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
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
Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr.
Maui and Hawaiʻi Island · Jan – Feb 2001
Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr. in Maui and Hawaiʻi Island, January – February 2001263 specimens · 5 stops · 16 days · 508 km
Otto Degener
Lānaʻi and Oʻahu · Jul – Aug 1957
Otto Degener in Lānaʻi and Oʻahu, July – August 1957107 specimens · 9 stops · 52 days · 554 km
Joseph F. Rock
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · 1–24 Oct 1911
Joseph F. Rock in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, 1–24 October 1911148 specimens · 5 stops · 24 days
R.J.J. Rudd
Australia · Apr – May 1991
R.J.J. Rudd in Australia, April – May 199185 specimens · 21 stops · 23 days · 2,600 km
Fernando
3 islands of the Philippines · May – Jun 1992
Fernando in Luzon, Sibuyan and Mindanao, May – June 1992118 specimens · 7 stops · 38 days · 1,567 km
Ernani Meñez
4 islands of the Philippines · Feb – Mar 1958
Ernani Meñez across 4 islands of the Philippines, February – March 1958156 specimens · 5 stops · 23 days · 117 km
C.R. Annable
4 islands of the United States · Jan – Mar 1998
C.R. Annable across 4 islands of the United States, January – March 199897 specimens · 10 stops · 53 days · 1,111 km
Derral R. Herbst
6 islands of the United States · Jul – Sep 1978
Derral R. Herbst across 6 islands of the United States, July – September 197897 specimens · 10 stops · 65 days · 2,116 km
E. Zogg
3 islands · Oct – Nov 1980
E. Zogg in Taiwan, Formosa and Orchid Island, October – November 198072 specimens · 27 stops · 46 days
Jan Newhouse
5 islands · Jul – Aug 1968
Jan Newhouse across 5 islands, July – August 196898 specimens · 10 stops · 50 days · 6,701 km
L.B. Moore
3 islands of New Zealand · 2–15 Nov 1961
L.B. Moore in North Island, New Zealand and South Island, 2–15 November 1961104 specimens · 13 stops · 14 days · 8,015 km
van Balgooy
New Guinea · Apr – Jul 1965
van Balgooy in New Guinea, April – July 1965102 specimens · 9 stops · 74 days · 1,118 km
D. Mueller-Dombois
12 islands · Oct – Dec 1981
D. Mueller-Dombois across 12 islands, October – December 1981139 specimens · 18 stops · 53 days · 3,711 km
P. Katik
Manus Island and Umboi Island · Sep – Nov 1974
P. Katik in Manus Island and Umboi Island, September – November 1974100 specimens · 10 stops · 58 days · 978 km
Ernest H. Quayle
14 islands · Apr – May 1922
Ernest H. Quayle across 14 islands, April – May 1922112 specimens · 12 stops · 40 days · 3,640 km
J.R. Conway
4 islands · Jun – Aug 1967
J.R. Conway across 4 islands, June – August 196783 specimens · 17 stops · 68 days
E.J. Reynoso
3 islands of the Philippines · Jan – Feb 1992
E.J. Reynoso in Luzon, Visayas and Sibuyan, January – February 1992119 specimens · 8 stops · 28 days
van Royen
Australia · Jul – Oct 1965
van Royen in Australia, July – October 196578 specimens · 24 stops · 108 days
Otto Degener
Oʻahu · Mar – Jun 1939
Otto Degener in Oʻahu, March – June 193977 specimens · 15 stops · 106 days · 315 km
Jacques Florence
Nuku Hiva and Moorea · Jul – Aug 1987
Jacques Florence in Nuku Hiva and Moorea, July – August 1987128 specimens · 11 stops · 62 days · 4,316 km
S.W. Mill
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · 5–31 Aug 1983
S.W. Mill in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, 5–31 August 1983126 specimens · 6 stops · 27 days · 254 km
Elsie Overstreet
4 islands · Sep – Nov 1937
Elsie Overstreet across 4 islands, September – November 193780 specimens · 17 stops · 48 days
Timothy Flynn
8 islands · Jun – Jul 2022
Timothy Flynn across 8 islands, June – July 2022102 specimens · 12 stops · 18 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.