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
John T. Buchholz
3 islands · Feb – Mar 1948
John T. Buchholz in New Caledonia, Isle Of Pines and New Guinea, February – March 194862 specimens · 13 stops · 51 days
L.B. Preskitt
Rose Atoll and Swains Island · 11–26 Feb 2002
L.B. Preskitt in Rose Atoll and Swains Island, 11–26 February 200272 specimens · 7 stops · 16 days · 1,020 km
Derral R. Herbst
3 islands of the United States · Dec 1969 – Feb 1970
Derral R. Herbst in Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi Island and Kauaʻi, December 1969 – February 197040 specimens · 15 stops · 84 days · 1,198 km
Maxwell S. Doty
3 islands · Feb – Jul 1982
Maxwell S. Doty in Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi Island and Mwand Peidak, February – July 198274 specimens · 9 stops · 147 days · 780 km
Jacques Florence
Bora Bora and Raiatea · Nov – Dec 1993
Jacques Florence in Bora Bora and Raiatea, November – December 1993205 specimens · 2 stops · 15 days · 46 km
F. Raymond Fosberg
4 islands · Nov – Dec 1963
F. Raymond Fosberg across 4 islands, November – December 196357 specimens · 9 stops · 20 days
Otto Degener
Oʻahu and Maui · Oct – Dec 1926
Otto Degener in Oʻahu and Maui, October – December 192641 specimens · 14 stops · 66 days · 610 km
Kenneth R. Wood
7 islands of Palau · Jun – Jul 2022
Kenneth R. Wood across 7 islands of Palau, June – July 202255 specimens · 10 stops · 18 days
H. Van Sickle
Oʻahu · Jan – Mar 1997
H. Van Sickle in Oʻahu, January – March 199752 specimens · 8 stops · 69 days · 717 km
A.M. Octavio
Oʻahu · Nov 1929 – Jan 1930
A.M. Octavio in Oʻahu, November 1929 – January 193041 specimens · 13 stops · 72 days · 720 km
Betsy H. Gagne
Maui and Kauaʻi · Apr – May 1991
Betsy H. Gagne in Maui and Kauaʻi, April – May 199148 specimens · 10 stops · 43 days · 706 km
J.R. Shevock
Kauaʻi · 17–24 Feb 2016
J.R. Shevock in Kauaʻi, 17–24 February 201699 specimens · 7 stops · 8 days
F. Raymond Fosberg
3 islands · Oct – Nov 1985
F. Raymond Fosberg in Bikini Atoll, Oʻahu and Kwajalein Atoll, October – November 198562 specimens · 13 stops · 24 days · 4,617 km
K. Shultz
Maui and Kauaʻi · Jan – Feb 2001
K. Shultz in Maui and Kauaʻi, January – February 2001189 specimens · 2 stops · 23 days · 338 km
Fernando
Mindanao and Luzon · 3–29 Mar 1992
Fernando in Mindanao and Luzon, 3–29 March 199253 specimens · 9 stops · 27 days · 972 km
Aloisio Tabualewa
Viti Levu · Jun – Jul 1941
Aloisio Tabualewa in Viti Levu, June – July 194175 specimens · 8 stops · 36 days
K. Kerenga
3 islands of Papua New Guinea · 6–30 Mar 1981
K. Kerenga in Manus Island, Rambutyo Island and Rambutyo, 6–30 March 198155 specimens · 9 stops · 25 days · 1,523 km
D.B. Sumithraarachchi
Sri Lanka · 20–26 Nov 1975
D.B. Sumithraarachchi in Sri Lanka, 20–26 November 197577 specimens · 6 stops · 7 days
Jane Lathrop Winne
Oʻahu · 21–28 Dec 1932
Jane Lathrop Winne in Oʻahu, 21–28 December 1932131 specimens · 2 stops · 8 days · 154 km
T. Watanabe
5 islands of the Solomon Islands · Dec 2008 – Feb 2009
T. Watanabe across 5 islands of the Solomon Islands, December 2008 – February 200973 specimens · 14 stops · 45 days · 1,608 km
Donald Anderson
6 islands · Aug – Nov 1969
Donald Anderson across 6 islands, August – November 196942 specimens · 15 stops · 94 days · 36,629 km
Kenneth R. Wood
Ua Pou and Hiva Oa · Oct – Nov 2017
Kenneth R. Wood in Ua Pou and Hiva Oa, October – November 201767 specimens · 9 stops · 16 days · 168 km
Ted E. should Be D. Dranga
3 islands · 1–6 Apr 1927
Ted E. should Be D. Dranga in Pearl and Hermes Atoll, Nihoa and Maui, 1–6 April 1927147 specimens · 2 stops · 6 days · 1,490 km
N.H. Higgins
Oʻahu and Maui · Oct 1955 – Jan 1956
N.H. Higgins in Oʻahu and Maui, October 1955 – January 195650 specimens · 7 stops · 92 days · 191 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.