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
Derral R. Herbst
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · 11–18 Jan 1975
Derral R. Herbst in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, 11–18 January 197592 specimens · 6 stops · 8 days · 302 km
Seymour H. Sohmer
Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · Aug – Sep 1969
Seymour H. Sohmer in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, August – September 196975 specimens · 6 stops · 41 days
Vander Velde
6 islands of the Marshall Islands · 11–20 May 2009
Vander Velde across 6 islands of the Marshall Islands, 11–20 May 200987 specimens · 6 stops · 10 days
Angela Kay Kepler
Caroline Atoll · Mar – Apr 1990
Angela Kay Kepler in Caroline Atoll, March – April 1990106 specimens · 3 stops · 28 days
G.J. Spence
Lānaʻi and Oʻahu · Sep – Oct 1973
G.J. Spence in Lānaʻi and Oʻahu, September – October 197387 specimens · 4 stops · 49 days · 77 km
C.H. Lamoureux
4 islands · 6–17 Dec 1962
C.H. Lamoureux across 4 islands, 6–17 December 196293 specimens · 6 stops · 12 days
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Gerrit Parmele Wilder
7 islands · Jun – Aug 1925
Gerrit Parmele Wilder across 7 islands, June – August 192552 specimens · 22 stops · 65 days · 10,586 km
Judson Linsley Gressitt
New Guinea · Aug – Dec 1958
Judson Linsley Gressitt in New Guinea, August – December 195867 specimens · 26 stops · 110 days · 956 km
Edward Y. Hosaka
Saipan and Tinian · Jun – Jul 1946
Edward Y. Hosaka in Saipan and Tinian, June – July 1946137 specimens · 2 stops · 22 days · 188 km
H.A. Miller
3 islands of the United States · Nov 1952 – Feb 1953
H.A. Miller in Kauaʻi, Oʻahu and Molokaʻi, November 1952 – February 195356 specimens · 15 stops · 82 days · 608 km
Tuatoko
Rotuma · 1–26 Aug 1938
Tuatoko in Rotuma, 1–26 August 1938106 specimens · 3 stops · 26 days · 1,107 km
Isa Degener
4 islands · Jan – Feb 1958
Isa Degener across 4 islands, January – February 195879 specimens · 20 stops · 41 days · 13,268 km
J.P.E. Morrison
4 islands · Feb – Jul 1946
J.P.E. Morrison across 4 islands, February – July 194641 specimens · 17 stops · 153 days · 2,863 km
Peter J. Edwards
North Island and New Zealand · 1–30 Mar 1970
Peter J. Edwards in North Island and New Zealand, 1–30 March 197062 specimens · 10 stops · 30 days · 53,824 km
Isa Degener
14 islands · May – Aug 1982
Isa Degener across 14 islands, May – August 198266 specimens · 25 stops · 81 days · 26,529 km
J.R. Johansen
Oʻahu and Kauaʻi · 20–30 Jul 2009
J.R. Johansen in Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, 20–30 July 2009131 specimens · 9 stops · 11 days · 653 km
S. Hatusima
3 islands of Japan · 14–26 Mar 1958
S. Hatusima in Okinoerabujima, Amami-Oshima and Okinawa, 14–26 March 195867 specimens · 10 stops · 13 days
G. Yakovlev
Vietnam · Feb – Apr 1995
G. Yakovlev in Vietnam, February – April 199551 specimens · 12 stops · 60 days
K. Shultz
Oʻahu and Kauaʻi · 4–27 Apr 2001
K. Shultz in Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, 4–27 April 2001201 specimens · 3 stops · 24 days · 184 km
Zennoske Iwatsuki
4 islands of Japan · 1–28 Dec 1964
Zennoske Iwatsuki across 4 islands of Japan, 1–28 December 196462 specimens · 10 stops · 28 days · 943 km
van Royen
the United States · Jul – Aug 1973
van Royen in the United States, July – August 197397 specimens · 17 stops · 27 days
Charles N. Forbes
3 islands of the United States · Oct 1910 – Jan 1911
Charles N. Forbes in Oʻahu, Maui and Kauaʻi, October 1910 – January 191148 specimens · 16 stops · 97 days · 1,320 km
Benjamin C. Stone
Guam and Rota · Feb – Jun 1964
Benjamin C. Stone in Guam and Rota, February – June 196451 specimens · 18 stops · 129 days
Otto Degener
Oʻahu · Jan – Jun 1933
Otto Degener in Oʻahu, January – June 193341 specimens · 17 stops · 136 days · 1,199 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.