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
Steven Perlman
Kauaʻi · Aug – Sep 1977
Steven Perlman in Kauaʻi, August – September 197748 specimens · 6 stops · 25 days
A. Rachman
Borneo · Oct – Nov 1996
A. Rachman in Borneo, October – November 199643 specimens · 7 stops · 23 days
Marie Catherine Neal
Kauaʻi and Babeldaob Island · 7–21 Aug 1936
Marie Catherine Neal in Kauaʻi and Babeldaob Island, 7–21 August 193651 specimens · 7 stops · 15 days
Harold St.John
Oʻahu · 10–31 Mar 1935
Harold St.John in Oʻahu, 10–31 March 193565 specimens · 3 stops · 22 days
Isabelle Abbott
Maui and Espiritu Santo · Aug – Sep 1971
Isabelle Abbott in Maui and Espiritu Santo, August – September 197142 specimens · 6 stops · 45 days · 5,752 km
A.W. Wisner
Tutuila and Tutulia · 14–28 Aug 1959
A.W. Wisner in Tutuila and Tutulia, 14–28 August 195968 specimens · 5 stops · 15 days
F. Raymond Fosberg
4 islands of the United States · 10–25 Apr 1974
F. Raymond Fosberg across 4 islands of the United States, 10–25 April 197443 specimens · 8 stops · 16 days · 886 km
R. Okano
Maui and Kahoʻolawe · 10–17 Aug 2000
R. Okano in Maui and Kahoʻolawe, 10–17 August 200099 specimens · 4 stops · 8 days · 97 km
V.J. Krajina
Hawaiʻi Island · Jun – Jul 1966
V.J. Krajina in Hawaiʻi Island, June – July 196645 specimens · 7 stops · 18 days · 155 km
Keith D.P. Wilson
Oʻahu · 14–19 Jul 1989
Keith D.P. Wilson in Oʻahu, 14–19 July 198967 specimens · 4 stops · 6 days
M.A. Weiner
5 islands of Fiji · Jun – Jul 1971
M.A. Weiner across 5 islands of Fiji, June – July 197171 specimens · 9 stops · 25 days · 11,374 km
R.L. Stemmermann
Maui · 1–13 Jun 1977
R.L. Stemmermann in Maui, 1–13 June 197758 specimens · 6 stops · 13 days
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Alfred F. Judd Jr
3 islands · Feb – Mar 1926
Alfred F. Judd Jr in Tutuila, Lānaʻi and Ofu, February – March 192643 specimens · 6 stops · 46 days · 4,276 km
Donald Anderson
Oʻahu · 5–14 Feb 1939
Donald Anderson in Oʻahu, 5–14 February 193989 specimens · 2 stops · 10 days · 23 km
H.A. Woolford
Kauaʻi and Maui · 1–29 Dec 1956
H.A. Woolford in Kauaʻi and Maui, 1–29 December 195653 specimens · 4 stops · 29 days · 338 km
Fuentes
Luzon and Mindanao · Apr – May 1992
Fuentes in Luzon and Mindanao, April – May 199265 specimens · 4 stops · 33 days · 972 km
Derral R. Herbst
Oʻahu · Nov 1992 – Jan 1993
Derral R. Herbst in Oʻahu, November 1992 – January 199346 specimens · 5 stops · 47 days · 243 km
George Butler
Laysan · 20–24 Jul 1959
George Butler in Laysan, 20–24 July 1959193 specimens · 2 stops · 5 days
E.B. Mann
3 islands of Papua New Guinea · Jun – Jul 1969
E.B. Mann in Bagabag Island, Kar Kar and New Guinea, June – July 196956 specimens · 4 stops · 22 days · 380 km
D. Damas
New Britain · 10–18 May 2011
D. Damas in New Britain, 10–18 May 201190 specimens · 2 stops · 9 days · 41 km
F. Pitisopa
3 islands of the Solomon Islands · 4–18 Oct 2008
F. Pitisopa in Santa Isabel, Choiseul and Kolombangara, 4–18 October 200847 specimens · 6 stops · 15 days · 349 km
M.F. Gardner
3 islands of the Solomon Islands · 4–18 Oct 2008
M.F. Gardner in Santa Isabel, Choiseul and Kolombangara, 4–18 October 200847 specimens · 6 stops · 15 days · 349 km
F. Tokelau
'Eua Island and Tongatapu Island · Nov – Dec 2000
F. Tokelau in 'Eua Island and Tongatapu Island, November – December 200067 specimens · 7 stops · 8 days · 713 km
Wayne C. Gagne
3 islands of the United States · May – Aug 1971
Wayne C. Gagne in Lānaʻi, Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, May – August 197149 specimens · 12 stops · 85 days · 509 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.