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. 2,237 journeys so far, 1874 to 2026, 440,730 specimens between them.
965 collectors and expeditions37,623 days in the field7,838,218 km between stops330,332 photographed specimens
2,237 journeys match
J.G. McAllister
Oʻahu · Jun – Aug 1930
J.G. McAllister in Oʻahu, June – August 1930169 specimens · 9 stops · 79 days · 599 km
D.B. Sumithraarachchi
Sri Lanka · 25–29 Oct 1975
D.B. Sumithraarachchi in Sri Lanka, 25–29 October 1975320 specimens · 5 stops · 5 days
Clarence C.Y. Wong
Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · May – Aug 1951
Clarence C.Y. Wong in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, May – August 1951141 specimens · 13 stops · 114 days · 926 km
Edwin B. Bartram
4 islands of the United States · Jan – Feb 1930
Edwin B. Bartram across 4 islands of the United States, January – February 1930135 specimens · 23 stops · 47 days · 800 km
Townsend-Cromwell Survey TC
4 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1991
Townsend-Cromwell Survey TC, June – July 1991483 specimens · 6 stops · 17 days · 2,239 km
Whitney Expedition
27 islands of French Polynesia · Feb – Jul 1923
Whitney Expedition, February – July 1923157 specimens · 34 stops · 154 days · 1,174 km
Harold St.John
3 islands of the United States · Dec 1948 – Jan 1949
Harold St.John in Molokaʻi, Niʻihau and Oʻahu, December 1948 – January 1949219 specimens · 8 stops · 25 days · 490 km
McAllister
Oʻahu · Jun – Aug 1930
McAllister in Oʻahu, June – August 1930168 specimens · 9 stops · 79 days · 599 km
T. Cora
Oʻahu · Jun – Aug 1930
T. Cora in Oʻahu, June – August 1930168 specimens · 9 stops · 79 days · 599 km
Harold St.John
5 islands · Jun – Aug 1947
Harold St.John across 5 islands, June – August 1947162 specimens · 13 stops · 63 days · 23,782 km
L.A.C. Craven
4 islands of Papua New Guinea · Jul – Sep 1964
L.A.C. Craven across 4 islands of Papua New Guinea, July – September 1964116 specimens · 43 stops · 85 days · 1,230 km
Derral R. Herbst
5 islands · Feb – Apr 1988
Derral R. Herbst across 5 islands, February – April 1988201 specimens · 16 stops · 49 days · 7,903 km
J.R. Croft
3 islands of Papua New Guinea · Aug – Oct 1974
J.R. Croft in Lavongai, New Ireland and Fergusson Island, August – October 1974152 specimens · 14 stops · 60 days · 4,346 km
J.A. Shafer
Cuba · Jan – May 1909
J.A. Shafer in Cuba, January – May 1909175 specimens · 52 stops · 102 days
Johnson Randall
5 islands · Jun – Dec 1971
Johnson Randall across 5 islands, June – December 1971221 specimens · 23 stops · 158 days · 27,137 km
Paul K. Higashino
Maui and Hawaiʻi Island · Jun – Jul 1975
Paul K. Higashino in Maui and Hawaiʻi Island, June – July 1975158 specimens · 12 stops · 52 days · 377 km
Paul K. Higashino
Molokaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island · May – Aug 1979
Paul K. Higashino in Molokaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island, May – August 1979138 specimens · 22 stops · 72 days · 976 km
P. Longley
Hawaiʻi Island · 19–31 Dec 1937
P. Longley in Hawaiʻi Island, 19–31 December 1937209 specimens · 9 stops · 13 days
Jacques Florence
4 islands · Apr – Jul 1991
Jacques Florence across 4 islands, April – July 1991294 specimens · 7 stops · 85 days · 5,985 km
R. Melville
3 islands of New Zealand · Oct 1961 – Jan 1962
R. Melville in North Island, New Zealand and South Island, October 1961 – January 1962137 specimens · 21 stops · 100 days · 40,252 km
Steven Perlman
9 islands · Sep – Dec 2008
Steven Perlman across 9 islands, September – December 2008122 specimens · 20 stops · 81 days · 10,371 km
G.W. Gillett
3 islands of the United States · Jan – May 1964
G.W. Gillett in Oʻahu, Kauaʻi and Maui, January – May 1964114 specimens · 22 stops · 121 days · 912 km
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Gerrit Parmele Wilder
7 islands · Aug – Sep 1923
Gerrit Parmele Wilder across 7 islands, August – September 1923171 specimens · 15 stops · 36 days · 5,391 km
M. Jayasuriya
Sri Lanka · Oct – Nov 1973
M. Jayasuriya in Sri Lanka, October – November 1973200 specimens · 7 stops · 39 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.