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
Pakki A. Reath
Hawaiʻi Island · 23–28 Jun 2003
Pakki A. Reath in Hawaiʻi Island, 23–28 June 2003258 specimens · 2 stops · 6 days
Michael Martinez
Oʻahu · Mar – Apr 1936
Michael Martinez in Oʻahu, March – April 193650 specimens · 9 stops · 39 days · 294 km
Liloa Dunn
4 islands of French Polynesia · Nov – Dec 2003
Liloa Dunn across 4 islands of French Polynesia, November – December 200394 specimens · 5 stops · 28 days · 1,902 km
Paul K. Higashino
Oʻahu and Kahoʻolawe · Oct – Nov 1976
Paul K. Higashino in Oʻahu and Kahoʻolawe, October – November 197667 specimens · 5 stops · 28 days · 151 km
Fuentes
3 islands of the Philippines · Apr – May 1991
Fuentes in Negros, Mindoro and Mindanao, April – May 199154 specimens · 9 stops · 49 days · 689 km
W. Wong
Kauaʻi · Dec 1930 – Jan 1931
W. Wong in Kauaʻi, December 1930 – January 193159 specimens · 8 stops · 15 days
J.C. Lindsay
Kauaʻi · Dec 1930 – Jan 1931
J.C. Lindsay in Kauaʻi, December 1930 – January 193159 specimens · 8 stops · 15 days
R. Masuhara
Kauaʻi · Dec 1930 – Jan 1931
R. Masuhara in Kauaʻi, December 1930 – January 193159 specimens · 8 stops · 15 days
Paul K. Higashino
Maui · Dec 1975 – Jan 1976
Paul K. Higashino in Maui, December 1975 – January 197684 specimens · 4 stops · 10 days · 58 km
Harry G. Lee
4 islands of the United States · Oct – Dec 1925
Harry G. Lee across 4 islands of the United States, October – December 192548 specimens · 9 stops · 62 days · 1,105 km
John W. Gillespie
Oʻahu · 1–8 Jul 1927
John W. Gillespie in Oʻahu, 1–8 July 192786 specimens · 4 stops · 8 days
A.W.C.T. Herre
10 islands · Mar – Jun 1929
A.W.C.T. Herre across 10 islands, March – June 192946 specimens · 15 stops · 93 days · 5,808 km
Seymour H. Sohmer
Luzon and Quezon · 9–14 Feb 1985
Seymour H. Sohmer in Luzon and Quezon, 9–14 February 198581 specimens · 5 stops · 6 days
Katherine Luomala
Tabiteuea and Onotoa · Oct – Dec 1948
Katherine Luomala in Tabiteuea and Onotoa, October – December 194862 specimens · 10 stops · 58 days
K.E. Schlech
Oʻahu and Kauaʻi · Jan – May 1980
K.E. Schlech in Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, January – May 198044 specimens · 10 stops · 131 days · 432 km
R.L. Stemmermann
Oʻahu · Mar – May 1973
R.L. Stemmermann in Oʻahu, March – May 197365 specimens · 16 stops · 49 days
Benjamin C. Stone
4 islands of the Philippines · Nov 1991 – Feb 1992
Benjamin C. Stone across 4 islands of the Philippines, November 1991 – February 199243 specimens · 11 stops · 77 days · 613 km
L.S. Mang
Myanmar and Myanmur · Jun – Jul 2013
L.S. Mang in Myanmar and Myanmur, June – July 201340 specimens · 14 stops · 46 days
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss
5 islands · Feb – Apr 1964
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss across 5 islands, February – April 196452 specimens · 8 stops · 81 days · 17,676 km
Keith D.P. Wilson
3 islands of the United States · May – Jun 1994
Keith D.P. Wilson in Hawaiʻi Island, Molokaʻi and Maui, May – June 199455 specimens · 7 stops · 32 days · 459 km
S.W. Mill
Hawaiʻi Island · Jan – Feb 1984
S.W. Mill in Hawaiʻi Island, January – February 198461 specimens · 5 stops · 45 days
George Butler
Australia · Jan – Feb 1983
George Butler in Australia, January – February 198343 specimens · 15 stops · 21 days · 1,687 km
Scott Johnson
Enewetok Atoll · 1–28 Aug 1975
Scott Johnson in Enewetok Atoll, 1–28 August 197571 specimens · 4 stops · 28 days · 82 km
Crocker Expedition
5 islands · May – Jun 1933
Crocker Expedition, May – June 193370 specimens · 4 stops · 31 days · 681 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.