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
Edward Yataro Hosaka
3 islands of the United States · 4–26 Apr 1939
Edward Yataro Hosaka in Maui, Hawaiʻi Island and Lānaʻi, 4–26 April 193969 specimens · 14 stops · 23 days · 337 km
J. Barrau
6 islands · Jan – Apr 1958
J. Barrau across 6 islands, January – April 195856 specimens · 22 stops · 81 days · 4,806 km
Johnson Randall
5 islands · Feb – May 1956
Johnson Randall across 5 islands, February – May 1956111 specimens · 14 stops · 108 days · 128 km
Charles Walters
Tahiti and Oʻahu · May – Sep 1967
Charles Walters in Tahiti and Oʻahu, May – September 1967110 specimens · 14 stops · 126 days · 8,847 km
Daud
Borneo and Sarawak · Jul – Oct 1938
Daud in Borneo and Sarawak, July – October 193850 specimens · 23 stops · 84 days
J.C. Wang
Taiwan · Nov 1984 – Jan 1985
J.C. Wang in Taiwan, November 1984 – January 198573 specimens · 9 stops · 48 days
Jacques Florence
4 islands of French Polynesia · Feb – Mar 1986
Jacques Florence across 4 islands of French Polynesia, February – March 1986133 specimens · 7 stops · 27 days · 15,964 km
G.J. Spence
6 islands · Jan – Mar 1977
G.J. Spence across 6 islands, January – March 197788 specimens · 14 stops · 63 days · 10,053 km
M.T. Kao
Honshu and Japan · Jun – Jul 1972
M.T. Kao in Honshu and Japan, June – July 197274 specimens · 12 stops · 23 days
C. Corn
Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island · Jun – Jul 1977
C. Corn in Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island, June – July 197796 specimens · 6 stops · 31 days · 815 km
J.S. Burley
Sumatra · Nov – Dec 1988
J.S. Burley in Sumatra, November – December 198864 specimens · 17 stops · 34 days · 1,515 km
Whitney Expedition
12 islands of French Polynesia · Jun – Sep 1922
Whitney Expedition, June – September 192263 specimens · 16 stops · 86 days · 4,274 km
van Balgooy
Java and Bali · Sep – Oct 1985
van Balgooy in Java and Bali, September – October 198572 specimens · 10 stops · 37 days
D. Koroiveibau
Vanua Levu and Taveuni · Apr – May 1969
D. Koroiveibau in Vanua Levu and Taveuni, April – May 1969123 specimens · 6 stops · 16 days · 8,079 km
Wray Harris
Tau and Upolu · Jul – Aug 1937
Wray Harris in Tau and Upolu, July – August 1937127 specimens · 3 stops · 31 days · 512 km
W.T. Tsang
Hainan and Hainan Island · May – Jul 1929
W.T. Tsang in Hainan and Hainan Island, May – July 192950 specimens · 22 stops · 86 days
Arthur Greenwell
Hawaiʻi Island and Maui · Aug – Sep 1949
Arthur Greenwell in Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, August – September 194984 specimens · 10 stops · 17 days · 49 km
Robert L. Usinger
Guam · 2–27 Jun 1936
Robert L. Usinger in Guam, 2–27 June 1936112 specimens · 4 stops · 26 days · 51,067 km
Arthur Greenwell
Kauaʻi · 4–19 Jan 1952
Arthur Greenwell in Kauaʻi, 4–19 January 195281 specimens · 11 stops · 16 days
E.H. Walker
4 islands · Jan – Apr 1949
E.H. Walker across 4 islands, January – April 194952 specimens · 22 stops · 69 days · 29,915 km
Benjamin C. Stone
4 islands · Nov 1959 – Jan 1960
Benjamin C. Stone across 4 islands, November 1959 – January 196069 specimens · 11 stops · 48 days · 4,760 km
Walter Bayer
Oʻahu · Jan – Mar 1953
Walter Bayer in Oʻahu, January – March 1953106 specimens · 4 stops · 37 days · 228 km
Timothy Flynn
6 islands of the Cook Islands · 12–29 Mar 2002
Timothy Flynn across 6 islands of the Cook Islands, 12–29 March 2002110 specimens · 11 stops · 18 days · 2,765 km
E. Gibney
Oʻahu · Dec 1997 – Apr 1998
E. Gibney in Oʻahu, December 1997 – April 199843 specimens · 32 stops · 103 days · 755 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.