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
Kenneth R. Wood
3 islands · Mar – May 2002
Kenneth R. Wood in Rapa, Easter Island (=Isla De Pascua) and Austral Islands, March – May 2002119 specimens · 11 stops · 55 days · 57,573 km
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Steven L. Montgomery
Hawaiʻi Island and Lānaʻi · Jun – Aug 1971
Steven L. Montgomery in Hawaiʻi Island and Lānaʻi, June – August 197163 specimens · 16 stops · 77 days · 235 km
M.L. Lohman
Molokaʻi and Oʻahu · Oct – Dec 1948
M.L. Lohman in Molokaʻi and Oʻahu, October – December 1948117 specimens · 15 stops · 75 days · 164 km
Gunder E. Olson
Maui · Jun – Aug 1937
Gunder E. Olson in Maui, June – August 193770 specimens · 12 stops · 66 days · 148 km
E. Gardner
8 islands · Jun – Jul 2022
E. Gardner across 8 islands, June – July 202285 specimens · 11 stops · 15 days
A. Gouveia A. Gouveia A. Gouveia v A. Gouveia
Oʻahu · Apr – Jun 1917
A. Gouveia A. Gouveia A. Gouveia v A. Gouveia in Oʻahu, April – June 191794 specimens · 5 stops · 87 days · 276 km
Pakki A. Reath
Kauaʻi · 11–16 Nov 2002
Pakki A. Reath in Kauaʻi, 11–16 November 2002294 specimens · 4 stops · 6 days · 170 km
W.C. Fleming
Maui and Molokaʻi · Mar – Apr 1959
W.C. Fleming in Maui and Molokaʻi, March – April 1959104 specimens · 8 stops · 11 days · 379 km
Otto Herman Swezey
3 islands of the United States · Mar – Jul 1920
Otto Herman Swezey in Oʻahu, Maui and Kauaʻi, March – July 1920103 specimens · 19 stops · 129 days · 191 km
O. Paul
New Britain and New Guinea · Jul – Aug 2011
O. Paul in New Britain and New Guinea, July – August 2011174 specimens · 2 stops · 30 days · 382 km
Edward Yataro Hosaka
Maui and Molokaʻi · 8–24 Apr 1937
Edward Yataro Hosaka in Maui and Molokaʻi, 8–24 April 193793 specimens · 9 stops · 17 days · 286 km
Warren L. Wagner Jr.
3 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 1983
Warren L. Wagner Jr. in Hawaiʻi Island, Molokaʻi and Maui, July – August 1983102 specimens · 8 stops · 10 days · 224 km
H. Nurta
Java · Sep – Nov 1962
H. Nurta in Java, September – November 196257 specimens · 20 stops · 64 days
Derral R. Herbst
Oʻahu · Dec 1989 – Mar 1990
Derral R. Herbst in Oʻahu, December 1989 – March 199067 specimens · 13 stops · 78 days · 253 km
Lieut. David F. Grether
3 islands · 2–28 Jul 1946
Lieut. David F. Grether in Manus Island, Rota and Los Negros, 2–28 July 194699 specimens · 6 stops · 27 days · 3,715 km
Kenneth M. Nagata
4 islands of the United States · May – Jul 1979
Kenneth M. Nagata across 4 islands of the United States, May – July 197980 specimens · 12 stops · 44 days · 1,220 km
T. Koponen
3 islands · May – Jul 1981
T. Koponen in Papua, New Guinea and Morobe Province, May – July 198151 specimens · 26 stops · 80 days
S.W. Cooper
5 islands of American Samoa · Feb – Mar 2008
S.W. Cooper across 5 islands of American Samoa, February – March 2008101 specimens · 7 stops · 25 days · 760 km
T.A. Jaggar Jr
Niuafo'Ou Island · Aug – Oct 1930
T.A. Jaggar Jr in Niuafo'Ou Island, August – October 1930100 specimens · 8 stops · 34 days
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Wayne N. Takeuchi
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · Sep – Dec 1982
Wayne N. Takeuchi in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, September – December 198279 specimens · 8 stops · 68 days · 254 km
R.L. Stemmermann
4 islands · Feb – Apr 1977
R.L. Stemmermann across 4 islands, February – April 197785 specimens · 13 stops · 62 days · 5,427 km
G.C.G. Argent
Ireland and Great Britain · Jul – Sep 1966
G.C.G. Argent in Ireland and Great Britain, July – September 196662 specimens · 16 stops · 50 days
Maxwell S. Doty
3 islands · 1–28 Aug 1955
Maxwell S. Doty in Maui, Hawaiʻi Island and Yoron Island, 1–28 August 195594 specimens · 8 stops · 28 days · 397 km
Warren L. Wagner Jr.
Kauaʻi · 26–31 Aug 1983
Warren L. Wagner Jr. in Kauaʻi, 26–31 August 1983131 specimens · 5 stops · 6 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.