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
N.E. Morton
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · Dec 1949 – Jan 1950
N.E. Morton in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, December 1949 – January 195046 specimens · 6 stops · 20 days · 230 km
M.V.C. Falanruw
Babeldaob Island and Babeldaob (=Babelthuap) · Mar – Apr 1996
M.V.C. Falanruw in Babeldaob Island and Babeldaob (=Babelthuap), March – April 199666 specimens · 9 stops · 9 days
van Royen
South Island and Australia · Feb – Mar 1975
van Royen in South Island and Australia, February – March 197553 specimens · 4 stops · 29 days
Benjamin C. Stone
Malaya and Oʻahu · Apr – May 1988
Benjamin C. Stone in Malaya and Oʻahu, April – May 198841 specimens · 8 stops · 32 days
Fuentes
Palawan and Luzon · Jun – Jul 1993
Fuentes in Palawan and Luzon, June – July 199395 specimens · 2 stops · 27 days · 852 km
E.J. Reynoso
Luzon · Nov – Dec 1991
E.J. Reynoso in Luzon, November – December 199147 specimens · 5 stops · 26 days
Arthur Greenwell
Maui and Hawaiʻi Island · 3–28 Nov 1950
Arthur Greenwell in Maui and Hawaiʻi Island, 3–28 November 195048 specimens · 5 stops · 26 days · 226 km
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
Grande-Terre and New Caledonia · Jun – Aug 1949
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Grande-Terre and New Caledonia, June – August 194965 specimens · 5 stops · 36 days
Heinar Streimann
7 islands of Papua New Guinea · 21–27 Oct 1971
Heinar Streimann across 7 islands of Papua New Guinea, 21–27 October 197149 specimens · 7 stops · 7 days · 379 km
S. Herrington
3 islands of the Solomon Islands · 4–18 Oct 2008
S. Herrington in Santa Isabel, Choiseul and Kolombangara, 4–18 October 200846 specimens · 6 stops · 15 days · 349 km
Luther E. Bishop
Oʻahu · 14–18 Jun 1971
Luther E. Bishop in Oʻahu, 14–18 June 197177 specimens · 3 stops · 5 days
Maxwell S. Doty
4 islands of the United States · Dec 1954 – Jan 1955
Maxwell S. Doty across 4 islands of the United States, December 1954 – January 195554 specimens · 5 stops · 16 days · 464 km
S. Satini
'Eua Island and Tongatapu Island · Nov – Dec 2000
S. Satini in 'Eua Island and Tongatapu Island, November – December 200066 specimens · 7 stops · 8 days · 713 km
G.J. Spence
3 islands of the United States · Apr – May 1975
G.J. Spence in Hawaiʻi Island, Oʻahu and Lānaʻi, April – May 197540 specimens · 7 stops · 31 days · 391 km
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Steven L. Montgomery
7 islands of French Polynesia · Jul – Sep 1977
Steven L. Montgomery across 7 islands of French Polynesia, July – September 197745 specimens · 12 stops · 71 days · 4,361 km
S.A. James
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · 5–18 Aug 2004
S.A. James in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, 5–18 August 200482 specimens · 2 stops · 14 days · 230 km
E.B. Barbon
Luzon · Aug – Sep 1991
E.B. Barbon in Luzon, August – September 199165 specimens · 5 stops · 11 days
K. Schultz
5 islands of the United States · Aug – Sep 2000
K. Schultz across 5 islands of the United States, August – September 200066 specimens · 5 stops · 38 days · 1,010 km
R.M. Bird
Thailand · Jun – Jul 1963
R.M. Bird in Thailand, June – July 196340 specimens · 6 stops · 42 days
A.J. Chepstov-Lusty
3 islands of the Pitcairn Islands · Apr – Jul 1991
A.J. Chepstov-Lusty in Henderson Island, Oeno Island and Pitcairn Island, April – July 199179 specimens · 4 stops · 75 days · 695 km
T. Hosokawa
4 islands · Jun – Aug 1938
T. Hosokawa across 4 islands, June – August 193840 specimens · 12 stops · 52 days
A.G. Floyd
New Britain · Dec 1954 – Jan 1955
A.G. Floyd in New Britain, December 1954 – January 195541 specimens · 8 stops · 23 days
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
4 islands · Feb – Mar 1975
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. across 4 islands, February – March 197565 specimens · 7 stops · 18 days
C. Corn
3 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1984
C. Corn in Kauaʻi, Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, June – July 198460 specimens · 3 stops · 28 days · 324 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.