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
Otto Degener
Oʻahu · Feb – May 1962
Otto Degener in Oʻahu, February – May 196260 specimens · 18 stops · 103 days · 319 km
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
5 islands of the Marshall Islands · Jul – Aug 1944
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. across 5 islands of the Marshall Islands, July – August 194496 specimens · 21 stops · 32 days · 35,937 km
F. Fagerlind
6 islands of the United States · Jan – Apr 1948
F. Fagerlind across 6 islands of the United States, January – April 194870 specimens · 24 stops · 78 days · 1,702 km
Hume Wilder
Oʻahu · Jan – Apr 1931
Hume Wilder in Oʻahu, January – April 193183 specimens · 7 stops · 89 days · 646 km
Jane Lathrop Winne
Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · Dec 1935 – Feb 1936
Jane Lathrop Winne in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, December 1935 – February 1936121 specimens · 4 stops · 33 days · 603 km
Angela Kay Kepler
15 islands of Micronesia · 4–13 Aug 1993
Angela Kay Kepler across 15 islands of Micronesia, 4–13 August 1993144 specimens · 10 stops · 10 days
Pakki A. Reath
Maui and Hawaiʻi Island · Mar – Apr 2003
Pakki A. Reath in Maui and Hawaiʻi Island, March – April 2003271 specimens · 5 stops · 6 days · 260 km
D. Paquin
Oʻahu · Nov – Dec 1986
D. Paquin in Oʻahu, November – December 198695 specimens · 7 stops · 49 days · 268 km
Paul K. Higashino
Hawaiʻi Island · Feb – Apr 1978
Paul K. Higashino in Hawaiʻi Island, February – April 197869 specimens · 15 stops · 69 days · 184 km
F. Raymond Fosberg
3 islands · Jun – Jul 1963
F. Raymond Fosberg in Borneo, Sarawak and Malaya, June – July 196382 specimens · 12 stops · 20 days
Charles N. Forbes
Oʻahu · Oct – Nov 1914
Charles N. Forbes in Oʻahu, October – November 1914109 specimens · 5 stops · 37 days
K.U. Kramer
Australia · Sep – Oct 1986
K.U. Kramer in Australia, September – October 198673 specimens · 13 stops · 35 days
C. Corn
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · Mar – May 1984
C. Corn in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, March – May 198482 specimens · 8 stops · 59 days · 1,148 km
van Steenis
4 islands · 1–17 Apr 1936
van Steenis across 4 islands, 1–17 April 193683 specimens · 12 stops · 17 days
Harold St.John
Oʻahu and Maui · Dec 1940 – Feb 1941
Harold St.John in Oʻahu and Maui, December 1940 – February 194189 specimens · 7 stops · 54 days · 96 km
Fung
Hainan and Hainan Island · May – Jul 1929
Fung in Hainan and Hainan Island, May – July 192953 specimens · 25 stops · 86 days
Roy Tsuda
Laysan and Oʻahu · 4–9 Dec 1963
Roy Tsuda in Laysan and Oʻahu, 4–9 December 1963131 specimens · 6 stops · 6 days · 9 km
J.T. Conover
3 islands · Jan – Apr 1945
J.T. Conover in Guam, Okinawa and Funafuti, January – April 194567 specimens · 28 stops · 89 days · 92,629 km
Alvin K. Chock
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · Aug – Sep 1952
Alvin K. Chock in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, August – September 195297 specimens · 9 stops · 21 days · 235 km
F. Enoka
Savaii and Upolu · 2–30 Jun 2016
F. Enoka in Savaii and Upolu, 2–30 June 2016102 specimens · 11 stops · 29 days · 80 km
K. Faccenda
Maui · 21–30 Oct 2022
K. Faccenda in Maui, 21–30 October 202294 specimens · 10 stops · 10 days
Peter J. Edwards
New Guinea and Irian Jaya · Mar – Apr 1999
Peter J. Edwards in New Guinea and Irian Jaya, March – April 199988 specimens · 11 stops · 41 days · 339 km
Isa Degener
Maui and Oʻahu · May – Sep 1959
Isa Degener in Maui and Oʻahu, May – September 195969 specimens · 27 stops · 123 days · 591 km
Romero
Mindanao · Apr – May 1992
Romero in Mindanao, April – May 199277 specimens · 13 stops · 31 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.