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
S. Carlquist
Australia · Oct – Nov 1962
S. Carlquist in Australia, October – November 196251 specimens · 17 stops · 47 days
M.M. Richardson
Tasmania · 14–25 Feb 1989
M.M. Richardson in Tasmania, 14–25 February 198977 specimens · 9 stops · 12 days · 374 km
Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr.
4 islands of Malaysia · Feb – Apr 1983
Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr. across 4 islands of Malaysia, February – April 198354 specimens · 15 stops · 76 days
H. Koyama
New Caledonia · Feb – Mar 1992
H. Koyama in New Caledonia, February – March 1992111 specimens · 12 stops · 25 days
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Ding Hou
3 islands · Jun – Sep 1966
Ding Hou in Borneo, Sarawak and Pahang, June – September 196641 specimens · 24 stops · 106 days
Steven Perlman
Kauaʻi · Jul – Sep 1979
Steven Perlman in Kauaʻi, July – September 197968 specimens · 10 stops · 78 days
William J. Hoe
Hawaiʻi Island · 11–17 Jun 1972
William J. Hoe in Hawaiʻi Island, 11–17 June 1972108 specimens · 5 stops · 7 days
Otto Degener
4 islands · Jan – Feb 1958
Otto Degener across 4 islands, January – February 195884 specimens · 20 stops · 41 days · 13,268 km
I.E. Lane
Molokaʻi and Oʻahu · Dec 1948 – Jan 1949
I.E. Lane in Molokaʻi and Oʻahu, December 1948 – January 194987 specimens · 6 stops · 27 days · 150 km
Donald Mitchell
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · Nov 1930 – Jan 1931
Donald Mitchell in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, November 1930 – January 193164 specimens · 10 stops · 36 days · 254 km
J.R. Shevock
Kauaʻi · 24–29 Jan 2018
J.R. Shevock in Kauaʻi, 24–29 January 2018121 specimens · 6 stops · 6 days
B.G. Decker
5 islands of French Polynesia · Jan – Apr 1960
B.G. Decker across 5 islands of French Polynesia, January – April 196069 specimens · 12 stops · 67 days · 865 km
J. Vandenberg
6 islands of Papua New Guinea · May – Jun 1969
J. Vandenberg across 6 islands of Papua New Guinea, May – June 196985 specimens · 6 stops · 25 days · 913 km
George F. Arnemann
Oʻahu and Lānaʻi · Mar – Apr 1961
George F. Arnemann in Oʻahu and Lānaʻi, March – April 196183 specimens · 5 stops · 39 days · 265 km
Isabelle Abbott
St. Croix · Dec 1974 – Jan 1975
Isabelle Abbott in St. Croix, December 1974 – January 197563 specimens · 11 stops · 28 days
C. Tiu
Oʻahu · Feb – Apr 1975
C. Tiu in Oʻahu, February – April 197562 specimens · 9 stops · 54 days
Neil Snow
New Caledonia · Jul – Aug 2003
Neil Snow in New Caledonia, July – August 2003108 specimens · 10 stops · 18 days · 3,739 km
C.H. C. Hoyt
Oʻahu · Aug – Nov 1952
C.H. C. Hoyt in Oʻahu, August – November 195289 specimens · 12 stops · 81 days · 134 km
Timothy Flynn
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · Feb – Mar 1984
Timothy Flynn in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, February – March 198479 specimens · 6 stops · 30 days · 230 km
A.W. Stewart
8 islands of Ecuador · Jan – Apr 1905
A.W. Stewart across 8 islands of Ecuador, January – April 190556 specimens · 24 stops · 93 days
S. Chanel
Guadalcanal and New Guinea · 9–17 Sep 2015
S. Chanel in Guadalcanal and New Guinea, 9–17 September 201586 specimens · 7 stops · 9 days · 5,380 km
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C.E. Hartt
Maui and Hawaiʻi Island · 6–18 Aug 1933
C.E. Hartt in Maui and Hawaiʻi Island, 6–18 August 193393 specimens · 6 stops · 13 days · 136 km
I.J. Condit
Oʻahu · Apr – May 1959
I.J. Condit in Oʻahu, April – May 195948 specimens · 17 stops · 58 days · 259 km
Maxwell S. Doty
7 islands · May – Jun 1973
Maxwell S. Doty across 7 islands, May – June 197366 specimens · 9 stops · 60 days · 36,912 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.