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
AF Judd 3rd
Tau and Ofu · Feb – Mar 1926
AF Judd 3rd in Tau and Ofu, February – March 1926155 specimens · 2 stops · 12 days · 21 km
Tuifaa
Tau and Ofu · Feb – Mar 1926
Tuifaa in Tau and Ofu, February – March 1926155 specimens · 2 stops · 12 days · 21 km
H.J. Fortner
Oʻahu · Jan – May 1974
H.J. Fortner in Oʻahu, January – May 197455 specimens · 11 stops · 103 days · 294 km
Edward Yataro Hosaka
5 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 1931
Edward Yataro Hosaka across 5 islands of the United States, July – August 193182 specimens · 6 stops · 24 days · 1,149 km
J.H. Maysilles
Molokaʻi · 19–29 Dec 1948
J.H. Maysilles in Molokaʻi, 19–29 December 1948103 specimens · 5 stops · 11 days · 61 km
Ralph C. DeFelice
Oʻahu and Midway Atoll · Aug – Nov 1997
Ralph C. DeFelice in Oʻahu and Midway Atoll, August – November 1997180 specimens · 3 stops · 78 days · 4,219 km
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
5 islands · Mar – Jun 1915
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. across 5 islands, March – June 191558 specimens · 9 stops · 75 days · 11,034 km
Amy Suehiro
Oʻahu · Sep – Nov 1932
Amy Suehiro in Oʻahu, September – November 193281 specimens · 5 stops · 46 days
William H. Meinecke
Kauaʻi · 23–28 Dec 1926
William H. Meinecke in Kauaʻi, 23–28 December 1926170 specimens · 2 stops · 6 days · 32 km
E.J. Reynoso
Bohol and Cebu · Mar – Apr 1993
E.J. Reynoso in Bohol and Cebu, March – April 1993157 specimens · 2 stops · 14 days · 77 km
E.J. Reynoso
3 islands of the Philippines · May – Jun 1992
E.J. Reynoso in Sibuyan, Luzon and Mindanao, May – June 199273 specimens · 7 stops · 32 days · 1,568 km
Edward Yataro Hosaka
Hawaiʻi Island · 11–19 Jun 1941
Edward Yataro Hosaka in Hawaiʻi Island, 11–19 June 1941127 specimens · 3 stops · 9 days · 165 km
M.A. Vaccarino
Oʻahu and Kauaʻi · 20–30 Jul 2009
M.A. Vaccarino in Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, 20–30 July 2009135 specimens · 9 stops · 11 days · 653 km
L. Budantzev
Vietnam · Feb – Apr 1995
L. Budantzev in Vietnam, February – April 199554 specimens · 12 stops · 52 days
Liloa Dunn
Oʻahu and Kauaʻi · Jan – Apr 2000
Liloa Dunn in Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, January – April 200047 specimens · 16 stops · 71 days · 509 km
Thomas G. Lammers
4 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1985
Thomas G. Lammers across 4 islands of the United States, June – July 198563 specimens · 12 stops · 18 days · 636 km
P.A. Fryxell
Australia · Apr – May 1983
P.A. Fryxell in Australia, April – May 198351 specimens · 20 stops · 27 days · 2,204 km
Dana G. Griffin III
Brazil · Jun – Aug 1974
Dana G. Griffin III in Brazil, June – August 197450 specimens · 14 stops · 58 days
A. AllisonA Allison
New Guinea · Aug – Oct 1988
A. AllisonA Allison in New Guinea, August – October 198861 specimens · 12 stops · 71 days
Warren L. Wagner Jr.
Hawaiʻi Island · 16–21 Nov 1982
Warren L. Wagner Jr. in Hawaiʻi Island, 16–21 November 1982104 specimens · 5 stops · 6 days · 16 km
H.J. Fortner
6 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1984
H.J. Fortner across 6 islands of the United States, June – July 198467 specimens · 8 stops · 35 days · 2,689 km
A.R.H. Lamberton
Hawaiʻi Island · Aug – Sep 1952
A.R.H. Lamberton in Hawaiʻi Island, August – September 195280 specimens · 8 stops · 12 days · 5 km
R.C. Gardner
6 islands · Jan – Mar 1975
R.C. Gardner across 6 islands, January – March 197549 specimens · 15 stops · 54 days · 18,774 km
Jacques Florence
3 islands of French Polynesia · Oct – Nov 1992
Jacques Florence in Huahine, Tahaa and Raivavae, October – November 1992256 specimens · 2 stops · 8 days · 54 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.