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
Ralph C. DeFelice
Oʻahu · Jul – Aug 1998
Ralph C. DeFelice in Oʻahu, July – August 199854 specimens · 2 stops · 30 days · 28 km
Fuentes
Cebu and Bohol · Mar – Apr 1993
Fuentes in Cebu and Bohol, March – April 199343 specimens · 2 stops · 11 days · 77 km
Townsend-Cromwell Survey TC
Oʻahu · Jun – Jul 1996
Townsend-Cromwell Survey TC, June – July 199671 specimens · 2 stops · 7 days · 134 km
David Timmins Fullaway
Hawaiʻi Island · 6–16 Sep 1919
David Timmins Fullaway in Hawaiʻi Island, 6–16 September 191943 specimens · 4 stops · 11 days
K. Payton
Lisianski and Maro Reef · Sep – Oct 2002
K. Payton in Lisianski and Maro Reef, September – October 200258 specimens · 2 stops · 17 days · 338 km
K.N. Page
Maug and Saipan · May – Jun 2007
K.N. Page in Maug and Saipan, May – June 200753 specimens · 2 stops · 11 days · 541 km
Jacques Florence
3 islands of French Polynesia · Apr – May 1988
Jacques Florence in Rurutu, Raiatea and Hao Atoll, April – May 198843 specimens · 2 stops · 21 days · 1,193 km
M.E. Leu
Molokaʻi and Oʻahu · 9–21 Jul 1988
M.E. Leu in Molokaʻi and Oʻahu, 9–21 July 198856 specimens · 2 stops · 13 days · 109 km
Reilo Langsi
Pohnpei · Apr – May 2007
Reilo Langsi in Pohnpei, April – May 200746 specimens · 2 stops · 16 days · 21 km
J.C.E. Riotte
Kauaʻi · 7–25 Sep 1981
J.C.E. Riotte in Kauaʻi, 7–25 September 198140 specimens · 2 stops · 19 days
Helms
Oʻahu · 7–14 Jun 1988
Helms in Oʻahu, 7–14 June 198843 specimens · 2 stops · 8 days · 37 km
K.N. Page
Tau and Swains Island · 12–18 Feb 2002
K.N. Page in Tau and Swains Island, 12–18 February 200241 specimens · 2 stops · 7 days · 395 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.