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. 64 journeys so far, 1900 to 1998, 15,631 specimens between them.
29 collectors and expeditions1,761 days in the field882,164 km between stops2,599 photographed specimens
64 journeys match
Johnson Randall
8 islands · Jul – Sep 1991
Johnson Randall across 8 islands, July – September 1991189 specimens · 17 stops · 61 days · 15,392 km
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
14 islands · Jul – Sep 1938
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. across 14 islands, July – September 1938131 specimens · 17 stops · 49 days · 11,700 km
Johnson Randall
3 islands · Dec 1971 – Apr 1972
Johnson Randall in Enewetak Atoll, Oʻahu and Maui, December 1971 – April 1972108 specimens · 28 stops · 120 days · 19,165 km
Johnson Randall
Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Oct 1970
Johnson Randall in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, July – October 1970117 specimens · 19 stops · 83 days · 459 km
Gerald R. Allen
Enewetak Atoll and Oʻahu · May – Sep 1968
Gerald R. Allen in Enewetak Atoll and Oʻahu, May – September 196893 specimens · 33 stops · 99 days · 4,744 km
V Hugh M. Smith cruise 30
9 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 1955
V Hugh M. Smith cruise 30, July – August 195599 specimens · 35 stops · 43 days · 13,037 km
Charles Walters
Tahiti and Oʻahu · May – Sep 1967
Charles Walters in Tahiti and Oʻahu, May – September 1967110 specimens · 14 stops · 126 days · 8,847 km
Alvin Seale
4 islands · Jan – Feb 1902
Alvin Seale across 4 islands, January – February 1902320 specimens · 2 stops · 20 days
Maxwell S. Doty
6 islands · Nov 1975 – Mar 1976
Maxwell S. Doty across 6 islands, November 1975 – March 197661 specimens · 13 stops · 131 days · 16,972 km
station
3 islands of the United States · Jun – Sep 1967
station, June – September 1967116 specimens · 11 stops · 90 days · 907 km
Gerald R. Allen
Enewetak Atoll and Oʻahu · Mar – Apr 1968
Gerald R. Allen in Enewetak Atoll and Oʻahu, March – April 1968123 specimens · 11 stops · 55 days · 14,231 km
station
17 islands · Aug – Dec 1956
station, August – December 195676 specimens · 33 stops · 130 days · 25,742 km
John L. Earle
18 islands of Indonesia · Oct – Nov 1990
John L. Earle across 18 islands of Indonesia, October – November 1990122 specimens · 13 stops · 26 days · 10,403 km
V Townsend Cromwell cruise 32
3 islands of the United States · Jul – Sep 1967
V Townsend Cromwell cruise 32, July – September 1967114 specimens · 10 stops · 74 days · 738 km
station
4 islands of the United States · Oct – Nov 1958
station, October – November 1958111 specimens · 13 stops · 32 days · 5,167 km
V Hugh M. Smith cruise 47
4 islands of the United States · Oct – Nov 1958
V Hugh M. Smith cruise 47, October – November 1958111 specimens · 13 stops · 32 days · 5,167 km
Paul J. Struhsaker
3 islands of the United States · Nov – Dec 1968
Paul J. Struhsaker in Oʻahu, Molokaʻi and Maui, November – December 1968105 specimens · 9 stops · 41 days · 573 km
V Townsend Cromwell cruise 36
Oʻahu and Molokaʻi · Apr – May 1968
V Townsend Cromwell cruise 36, April – May 1968181 specimens · 4 stops · 10 days · 280 km
Gerald R. Allen
4 islands of the United States · May – Aug 1967
Gerald R. Allen across 4 islands of the United States, May – August 196776 specimens · 11 stops · 84 days · 1,310 km
Stanley Ball
5 islands of the United States · Mar – May 1923
Stanley Ball across 5 islands of the United States, March – May 192372 specimens · 12 stops · 60 days · 3,896 km
John L. Earle
6 islands of Papua New Guinea · Nov – Dec 1995
John L. Earle across 6 islands of Papua New Guinea, November – December 199589 specimens · 7 stops · 37 days · 6,860 km
V Hugh M. Smith cruise 35
12 islands · Aug – Sep 1956
V Hugh M. Smith cruise 35, August – September 195650 specimens · 25 stops · 60 days · 13,190 km
Stanley Ball
Oʻahu · Oct 1925 – Feb 1926
Stanley Ball in Oʻahu, October 1925 – February 192643 specimens · 21 stops · 123 days
Ronald A. Englund
Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · Feb – Jun 1998
Ronald A. Englund in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, February – June 199848 specimens · 21 stops · 119 days · 459 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.