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
J.T. Swarbrick
Oʻahu · 3–10 Jan 1976
J.T. Swarbrick in Oʻahu, 3–10 January 197669 specimens · 5 stops · 8 days
W. Cadenhead
Kauaʻi · Nov – Dec 1960
W. Cadenhead in Kauaʻi, November – December 196041 specimens · 15 stops · 18 days
M. Ito
Iriomote Island and Iriomote · 8–17 Mar 1982
M. Ito in Iriomote Island and Iriomote, 8–17 March 198252 specimens · 9 stops · 10 days
R. Newbold
4 islands · 16–28 Mar 2000
R. Newbold across 4 islands, 16–28 March 200075 specimens · 6 stops · 13 days · 3,151 km
D. Randolph
Kauaʻi · Mar – Apr 1985
D. Randolph in Kauaʻi, March – April 198559 specimens · 10 stops · 15 days
Pele Expedition 1962
Oʻahu · Feb – May 1962
Pele Expedition 1962, February – May 196240 specimens · 8 stops · 97 days · 571 km
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C.E. Hartt
Oʻahu · Jul – Aug 1938
C.E. Hartt in Oʻahu, July – August 193850 specimens · 8 stops · 22 days · 291 km
P.J. Garnock-Jones
3 islands of Fiji · Jun – Jul 1977
P.J. Garnock-Jones in Vanua Balavu, Lakeba and Ovalau, June – July 197767 specimens · 13 stops · 24 days · 3,420 km
G.G. Murata
Honshu · May – Jun 1984
G.G. Murata in Honshu, May – June 198462 specimens · 5 stops · 15 days
H. Uchiyama
Upolu and Tutuila · Aug – Sep 1999
H. Uchiyama in Upolu and Tutuila, August – September 199982 specimens · 7 stops · 18 days · 137 km
R. Okano
3 islands of the United States · 3–13 Aug 2006
R. Okano in Niʻihau, Kauaʻi and Lānaʻi, 3–13 August 200676 specimens · 5 stops · 11 days · 568 km
A.W. Wisner
Tutuila and Upolu · Jan – Feb 1959
A.W. Wisner in Tutuila and Upolu, January – February 195961 specimens · 8 stops · 50 days
R.J. Johns
Brunei · 9–30 Mar 1991
R.J. Johns in Brunei, 9–30 March 199151 specimens · 7 stops · 22 days · 339 km
L. Raulerson
Babeldaob Island and Babeldaob · Mar – Apr 1996
L. Raulerson in Babeldaob Island and Babeldaob, March – April 199673 specimens · 9 stops · 15 days
W. Cadenheads
Kauaʻi · Nov – Dec 1960
W. Cadenheads in Kauaʻi, November – December 196042 specimens · 12 stops · 18 days
Robert Hobdy
Kauaʻi and Lānaʻi · Jun – Jul 1969
Robert Hobdy in Kauaʻi and Lānaʻi, June – July 196945 specimens · 8 stops · 49 days · 592 km
Lewis Thayer
Kauaʻi · Jul – Aug 1925
Lewis Thayer in Kauaʻi, July – August 192576 specimens · 9 stops · 37 days
E. Schuettpelz
Hiva Oa and Ua Pou · Oct – Nov 2017
E. Schuettpelz in Hiva Oa and Ua Pou, October – November 201758 specimens · 9 stops · 16 days · 168 km
Charles S. Judd Sr.
Maui · Jul – Aug 1928
Charles S. Judd Sr. in Maui, July – August 192858 specimens · 5 stops · 23 days · 134 km
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Hawaiʻi Island · Jan – Feb 1923
L.A. Thurston L.A. ThurstonL.A. Thurston in Hawaiʻi Island, January – February 1923118 specimens · 2 stops · 5 days · 108 km
L.A. Thurston L.A. ThurstonL.A. Thurston
Hawaiʻi Island · Jan – Feb 1924
L.A. Thurston L.A. ThurstonL.A. Thurston in Hawaiʻi Island, January – February 192466 specimens · 4 stops · 19 days · 197 km
P.H. Moore
3 islands · 1–12 Nov 1978
P.H. Moore in Rota, Guam and Pohnpei, 1–12 November 197875 specimens · 8 stops · 12 days · 50,817 km
F. Sohl
Pohnpei and Micronesia · Feb – May 2006
F. Sohl in Pohnpei and Micronesia, February – May 200641 specimens · 14 stops · 95 days · 1,383 km
Hammond
Lānaʻi and Maui · Jul – Aug 1910
Hammond in Lānaʻi and Maui, July – August 191042 specimens · 12 stops · 36 days · 442 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.