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
G.M.N. Wong
4 islands of the United States · Dec 1984 – Jan 1985
G.M.N. Wong across 4 islands of the United States, December 1984 – January 198555 specimens · 8 stops · 21 days · 417 km
David H. Lorence
Ua Pou and Ua Huka · 11–22 Jun 2004
David H. Lorence in Ua Pou and Ua Huka, 11–22 June 200461 specimens · 4 stops · 12 days · 794 km
Townsend-Cromwell Survey TC
the United States · 14–21 Jun 2000
Townsend-Cromwell Survey TC, 14–21 June 200077 specimens · 5 stops · 8 days · 1,217 km
Alex B. Anderson
3 islands of French Polynesia · 8–26 Aug 1934
Alex B. Anderson in Tubuai, Rurutu and Raivavae, 8–26 August 193440 specimens · 5 stops · 19 days · 411 km
L. Frederick
Hawaiʻi Island · Dec 1946 – Jan 1947
L. Frederick in Hawaiʻi Island, December 1946 – January 194746 specimens · 4 stops · 6 days
F. Tokelau
3 islands of Tonga · 20–29 Sep 2001
F. Tokelau in Vava'U, Nuapapu Island and Tongatapu Island, 20–29 September 200149 specimens · 7 stops · 10 days
P.S. Vroom
Maro Reef and Mokumanamana · 3–9 Sep 2006
P.S. Vroom in Maro Reef and Mokumanamana, 3–9 September 200644 specimens · 4 stops · 7 days · 655 km
E.J. Funk
Hawaiʻi Island · 1–12 Nov 1991
E.J. Funk in Hawaiʻi Island, 1–12 November 199147 specimens · 3 stops · 12 days
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss
3 islands · Feb – Apr 1985
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss in Guadalcanal, Viti Levu and Ghizo, February – April 198550 specimens · 4 stops · 50 days · 1,277 km
de Lappe
Kauaʻi · Mar – Apr 1987
de Lappe in Kauaʻi, March – April 198743 specimens · 3 stops · 22 days
S. Victor
Babeldaob Island · Mar – Apr 1996
S. Victor in Babeldaob Island, March – April 199655 specimens · 7 stops · 8 days
T. Miyata
Honshu and Japan · 1–20 Nov 1977
T. Miyata in Honshu and Japan, 1–20 November 197754 specimens · 2 stops · 20 days
K. Shultz
Hawaiʻi Island and Maui · 13–28 Sep 2000
K. Shultz in Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, 13–28 September 200083 specimens · 3 stops · 16 days · 352 km
Y. Sagawa
Guam and Yap · Mar – Apr 1981
Y. Sagawa in Guam and Yap, March – April 198144 specimens · 8 stops · 19 days · 17,396 km
R.W. Clegern
4 islands of Kiribati · 1–19 Sep 1973
R.W. Clegern across 4 islands of Kiribati, 1–19 September 197383 specimens · 2 stops · 19 days
C.S. English Jr.
the United States · 2–15 Aug 1925
C.S. English Jr. in the United States, 2–15 August 192543 specimens · 8 stops · 14 days
C.T. Imada
Kauaʻi and Maui · 2–11 Aug 2005
C.T. Imada in Kauaʻi and Maui, 2–11 August 200547 specimens · 3 stops · 10 days · 371 km
S. Satini
3 islands of Tonga · 20–29 Sep 2001
S. Satini in Vava'U, Nuapapu Island and Tongatapu Island, 20–29 September 200148 specimens · 7 stops · 10 days
W.R. Sykes
Tanna and Efate · 12–22 Jul 2003
W.R. Sykes in Tanna and Efate, 12–22 July 200349 specimens · 10 stops · 11 days · 234 km
H.L. Oppebnheinmer
Maui · 11–15 Mar 2024
H.L. Oppebnheinmer in Maui, 11–15 March 202444 specimens · 4 stops · 5 days
G.J. Spence
Hawaiʻi Island · 15–19 Jul 1975
G.J. Spence in Hawaiʻi Island, 15–19 July 197541 specimens · 5 stops · 5 days
C.F. Puttock
3 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 2000
C.F. Puttock in Molokaʻi, Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, July – August 200082 specimens · 3 stops · 11 days · 592 km
Otto Herman Swezey
Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · May – Jun 1919
Otto Herman Swezey in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, May – June 191953 specimens · 6 stops · 31 days · 232 km
C.H. Lamoureux
3 islands · 12–17 Aug 1964
C.H. Lamoureux in Kure Atoll, Midway Atoll and Laysan, 12–17 August 196445 specimens · 4 stops · 6 days · 111 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.