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
Warren L. Wagner Jr.
7 islands · Jun – Aug 1988
Warren L. Wagner Jr. across 7 islands, June – August 1988536 specimens · 19 stops · 59 days · 10,062 km
H.H. Iltis
4 islands of the United States · Jun – Aug 1967
H.H. Iltis across 4 islands of the United States, June – August 1967263 specimens · 40 stops · 74 days · 2,290 km
Derral R. Herbst
5 islands of the United States · Jan – May 1976
Derral R. Herbst across 5 islands of the United States, January – May 1976285 specimens · 26 stops · 108 days · 1,983 km
Benjamin C. Stone
7 islands · Mar – Sep 1971
Benjamin C. Stone across 7 islands, March – September 1971236 specimens · 43 stops · 182 days · 10,793 km
A.L.M. Mitchell
Maui and Oʻahu · Jul – Sep 1945
A.L.M. Mitchell in Maui and Oʻahu, July – September 1945333 specimens · 17 stops · 63 days · 423 km
J.A. McDonald
5 islands · Apr – Jul 1992
J.A. McDonald across 5 islands, April – July 1992263 specimens · 31 stops · 101 days · 31,570 km
W.A. Whistler
11 islands · May 1976 – Jan 1977
W.A. Whistler across 11 islands, May 1976 – January 1977301 specimens · 62 stops · 237 days · 2,182 km
Harold St.John
4 islands of the United States · Sep 1952 – Feb 1953
Harold St.John across 4 islands of the United States, September 1952 – February 1953271 specimens · 28 stops · 151 days · 1,245 km
Warren L. Wagner Jr.
5 islands of the United States · Feb – Apr 1988
Warren L. Wagner Jr. across 5 islands of the United States, February – April 1988306 specimens · 22 stops · 64 days · 933 km
R.S. Cowan
11 islands · Aug – Sep 1946
R.S. Cowan across 11 islands, August – September 1946484 specimens · 17 stops · 41 days · 1,023 km
F.C. How
Hainan and Hainan Island · May – Aug 1935
F.C. How in Hainan and Hainan Island, May – August 1935379 specimens · 9 stops · 93 days
C.R. Long
24 islands · Apr – Jul 1964
C.R. Long across 24 islands, April – July 1964264 specimens · 39 stops · 91 days · 15,404 km
E. Ordonez
5 islands of Fiji · Nov 1940 – Jan 1941
E. Ordonez across 5 islands of Fiji, November 1940 – January 1941444 specimens · 14 stops · 70 days · 10,426 km
Benjamin C. Stone
4 islands of the United States · Feb – Jun 1960
Benjamin C. Stone across 4 islands of the United States, February – June 1960273 specimens · 22 stops · 115 days · 2,148 km
K.N. Page
10 islands · Jan – Feb 2004
K.N. Page across 10 islands, January – February 2004679 specimens · 8 stops · 45 days · 4,821 km
Seymour H. Sohmer
5 islands of Papua New Guinea · Mar – Jun 1979
Seymour H. Sohmer across 5 islands of Papua New Guinea, March – June 1979294 specimens · 22 stops · 106 days · 3,435 km
David H. Lorence
6 islands · Jun – Aug 1988
David H. Lorence across 6 islands, June – August 1988538 specimens · 18 stops · 37 days · 9,578 km
Harold St.John
5 islands · Sep 1947 – Jan 1948
Harold St.John across 5 islands, September 1947 – January 1948276 specimens · 21 stops · 126 days · 13,296 km
Neth. Ind. For. Service
14 islands · Apr 1939 – Jan 1940
Neth. Ind. For. Service, April 1939 – January 1940171 specimens · 91 stops · 272 days · 40,249 km
S. Carlquist
14 islands · Jun – Oct 1966
S. Carlquist across 14 islands, June – October 1966208 specimens · 55 stops · 112 days · 6,722 km
Ismail Indah
Borneo and Kalimantan · Apr – May 1994
Ismail Indah in Borneo and Kalimantan, April – May 1994274 specimens · 31 stops · 38 days · 2,267 km
Charles N. Forbes
3 islands of the United States · Jan – Apr 1915
Charles N. Forbes in Molokaʻi, Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, January – April 1915353 specimens · 21 stops · 65 days · 233 km
Paul K. Higashino
Hawaiʻi Island and Maui · Jun – Aug 1977
Paul K. Higashino in Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, June – August 1977290 specimens · 18 stops · 83 days · 260 km
Benjamin C. Stone
22 islands · Feb – Aug 1957
Benjamin C. Stone across 22 islands, February – August 1957301 specimens · 47 stops · 169 days · 33,594 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.