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
S. Dewol
Borneo and Sabah · 4–13 Apr 1994
S. Dewol in Borneo and Sabah, 4–13 April 199443 specimens · 6 stops · 10 days
H.W. Frings
Midway Atoll · 1–16 Apr 1962
H.W. Frings in Midway Atoll, 1–16 April 196256 specimens · 3 stops · 16 days
Giffen
Guadalcanal and Viti Levu · Nov 1947 – Jan 1948
Giffen in Guadalcanal and Viti Levu, November 1947 – January 194855 specimens · 8 stops · 39 days
D. Wolkis
Kauaʻi and Niʻihau · Jan – Feb 2018
D. Wolkis in Kauaʻi and Niʻihau, January – February 201842 specimens · 5 stops · 30 days · 119 km
Wayne C. Gagne
Maui · Nov 1980 – Jan 1981
Wayne C. Gagne in Maui, November 1980 – January 198145 specimens · 13 stops · 69 days
A.W.C.T. Herre
5 islands · Oct – Nov 1933
A.W.C.T. Herre across 5 islands, October – November 193351 specimens · 6 stops · 19 days
Garcia
Samar and Visayas · Jan – Feb 1992
Garcia in Samar and Visayas, January – February 199240 specimens · 7 stops · 43 days
John H. Beaman
New Guinea · Aug – Sep 1998
John H. Beaman in New Guinea, August – September 199844 specimens · 5 stops · 38 days · 89 km
de Wreede
Oʻahu and Maui · 6–10 Aug 1967
de Wreede in Oʻahu and Maui, 6–10 August 196755 specimens · 4 stops · 5 days · 124 km
T. Umba
New Guinea · Mar – May 1975
T. Umba in New Guinea, March – May 197561 specimens · 2 stops · 45 days · 353 km
P. McKown
3 islands · 1–6 Feb 1970
P. McKown in New Caledonia, Isle Of Pines and Cebu, 1–6 February 197056 specimens · 4 stops · 6 days
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W.H. Magruder
Kauaʻi and Maui · Dec 1988 – Jan 1989
W.H. Magruder in Kauaʻi and Maui, December 1988 – January 1989105 specimens · 3 stops · 13 days · 350 km
Leila Morrison
Maui · 2–11 May 2023
Leila Morrison in Maui, 2–11 May 202361 specimens · 3 stops · 10 days
J.M. Huisman
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · Mar – May 2002
J.M. Huisman in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, March – May 200240 specimens · 10 stops · 69 days · 865 km
Kristof Foster
Wake Island · 19–28 Jun 1998
Kristof Foster in Wake Island, 19–28 June 199849 specimens · 6 stops · 10 days · 150 km
R. George
Borneo and Sabah · 4–13 Apr 1994
R. George in Borneo and Sabah, 4–13 April 199442 specimens · 6 stops · 10 days
Garcia
Luzon · Aug – Sep 1991
Garcia in Luzon, August – September 199162 specimens · 4 stops · 9 days
C. Corn
Kauaʻi · 13–21 Jun 1978
C. Corn in Kauaʻi, 13–21 June 197879 specimens · 2 stops · 9 days · 18 km
Jacques Florence
Raiatea and Nuku Hiva · Aug – Sep 1982
Jacques Florence in Raiatea and Nuku Hiva, August – September 198265 specimens · 4 stops · 20 days · 1,513 km
Kenneth R. Wood
Kosrae and Kosrae (=Kusaie) · Jan – Feb 2010
Kenneth R. Wood in Kosrae and Kosrae (=Kusaie), January – February 201041 specimens · 8 stops · 11 days · 2,660 km
V.M. Oliveira
Kauaʻi · 24–28 Dec 1933
V.M. Oliveira in Kauaʻi, 24–28 December 193356 specimens · 4 stops · 5 days
B. Ekiek
Pohnpei · Nov – Dec 2002
B. Ekiek in Pohnpei, November – December 200255 specimens · 6 stops · 42 days · 303 km
Robert C. Clark Jr.
Pitcairn Island · 4–15 Jun 1934
Robert C. Clark Jr. in Pitcairn Island, 4–15 June 193459 specimens · 4 stops · 12 days
W.A. Whistler
5 islands · Dec 1975 – Jan 1976
W.A. Whistler across 5 islands, December 1975 – January 197643 specimens · 13 stops · 21 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.