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
N. Ogden
Maui · 4–25 Aug 1978
N. Ogden in Maui, 4–25 August 197843 specimens · 8 stops · 22 days · 243 km
Benjamin C. Stone
3 islands · Apr – May 1969
Benjamin C. Stone in Kedah, Viti Levu and Malaya, April – May 196949 specimens · 6 stops · 20 days
E. Earle
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · May – Jul 1972
E. Earle in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, May – July 197250 specimens · 5 stops · 43 days
Benjamin C. Stone
Malaya and Pahang · Apr – May 1976
Benjamin C. Stone in Malaya and Pahang, April – May 197650 specimens · 6 stops · 18 days
Wray Harris
Tau · 10–27 Jul 1938
Wray Harris in Tau, 10–27 July 193865 specimens · 6 stops · 18 days
Ted E. should Be D. Dranga
Hawaiʻi Island · Jan – Feb 1924
Ted E. should Be D. Dranga in Hawaiʻi Island, January – February 192468 specimens · 3 stops · 18 days · 196 km
Anderson Gessler
Moorea and Huahine · Sep – Oct 1934
Anderson Gessler in Moorea and Huahine, September – October 193498 specimens · 2 stops · 7 days · 149 km
Stanley Ball
Oʻahu · Oct 1925 – Feb 1926
Stanley Ball in Oʻahu, October 1925 – February 192643 specimens · 21 stops · 123 days
Kenneth R. Wood
4 islands of French Polynesia · Jun – Jul 2003
Kenneth R. Wood across 4 islands of French Polynesia, June – July 200376 specimens · 6 stops · 28 days · 576 km
David A. Walker
Oʻahu · 4–27 Jul 1947
David A. Walker in Oʻahu, 4–27 July 194765 specimens · 3 stops · 24 days · 251 km
C.R. Annable
Maui · Jan – Feb 1999
C.R. Annable in Maui, January – February 199962 specimens · 3 stops · 39 days · 71 km
F. Raymond Fosberg
3 islands of the Marshall Islands · Apr – May 1958
F. Raymond Fosberg in Jaluit Atoll, Kwajalein Atoll and Majuro Atoll, April – May 195846 specimens · 9 stops · 12 days · 678 km
Ben Nyberg
6 islands · Jun – Jul 2022
Ben Nyberg across 6 islands, June – July 202245 specimens · 7 stops · 18 days
T.P. Bayliss-Smith
3 islands of the Solomon Islands · Jan – May 1971
T.P. Bayliss-Smith in Ontong Java Atoll, Sikaiana and Onton Java Atoll, January – May 197142 specimens · 18 stops · 123 days
M.A. Weiner
5 islands of Fiji · Jul – Aug 1972
M.A. Weiner across 5 islands of Fiji, July – August 197266 specimens · 10 stops · 32 days · 2,738 km
S. Pillay
Viti Levu · Sep – Dec 1960
S. Pillay in Viti Levu, September – December 196042 specimens · 12 stops · 81 days
Alex B. Anderson
Pearl and Hermes Atoll and Nihoa · 1–6 Apr 1927
Alex B. Anderson in Pearl and Hermes Atoll and Nihoa, 1–6 April 192799 specimens · 2 stops · 6 days · 1,490 km
L. Kellogg
3 islands of the United States · Apr – May 1948
L. Kellogg in Maui, Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island, April – May 194847 specimens · 6 stops · 31 days · 484 km
Erling Christophersen
Oʻahu · Mar – Apr 1930
Erling Christophersen in Oʻahu, March – April 193053 specimens · 4 stops · 37 days
E.S.C. Handy
Maui · Jun – Jul 1933
E.S.C. Handy in Maui, June – July 193341 specimens · 8 stops · 45 days · 136 km
Paul K. Higashino
Kauaʻi · 11–16 May 1981
Paul K. Higashino in Kauaʻi, 11–16 May 198165 specimens · 5 stops · 6 days
Donald Bruce Foreman
Bougainville Island and Bougainville · Aug – Sep 1969
Donald Bruce Foreman in Bougainville Island and Bougainville, August – September 196950 specimens · 5 stops · 25 days · 115 km
A. O'Neill
Maui · 2–11 May 2023
A. O'Neill in Maui, 2–11 May 202368 specimens · 4 stops · 10 days
H.B.S. Womersley
Kangaroo · 13–21 Jan 1965
H.B.S. Womersley in Kangaroo, 13–21 January 196549 specimens · 7 stops · 9 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.