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.R. Gradstein
Crete · Apr – May 1967
S.R. Gradstein in Crete, April – May 196749 specimens · 16 stops · 36 days
Stud. Biol. Rheno-Trai in itinere
Boyroya · Jun – Jul 1970
Stud. Biol. Rheno-Trai in itinere in Boyroya, June – July 197055 specimens · 12 stops · 31 days
Steven Perlman
4 islands of the United States · Apr – Jul 2012
Steven Perlman across 4 islands of the United States, April – July 201247 specimens · 14 stops · 84 days · 1,122 km
A.K. Sakai
3 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1985
A.K. Sakai in Hawaiʻi Island, Lānaʻi and Maui, June – July 198570 specimens · 9 stops · 14 days · 289 km
Isa Degener
Kauaʻi · Sep – Oct 1955
Isa Degener in Kauaʻi, September – October 195559 specimens · 10 stops · 31 days · 126 km
W. Law
10 islands · Jan – Feb 2008
W. Law across 10 islands, January – February 200876 specimens · 9 stops · 24 days · 139 km
E.A. Bessey
Hawaiʻi Island and Maui · 1–29 Jun 1940
E.A. Bessey in Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, 1–29 June 1940106 specimens · 13 stops · 29 days · 325 km
Harold St.John
3 islands · Mar – Apr 1949
Harold St.John in Niʻihau, Nihoa and Enewetak Atoll, March – April 1949101 specimens · 4 stops · 14 days · 4,437 km
A.A. Tam
Maui and Molokaʻi · 1–30 Mar 1952
A.A. Tam in Maui and Molokaʻi, 1–30 March 195278 specimens · 6 stops · 30 days · 204 km
Steven Perlman
4 islands · Mar – May 2007
Steven Perlman across 4 islands, March – May 200777 specimens · 9 stops · 50 days · 5,611 km
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo
Oʻahu · Jul – Aug 1940
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo in Oʻahu, July – August 1940132 specimens · 2 stops · 23 days · 53 km
F. Salucop
Maui · Jul – Aug 1939
F. Salucop in Maui, July – August 193958 specimens · 10 stops · 36 days · 189 km
F. Raymond Fosberg
4 islands · Dec 1957 – Jan 1958
F. Raymond Fosberg across 4 islands, December 1957 – January 195861 specimens · 17 stops · 32 days · 36,429 km
Earl T. Ozaki
3 islands of the United States · Dec 1953 – Jan 1954
Earl T. Ozaki in Molokaʻi, Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island, December 1953 – January 1954103 specimens · 5 stops · 11 days · 710 km
Lynette Williams
Molokaʻi · Dec 1938 – Jan 1939
Lynette Williams in Molokaʻi, December 1938 – January 193997 specimens · 4 stops · 15 days · 37 km
J.H. Smittenberg
Crete · Apr – May 1967
J.H. Smittenberg in Crete, April – May 196748 specimens · 16 stops · 36 days
R.L. Stemmermann
Hawaiʻi Island and Maui · Mar – Jul 1980
R.L. Stemmermann in Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, March – July 198041 specimens · 18 stops · 132 days · 766 km
R.L. Stemmermann
Hawaiʻi Island and Maui · 7–28 Apr 1984
R.L. Stemmermann in Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, 7–28 April 198491 specimens · 4 stops · 22 days
E.C. Sagcal Jr.
Visayas and Visayan · Oct – Nov 1992
E.C. Sagcal Jr. in Visayas and Visayan, October – November 199274 specimens · 8 stops · 33 days
Garcia
Visayas and Visayan · Oct – Nov 1992
Garcia in Visayas and Visayan, October – November 199274 specimens · 8 stops · 33 days
C. Maknoi
Myanmar · Aug – Sep 2013
C. Maknoi in Myanmar, August – September 201349 specimens · 17 stops · 26 days
P. Srisanga
Myanmar · Aug – Sep 2013
P. Srisanga in Myanmar, August – September 201349 specimens · 17 stops · 26 days
K. Fujikawa
Myanmar · Aug – Sep 2013
K. Fujikawa in Myanmar, August – September 201349 specimens · 17 stops · 26 days
E.J. Reynoso
Palawan and Luzon · Jan – Feb 1991
E.J. Reynoso in Palawan and Luzon, January – February 199166 specimens · 10 stops · 15 days · 1,346 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.