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. 530 journeys so far, 1882 to 2003, 205,265 specimens between them.
230 collectors and expeditions9,713 days in the field2,446,348 km between stops172,106 photographed specimens
530 journeys match
Pacific Entomological Survey
Ua Pou and Hiva Oa · Oct – Dec 1931
Pacific Entomological Survey, October – December 1931233 specimens · 2 stops · 36 days · 125 km
Lynette Williams
3 islands of New Caledonia · Aug – Sep 1940
Lynette Williams in New Caledonia, Grande-Terre and Grande Terre, August – September 1940126 specimens · 8 stops · 42 days
L.A. Thurston L.A. ThurstonL.A. Thurston
6 islands · 14–24 May 1923
L.A. Thurston L.A. ThurstonL.A. Thurston across 6 islands, 14–24 May 1923135 specimens · 8 stops · 11 days · 2,027 km
SEATO Medical Research Lab
Jul 1965 – Mar 1966
SEATO Medical Research Lab, July 1965 – March 196654 specimens · 41 stops · 239 days
A. Gouveia A. Gouveia A. Gouveia v A. Gouveia
Oʻahu · Oct 1916 – Feb 1917
A. Gouveia A. Gouveia A. Gouveia v A. Gouveia in Oʻahu, October 1916 – February 1917121 specimens · 5 stops · 120 days · 343 km
C.M. Pat Burgess
May – Jun 1960
C.M. Pat Burgess, May – June 196082 specimens · 17 stops · 50 days
Scott Johnson
3 islands · Sep – Nov 1982
Scott Johnson in Enewetak Atoll, Enewetok Atoll and Kwajalein Atoll, September – November 1982221 specimens · 7 stops · 63 days · 1,155 km
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Gerrit Parmele Wilder
5 islands · Mar – Aug 1927
Gerrit Parmele Wilder across 5 islands, March – August 192769 specimens · 28 stops · 155 days · 13,558 km
Edmund J. Meadows
Oʻahu · May – Jun 1938
Edmund J. Meadows in Oʻahu, May – June 1938156 specimens · 4 stops · 29 days · 312 km
Clarence H. Cooke Jr.
Maui and Kauaʻi · Apr – May 1933
Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Maui and Kauaʻi, April – May 1933183 specimens · 3 stops · 26 days · 348 km
Edward Yataro Hosaka
Hawaiʻi Island and Kauaʻi · Oct – Nov 1936
Edward Yataro Hosaka in Hawaiʻi Island and Kauaʻi, October – November 1936105 specimens · 9 stops · 33 days · 428 km
William H. Meinecke
Hawaiʻi Island · 10–23 Aug 1926
William H. Meinecke in Hawaiʻi Island, 10–23 August 1926188 specimens · 3 stops · 14 days · 124 km
Hans George Hornbostel
Oct – Nov 1925
Hans George Hornbostel, October – November 1925164 specimens · 3 stops · 37 days · 3 km
Henry E. Crampton
Saipan · Jun – Sep 1920
Henry E. Crampton in Saipan, June – September 192092 specimens · 9 stops · 64 days · 573 km
D. Akana
Molokaʻi · 8–15 Aug 1933
D. Akana in Molokaʻi, 8–15 August 1933252 specimens · 2 stops · 8 days · 42 km
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss
Oʻahu · Sep 1933 – Jan 1934
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss in Oʻahu, September 1933 – January 193493 specimens · 16 stops · 113 days · 124 km
K. Atoda
11 islands · Jan – Feb 1940
K. Atoda across 11 islands, January – February 1940163 specimens · 3 stops · 33 days · 1,286 km
S. Hatai
11 islands · Jan – Feb 1940
S. Hatai across 11 islands, January – February 1940163 specimens · 3 stops · 33 days · 1,286 km
K. Atoda
8 islands · Apr – May 1940
K. Atoda across 8 islands, April – May 1940206 specimens · 2 stops · 32 days · 12 km
S. Hatai
8 islands · Apr – May 1940
S. Hatai across 8 islands, April – May 1940206 specimens · 2 stops · 32 days · 12 km
Carl Masaru Yoshimoto
4 islands · Jan – Mar 1963
Carl Masaru Yoshimoto across 4 islands, January – March 196387 specimens · 19 stops · 39 days · 7,539 km
George F. Arnemann
4 islands · Jan – Feb 1947
George F. Arnemann across 4 islands, January – February 1947145 specimens · 4 stops · 22 days · 256 km
Charles Montague Cooke Jr. 7 Others
3 islands · May – Jun 1934
Charles Montague Cooke Jr. 7 Others in Pitcairn Island, Tauna and Henderson Island, May – June 1934148 specimens · 4 stops · 18 days · 834 km
James E. Norton
Jan – May 1964
James E. Norton, January – May 196458 specimens · 25 stops · 106 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.