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 C.Y. Wong
8 islands of Micronesia · Jul – Aug 1946
Clarence C.Y. Wong across 8 islands of Micronesia, July – August 1946151 specimens · 7 stops · 50 days · 1,399 km
Alvarez
Luzon · Jan – Feb 1992
Alvarez in Luzon, January – February 1992117 specimens · 8 stops · 30 days · 68 km
K. Faccenda
Hawaiʻi Island · 7–19 Aug 2022
K. Faccenda in Hawaiʻi Island, 7–19 August 2022102 specimens · 13 stops · 13 days
Afrastini Ismail
New Guinea and Irian Jaya · May – Jun 1993
Afrastini Ismail in New Guinea and Irian Jaya, May – June 1993133 specimens · 7 stops · 24 days · 2,310 km
L. Yoshida
Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Sep 1979
L. Yoshida in Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island, July – September 1979111 specimens · 6 stops · 79 days · 1,711 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
M. Mousset
Java · Apr – Aug 1909
M. Mousset in Java, April – August 190972 specimens · 17 stops · 123 days
Ben Nyberg
Kauaʻi · Jun – Oct 2020
Ben Nyberg in Kauaʻi, June – October 202097 specimens · 11 stops · 125 days
E.J. Hehre
Campobello · Aug 1966 – Jan 1967
E.J. Hehre in Campobello, August 1966 – January 196764 specimens · 23 stops · 150 days
F.C. How
3 islands · Mar – Apr 1935
F.C. How in Hainan, Hainan Island and Hatutaa, March – April 1935132 specimens · 5 stops · 32 days
B. Kimura
4 islands of the United States · Jun – Aug 1978
B. Kimura across 4 islands of the United States, June – August 197885 specimens · 15 stops · 50 days · 598 km
Benjamin C. Stone
Mindoro · Mar – Apr 1991
Benjamin C. Stone in Mindoro, March – April 199199 specimens · 13 stops · 21 days
D. Mueller-Dombois
3 islands of New Caledonia · 6–19 Aug 1981
D. Mueller-Dombois in New Caledonia, Grande-Terre and Isle Of Pines, 6–19 August 1981199 specimens · 10 stops · 14 days
ESP Field Crew
Hawaiʻi Island and Kauaʻi · Jul – Oct 1979
ESP Field Crew, July – October 1979105 specimens · 7 stops · 94 days · 1,846 km
J.A. McDonald
New Guinea and Irian Jaya · May – Jun 1993
J.A. McDonald in New Guinea and Irian Jaya, May – June 1993131 specimens · 7 stops · 24 days · 2,310 km
Maxwell S. Doty
5 islands of the United States · Jun – Aug 1948
Maxwell S. Doty across 5 islands of the United States, June – August 194874 specimens · 22 stops · 82 days
W.R. Sykes
Rarotonga and Mangaia · Jan – Feb 1990
W.R. Sykes in Rarotonga and Mangaia, January – February 1990103 specimens · 35 stops · 40 days · 5,124 km
Ruth D. Svihla
Oʻahu and Maui · Jun – Aug 1934
Ruth D. Svihla in Oʻahu and Maui, June – August 1934152 specimens · 12 stops · 44 days · 191 km
Steven Perlman
4 islands of the United States · May – Jul 2013
Steven Perlman across 4 islands of the United States, May – July 201375 specimens · 17 stops · 58 days · 1,476 km
Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr.
6 islands · Oct – Dec 1989
Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr. across 6 islands, October – December 1989103 specimens · 14 stops · 61 days · 893 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
R.S. Isles
New Britain and Ott Island · May – Jun 1973
R.S. Isles in New Britain and Ott Island, May – June 1973103 specimens · 10 stops · 38 days · 784 km
Kenneth M. Nagata
3 islands of the United States · Jun – Aug 1978
Kenneth M. Nagata in Hawaiʻi Island, Maui and Molokaʻi, June – August 197886 specimens · 15 stops · 44 days · 639 km
P.F. Hunt
6 islands · Jul – Nov 1965
P.F. Hunt across 6 islands, July – November 196569 specimens · 35 stops · 147 days · 15,687 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.