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
C.T. Imada
Hawaiʻi Island · 1–11 Feb 1987
C.T. Imada in Hawaiʻi Island, 1–11 February 198742 specimens · 5 stops · 11 days
Y. Doi
New Caledonia · Feb – Mar 1992
Y. Doi in New Caledonia, February – March 199252 specimens · 8 stops · 25 days
Romero
Luzon · 1–15 Jul 1994
Romero in Luzon, 1–15 July 199462 specimens · 2 stops · 15 days · 93 km
P.A. Cox
Savaii · Jun – Jul 1986
P.A. Cox in Savaii, June – July 198641 specimens · 10 stops · 26 days
B.M. Waterhouse
7 islands of Palau · 4–19 Dec 2002
B.M. Waterhouse across 7 islands of Palau, 4–19 December 200250 specimens · 6 stops · 16 days · 19,441 km
M.L. Lohman
Oʻahu · Jan – Mar 1950
M.L. Lohman in Oʻahu, January – March 195041 specimens · 9 stops · 41 days · 462 km
de Vogel
New Britain · 5–9 Nov 2015
de Vogel in New Britain, 5–9 November 201570 specimens · 2 stops · 5 days
E. Soepadmo
Selangor and Malaya · 4–20 Apr 1968
E. Soepadmo in Selangor and Malaya, 4–20 April 196847 specimens · 3 stops · 17 days
D. Paquin
Oʻahu · Jul – Aug 1988
D. Paquin in Oʻahu, July – August 198842 specimens · 3 stops · 36 days
Harold St.John
Oʻahu · 5–12 Dec 1943
Harold St.John in Oʻahu, 5–12 December 194365 specimens · 2 stops · 8 days
van Royen
3 countries · Jun – Aug 1979
van Royen in the Netherlands, the United States and Australia, June – August 197948 specimens · 8 stops · 44 days
L. Stewart
the United States · Apr – Jul 2009
L. Stewart in the United States, April – July 200945 specimens · 8 stops · 71 days · 452 km
R. Gustafson
Molokaʻi and Kauaʻi · 17–23 Jul 1984
R. Gustafson in Molokaʻi and Kauaʻi, 17–23 July 198445 specimens · 4 stops · 7 days · 239 km
M. Uili
Upolu and Savaii · 2–28 Jun 2016
M. Uili in Upolu and Savaii, 2–28 June 201644 specimens · 6 stops · 27 days · 80 km
A.E. Haun
Pohnpei and Ponape Island · Nov – Dec 1979
A.E. Haun in Pohnpei and Ponape Island, November – December 197958 specimens · 5 stops · 9 days
J.K. Small
the United States · 1–21 Apr 1893
J.K. Small in the United States, 1–21 April 189344 specimens · 3 stops · 21 days
Timothy Flynn
Maui and Molokaʻi · 14–19 Jan 2020
Timothy Flynn in Maui and Molokaʻi, 14–19 January 202053 specimens · 5 stops · 6 days · 102 km
J.C. Game
Maui and Molokaʻi · 14–19 Jan 2020
J.C. Game in Maui and Molokaʻi, 14–19 January 202053 specimens · 5 stops · 6 days · 102 km
M. Utai
Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · Feb – Mar 1975
M. Utai in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, February – March 197542 specimens · 3 stops · 29 days
Luther E. Bishop
Molokaʻi · 19–25 Jan 1973
Luther E. Bishop in Molokaʻi, 19–25 January 197344 specimens · 4 stops · 7 days · 33 km
J.C.E. Riotte
Kauaʻi · Jun – Jul 1981
J.C.E. Riotte in Kauaʻi, June – July 198155 specimens · 6 stops · 42 days
Skippy Hau
Kahoʻolawe · 1–10 Sep 1992
Skippy Hau in Kahoʻolawe, 1–10 September 199251 specimens · 3 stops · 10 days
M.-H Sachet
4 islands · Jun – Jul 1976
M.-H Sachet across 4 islands, June – July 197646 specimens · 8 stops · 28 days · 2,621 km
P.J. Kores
Kauaʻi · 2–9 Sep 1979
P.J. Kores in Kauaʻi, 2–9 September 197947 specimens · 4 stops · 8 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.