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
Stanley Ball
Oʻahu · Oct 1925 – Feb 1926
Stanley Ball in Oʻahu, October 1925 – February 192643 specimens · 21 stops · 123 days
Kenneth R. Wood
4 islands of French Polynesia · Jun – Jul 2003
Kenneth R. Wood across 4 islands of French Polynesia, June – July 200376 specimens · 6 stops · 28 days · 576 km
C.R. Annable
Maui · Jan – Feb 1999
C.R. Annable in Maui, January – February 199962 specimens · 3 stops · 39 days · 71 km
F. Raymond Fosberg
3 islands of the Marshall Islands · Apr – May 1958
F. Raymond Fosberg in Jaluit Atoll, Kwajalein Atoll and Majuro Atoll, April – May 195846 specimens · 9 stops · 12 days · 678 km
Ben Nyberg
6 islands · Jun – Jul 2022
Ben Nyberg across 6 islands, June – July 202245 specimens · 7 stops · 18 days
T.P. Bayliss-Smith
3 islands of the Solomon Islands · Jan – May 1971
T.P. Bayliss-Smith in Ontong Java Atoll, Sikaiana and Onton Java Atoll, January – May 197142 specimens · 18 stops · 123 days
M.A. Weiner
5 islands of Fiji · Jul – Aug 1972
M.A. Weiner across 5 islands of Fiji, July – August 197266 specimens · 10 stops · 32 days · 2,738 km
S. Pillay
Viti Levu · Sep – Dec 1960
S. Pillay in Viti Levu, September – December 196042 specimens · 12 stops · 81 days
L. Kellogg
3 islands of the United States · Apr – May 1948
L. Kellogg in Maui, Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island, April – May 194847 specimens · 6 stops · 31 days · 484 km
Erling Christophersen
Oʻahu · Mar – Apr 1930
Erling Christophersen in Oʻahu, March – April 193053 specimens · 4 stops · 37 days
E.S.C. Handy
Maui · Jun – Jul 1933
E.S.C. Handy in Maui, June – July 193341 specimens · 8 stops · 45 days · 136 km
Paul K. Higashino
Kauaʻi · 11–16 May 1981
Paul K. Higashino in Kauaʻi, 11–16 May 198165 specimens · 5 stops · 6 days
Donald Bruce Foreman
Bougainville Island and Bougainville · Aug – Sep 1969
Donald Bruce Foreman in Bougainville Island and Bougainville, August – September 196950 specimens · 5 stops · 25 days · 115 km
A. O'Neill
Maui · 2–11 May 2023
A. O'Neill in Maui, 2–11 May 202368 specimens · 4 stops · 10 days
H.B.S. Womersley
Kangaroo · 13–21 Jan 1965
H.B.S. Womersley in Kangaroo, 13–21 January 196549 specimens · 7 stops · 9 days
E. Soepadmo
Borneo and Sabah · 4–13 Apr 1994
E. Soepadmo in Borneo and Sabah, 4–13 April 199458 specimens · 5 stops · 10 days
B. Peterson
Kauaʻi · 12–22 Dec 1983
B. Peterson in Kauaʻi, 12–22 December 198362 specimens · 4 stops · 11 days
F.R. Warshauer
Oʻahu · 6–28 Feb 1977
F.R. Warshauer in Oʻahu, 6–28 February 197745 specimens · 7 stops · 23 days
R.W. Baxter
Molokaʻi · Dec 1938 – Jan 1939
R.W. Baxter in Molokaʻi, December 1938 – January 193966 specimens · 4 stops · 7 days · 37 km
P. Nelson
Guam · Mar – Apr 1918
P. Nelson in Guam, March – April 191849 specimens · 10 stops · 52 days
R. Fenstemacher
3 islands · Mar – May 2002
R. Fenstemacher in Rapa, Tauturau and Easter Island (=Isla De Pascua), March – May 200292 specimens · 3 stops · 55 days · 268 km
Steven Perlman
Kauaʻi · Sep – Nov 2016
Steven Perlman in Kauaʻi, September – November 201640 specimens · 8 stops · 37 days
C.F. Crivellone
Kauaʻi · 11–16 May 1981
C.F. Crivellone in Kauaʻi, 11–16 May 198159 specimens · 6 stops · 6 days · 126 km
Dana G. Griffin III
Venezuela · Jul – Aug 1975
Dana G. Griffin III in Venezuela, July – August 197553 specimens · 4 stops · 33 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.