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
E.Y. Hashimoto
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · Dec 1931 – Jan 1932
E.Y. Hashimoto in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, December 1931 – January 1932114 specimens · 10 stops · 21 days · 230 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
T.Y. Yang
Taiwan and Formosa · Aug – Nov 1984
T.Y. Yang in Taiwan and Formosa, August – November 198478 specimens · 18 stops · 98 days
M.J.S. Sands
6 islands of Papua New Guinea · Sep – Dec 1975
M.J.S. Sands across 6 islands of Papua New Guinea, September – December 1975102 specimens · 11 stops · 71 days · 3,193 km
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
L. Wester
4 islands of Kiribati · 1–29 Aug 1982
L. Wester across 4 islands of Kiribati, 1–29 August 1982118 specimens · 14 stops · 29 days
SEATO Medical Research Lab
Jul 1965 – Mar 1966
SEATO Medical Research Lab, July 1965 – March 196654 specimens · 41 stops · 239 days
W.S. Tang
Taiwan and Chihyuanshanchuang · Sep – Dec 1984
W.S. Tang in Taiwan and Chihyuanshanchuang, September – December 198476 specimens · 18 stops · 98 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
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Wayne N. Takeuchi
Hawaiʻi Island · Apr – May 1989
Wayne N. Takeuchi in Hawaiʻi Island, April – May 1989164 specimens · 5 stops · 22 days · 122 km
Leonard J. Brass
New Guinea · Apr – Nov 1959
Leonard J. Brass in New Guinea, April – November 195961 specimens · 37 stops · 221 days · 658 km
J. Ishimoto
Australia and Dunk · 1–16 Dec 2011
J. Ishimoto in Australia and Dunk, 1–16 December 2011108 specimens · 13 stops · 16 days
Ernani Meñez
11 islands of the Philippines · Sep – Oct 1967
Ernani Meñez across 11 islands of the Philippines, September – October 196791 specimens · 14 stops · 41 days · 3,373 km
Steven Perlman
10 islands · Dec 2007 – Feb 2008
Steven Perlman across 10 islands, December 2007 – February 200883 specimens · 18 stops · 53 days · 7,666 km
Harold St.John
Singapore and Penang · May – Jul 1960
Harold St.John in Singapore and Penang, May – July 196082 specimens · 18 stops · 53 days · 3,081 km
C.M. Pat Burgess
May – Jun 1960
C.M. Pat Burgess, May – June 196082 specimens · 17 stops · 50 days
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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
C.F. Puttock
Maui and Hawaiʻi Island · Jan – Feb 2001
C.F. Puttock in Maui and Hawaiʻi Island, January – February 2001267 specimens · 5 stops · 16 days · 508 km
Donald Anderson
Oʻahu · Apr – May 1959
Donald Anderson in Oʻahu, April – May 195979 specimens · 18 stops · 59 days · 252 km
P.L. Beesley
Australia and Lady Musgrave · Nov – Dec 1986
P.L. Beesley in Australia and Lady Musgrave, November – December 1986108 specimens · 11 stops · 22 days · 818 km
L.A.C. Craven
New Guinea · Jan – Apr 1966
L.A.C. Craven in New Guinea, January – April 196673 specimens · 22 stops · 102 days · 1,525 km
A. Gebo
New Guinea and Papua · Jun – Jul 1972
A. Gebo in New Guinea and Papua, June – July 1972118 specimens · 11 stops · 15 days · 569 km
Edmund J. Meadows
Oʻahu · May – Jun 1938
Edmund J. Meadows in Oʻahu, May – June 1938156 specimens · 4 stops · 29 days · 312 km
H. Gassner
3 islands · Oct – Nov 1980
H. Gassner in Taiwan, Formosa and Orchid Island, October – November 198073 specimens · 27 stops · 46 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.