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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

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.

Hawaiʻi Island and Tutuila · Jul – Aug 1935

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Hawaiʻi Island and Tutuila, July – August 1935

63 specimens · 7 stops · 41 days · 4,120 km

E.J. Reynosa

Panay · 3–8 Aug 1987

E.J. Reynosa in Panay, 3–8 August 1987

77 specimens · 4 stops · 6 days

E. Ordonez

Maui · Jul – Aug 1939

E. Ordonez in Maui, July – August 1939

42 specimens · 9 stops · 34 days · 195 km

Pacific Entomological Survey

Hiva Oa and Ua Pou · Dec 1931 – Jan 1932

Pacific Entomological Survey, December 1931 – January 1932

60 specimens · 4 stops · 31 days · 317 km

W.H. Hatheway

Arno Atoll · Jul – Aug 1952

W.H. Hatheway in Arno Atoll, July – August 1952

48 specimens · 16 stops · 51 days

D.A. Madulid

Olango and Bohol · 20–25 Mar 1993

D.A. Madulid in Olango and Bohol, 20–25 March 1993

113 specimens · 2 stops · 6 days · 62 km

Margaret Clark

Kauaʻi · Sep – Oct 2007

Margaret Clark in Kauaʻi, September – October 2007

42 specimens · 9 stops · 36 days · 265 km

D. Atha

Oʻahu · Oct – Nov 1996

D. Atha in Oʻahu, October – November 1996

44 specimens · 9 stops · 21 days · 689 km

Rivers Fuentes

Panay · 9–18 Feb 1992

Rivers Fuentes in Panay, 9–18 February 1992

56 specimens · 7 stops · 10 days

Elwood Curtin Zimmerman

Oʻahu · Jan – Mar 1937

Elwood Curtin Zimmerman in Oʻahu, January – March 1937

59 specimens · 12 stops · 68 days

William J. Hoe

Kauaʻi and Maui · 5–13 Aug 1974

William J. Hoe in Kauaʻi and Maui, 5–13 August 1974

66 specimens · 6 stops · 9 days

Pedersen

Luzon · Mar – Apr 1994

Pedersen in Luzon, March – April 1994

60 specimens · 5 stops · 15 days · 306 km

O. Kasmin

New Guinea and Papua · Apr – May 2000

O. Kasmin in New Guinea and Papua, April – May 2000

45 specimens · 9 stops · 35 days · 272 km

Donald P. Rogers

Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · Feb – Mar 1946

Donald P. Rogers in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, February – March 1946

44 specimens · 9 stops · 35 days · 826 km

R.W. Krauss

Maui and Oʻahu · Aug – Sep 1948

R.W. Krauss in Maui and Oʻahu, August – September 1948

45 specimens · 8 stops · 38 days · 351 km

Pratita Puradyatmika

New Guinea · Oct – Dec 1998

Pratita Puradyatmika in New Guinea, October – December 1998

47 specimens · 7 stops · 72 days · 3,262 km

Chester Thompson

Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · 1–7 Sep 1908

Chester Thompson in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, 1–7 September 1908

107 specimens · 2 stops · 7 days

Harold St.John

Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · Jun – Jul 1971

Harold St.John in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, June – July 1971

62 specimens · 5 stops · 11 days · 230 km

Isabelle Abbott

Maui · 1–27 Jul 1984

Isabelle Abbott in Maui, 1–27 July 1984

51 specimens · 6 stops · 27 days · 315 km

A. Gouveia A. Gouveia A. Gouveia v A. Gouveia

Oʻahu · Oct – Nov 1919

A. Gouveia A. Gouveia A. Gouveia v A. Gouveia in Oʻahu, October – November 1919

58 specimens · 4 stops · 36 days · 257 km

E.L. Robinson

Thailand · Jun – Jul 1963

E.L. Robinson in Thailand, June – July 1963

47 specimens · 6 stops · 42 days

F.J.M. Gaerlan

Mindanao and Luzon · 5–22 Jul 1991

F.J.M. Gaerlan in Mindanao and Luzon, 5–22 July 1991

76 specimens · 4 stops · 18 days · 973 km

Jim Space

6 islands of the Cook Islands · 12–29 Mar 2002

Jim Space across 6 islands of the Cook Islands, 12–29 March 2002

67 specimens · 8 stops · 18 days · 2,644 km

Gregory Plunkett

3 islands · 4–21 Nov 2013

Gregory Plunkett in Palau, Palao and Ngeruktabel, 4–21 November 2013

57 specimens · 5 stops · 18 days

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.