanruw
3 islands of Micronesia · Jun – Aug 1968
M.V.C. Falanruw in Guam, Pohnpei and Garim Islet, June – August 196842 specimens · 16 stops · 86 days · 17,281 km
David H. Lorence
9 islands · 15–26 Jan 2008
David H. Lorence across 9 islands, 15–26 January 200874 specimens · 6 stops · 12 days · 213 km
Ernest H. Quayle
8 islands · Dec 1921 – Feb 1922
Ernest H. Quayle across 8 islands, December 1921 – February 192246 specimens · 12 stops · 57 days · 6,573 km
Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr.
3 islands of Indonesia · Oct 1990 – Jan 1991
Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr. in Pulau Tanjong Putus, Pulau Panjang and Pulau Gusung Assam, October 1990 – January 199151 specimens · 4 stops · 102 days · 411 km
Cranwell Smith
3 islands of the United States · May – Jul 1966
Cranwell Smith in Maui, Hawaiʻi Island and Kauaʻi, May – July 196647 specimens · 6 stops · 39 days · 476 km
E.E. Henty
New Britain · 14–27 May 1968
E.E. Henty in New Britain, 14–27 May 196852 specimens · 6 stops · 14 days · 205 km
C.C. Curtis
6 islands · Apr – May 1922
C.C. Curtis across 6 islands, April – May 192263 specimens · 6 stops · 15 days · 21 km
C.C. Curtis
9 islands of French Polynesia · 5–29 Jun 1922
C.C. Curtis across 9 islands of French Polynesia, 5–29 June 192266 specimens · 9 stops · 25 days
Jacques Florence
Tahaa and Raiatea · 13–22 Sep 1983
Jacques Florence in Tahaa and Raiatea, 13–22 September 1983103 specimens · 4 stops · 10 days · 30 km
N. Hallé
3 islands of French Polynesia · May – Jun 1979
N. Hallé in Tubuai, Tahiti and Marotiri, May – June 197950 specimens · 16 stops · 41 days
T.J. Motley
4 islands · Mar – May 2002
T.J. Motley across 4 islands, March – May 200281 specimens · 4 stops · 67 days · 5,882 km
S.R. Hill
Australia · 13–28 Mar 2004
S.R. Hill in Australia, 13–28 March 200447 specimens · 7 stops · 16 days
Liloa Dunn
3 islands of French Polynesia · 11–24 Jun 2004
Liloa Dunn in Ua Pou, Ua Huka and Hiva Oa, 11–24 June 200484 specimens · 5 stops · 14 days · 842 km
Maxwell S. Doty
6 islands · Dec 1965 – Jan 1966
Maxwell S. Doty across 6 islands, December 1965 – January 196658 specimens · 5 stops · 32 days · 657 km
C.R. Jones
6 islands · Sep – Oct 2008
C.R. Jones across 6 islands, September – October 200846 specimens · 8 stops · 12 days · 2,618 km
J.C. Regalado Jr.
Taveuni and Viti Levu · Sep – Oct 1993
J.C. Regalado Jr. in Taveuni and Viti Levu, September – October 199386 specimens · 6 stops · 27 days · 405 km
A.M. Stokes
Raivavae · Mar – Apr 1922
A.M. Stokes in Raivavae, March – April 192255 specimens · 6 stops · 37 days
Annie Montague Alexander
3 islands of the United States · Apr – May 1948
Annie Montague Alexander in Maui, Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island, April – May 194848 specimens · 6 stops · 31 days · 484 km
N. Ogden
Maui · 4–25 Aug 1978
N. Ogden in Maui, 4–25 August 197843 specimens · 8 stops · 22 days · 243 km
Benjamin C. Stone
3 islands · Apr – May 1969
Benjamin C. Stone in Kedah, Viti Levu and Malaya, April – May 196949 specimens · 6 stops · 20 days
E. Earle
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · May – Jul 1972
E. Earle in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, May – July 197250 specimens · 5 stops · 43 days
Benjamin C. Stone
Malaya and Pahang · Apr – May 1976
Benjamin C. Stone in Malaya and Pahang, April – May 197650 specimens · 6 stops · 18 days
Wray Harris
Tau · 10–27 Jul 1938
Wray Harris in Tau, 10–27 July 193865 specimens · 6 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.