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
H.P. Nooteboom
3 islands · Mar – May 1970
H.P. Nooteboom in Borneo, Sarawak and Sabah, March – May 1970344 specimens · 34 stops · 62 days · 5,549 km
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo
Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · Apr – Sep 1951
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, April – September 1951330 specimens · 27 stops · 127 days · 2,315 km
Harold St.John
Maui and Oʻahu · Aug – Nov 1945
Harold St.John in Maui and Oʻahu, August – November 1945369 specimens · 21 stops · 107 days · 649 km
Leonard J. Brass
5 islands · Jan – May 1932
Leonard J. Brass across 5 islands, January – May 1932291 specimens · 44 stops · 120 days · 1,876 km
Albert C. Smith
3 islands of Fiji · Oct – Dec 1947
Albert C. Smith in Vanua Levu, Macuata and Fiji, October – December 1947527 specimens · 16 stops · 69 days
Derral R. Herbst
4 islands of the United States · Jun – Nov 1971
Derral R. Herbst across 4 islands of the United States, June – November 1971289 specimens · 38 stops · 153 days · 2,219 km
A.J. Bernatowicz
19 islands · Jan – Aug 1953
A.J. Bernatowicz across 19 islands, January – August 1953249 specimens · 67 stops · 225 days
T. Murashige
6 islands of the United States · May – Sep 1949
T. Murashige across 6 islands of the United States, May – September 1949317 specimens · 39 stops · 99 days · 1,334 km
W.A. Whistler
7 islands · May – Aug 1975
W.A. Whistler across 7 islands, May – August 1975447 specimens · 44 stops · 90 days · 980 km
W.R. Sykes
4 islands · Sep – Dec 1965
W.R. Sykes across 4 islands, September – December 1965336 specimens · 55 stops · 98 days · 5,255 km
Donald Anderson
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · Nov 1933 – Jan 1934
Donald Anderson in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, November 1933 – January 1934483 specimens · 10 stops · 53 days · 825 km
C. Cory
Oʻahu and Kauaʻi · Jan – Jun 1986
C. Cory in Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, January – June 1986341 specimens · 19 stops · 159 days · 1,807 km
Anderson
9 islands of French Polynesia · Jul – Oct 1934
Anderson across 9 islands of French Polynesia, July – October 1934419 specimens · 12 stops · 91 days · 2,313 km
Walter M. Giffard
Maui and Hawaiʻi Island · May – Aug 1918
Walter M. Giffard in Maui and Hawaiʻi Island, May – August 1918593 specimens · 33 stops · 110 days · 136 km
Clarence H. Cooke Jr.
3 islands of Fiji · 7–26 Jul 1938
Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Viti Levu, Ovalau and Fiji, 7–26 July 1938560 specimens · 9 stops · 20 days · 3,777 km
J. Afriastini
Borneo · Jan – Feb 1995
J. Afriastini in Borneo, January – February 1995409 specimens · 23 stops · 29 days · 7,075 km
Elwood Curtin Zimmerman
Kauaʻi and Maui · Jun – Aug 1937
Elwood Curtin Zimmerman in Kauaʻi and Maui, June – August 1937575 specimens · 25 stops · 78 days · 481 km
Jacques Florence
8 islands of French Polynesia · Jun – Aug 1988
Jacques Florence across 8 islands of French Polynesia, June – August 1988627 specimens · 15 stops · 60 days · 8,617 km
Harold St.John
4 islands · Oct 1936 – Feb 1937
Harold St.John across 4 islands, October 1936 – February 1937352 specimens · 20 stops · 95 days · 23,771 km
John W. Gillespie
3 islands of Fiji · Jan – Mar 1928
John W. Gillespie in Taveuni, Ovalau and Taviuni, January – March 1928492 specimens · 24 stops · 51 days · 4,541 km
Otto Degener
5 islands of the United States · Jun – Sep 1963
Otto Degener across 5 islands of the United States, June – September 1963301 specimens · 31 stops · 92 days · 1,016 km
Johnson Randall
6 islands of Chile · Jan – Mar 1969
Johnson Randall across 6 islands of Chile, January – March 1969503 specimens · 38 stops · 78 days · 8,647 km
S. Frank Kajewski
Guadalcanal and Malaita · Nov 1930 – Jun 1931
S. Frank Kajewski in Guadalcanal and Malaita, November 1930 – June 1931335 specimens · 38 stops · 214 days · 177 km
Otto Degener
Oʻahu · Oct 1935 – May 1936
Otto Degener in Oʻahu, October 1935 – May 1936271 specimens · 32 stops · 220 days · 1,020 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.