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
E. Soepadmo
Borneo and Sabah · 4–13 Apr 1994
E. Soepadmo in Borneo and Sabah, 4–13 April 199458 specimens · 5 stops · 10 days
B. Peterson
Kauaʻi · 12–22 Dec 1983
B. Peterson in Kauaʻi, 12–22 December 198362 specimens · 4 stops · 11 days
F.R. Warshauer
Oʻahu · 6–28 Feb 1977
F.R. Warshauer in Oʻahu, 6–28 February 197745 specimens · 7 stops · 23 days
R.W. Baxter
Molokaʻi · Dec 1938 – Jan 1939
R.W. Baxter in Molokaʻi, December 1938 – January 193966 specimens · 4 stops · 7 days · 37 km
P. Nelson
Guam · Mar – Apr 1918
P. Nelson in Guam, March – April 191849 specimens · 10 stops · 52 days
R. Fenstemacher
3 islands · Mar – May 2002
R. Fenstemacher in Rapa, Tauturau and Easter Island (=Isla De Pascua), March – May 200292 specimens · 3 stops · 55 days · 268 km
Steven Perlman
Kauaʻi · Sep – Nov 2016
Steven Perlman in Kauaʻi, September – November 201640 specimens · 8 stops · 37 days
George F. Arnemann
Kauaʻi and Maui · May – Jun 1946
George F. Arnemann in Kauaʻi and Maui, May – June 194679 specimens · 2 stops · 27 days · 338 km
C.F. Crivellone
Kauaʻi · 11–16 May 1981
C.F. Crivellone in Kauaʻi, 11–16 May 198159 specimens · 6 stops · 6 days · 126 km
Dana G. Griffin III
Venezuela · Jul – Aug 1975
Dana G. Griffin III in Venezuela, July – August 197553 specimens · 4 stops · 33 days
Steven Perlman
Kauaʻi · Aug – Sep 1977
Steven Perlman in Kauaʻi, August – September 197748 specimens · 6 stops · 25 days
A. Rachman
Borneo · Oct – Nov 1996
A. Rachman in Borneo, October – November 199643 specimens · 7 stops · 23 days
Marie Catherine Neal
Kauaʻi and Babeldaob Island · 7–21 Aug 1936
Marie Catherine Neal in Kauaʻi and Babeldaob Island, 7–21 August 193651 specimens · 7 stops · 15 days
Harold St.John
Oʻahu · 10–31 Mar 1935
Harold St.John in Oʻahu, 10–31 March 193565 specimens · 3 stops · 22 days
Isabelle Abbott
Maui and Espiritu Santo · Aug – Sep 1971
Isabelle Abbott in Maui and Espiritu Santo, August – September 197142 specimens · 6 stops · 45 days · 5,752 km
A.W. Wisner
Tutuila and Tutulia · 14–28 Aug 1959
A.W. Wisner in Tutuila and Tutulia, 14–28 August 195968 specimens · 5 stops · 15 days
F. Raymond Fosberg
4 islands of the United States · 10–25 Apr 1974
F. Raymond Fosberg across 4 islands of the United States, 10–25 April 197443 specimens · 8 stops · 16 days · 886 km
Tsing-Chao Maa
3 countries · Aug – Dec 1958
Tsing-Chao Maa in Malaysia, Singapore and Papua New Guinea, August – December 195850 specimens · 16 stops · 111 days · 7,301 km
R. Okano
Maui and Kahoʻolawe · 10–17 Aug 2000
R. Okano in Maui and Kahoʻolawe, 10–17 August 200099 specimens · 4 stops · 8 days · 97 km
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo
Oʻahu · Jul – Aug 1939
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo in Oʻahu, July – August 193978 specimens · 2 stops · 27 days · 25 km
V.J. Krajina
Hawaiʻi Island · Jun – Jul 1966
V.J. Krajina in Hawaiʻi Island, June – July 196645 specimens · 7 stops · 18 days · 155 km
Keith D.P. Wilson
Oʻahu · 14–19 Jul 1989
Keith D.P. Wilson in Oʻahu, 14–19 July 198967 specimens · 4 stops · 6 days
M.A. Weiner
5 islands of Fiji · Jun – Jul 1971
M.A. Weiner across 5 islands of Fiji, June – July 197171 specimens · 9 stops · 25 days · 11,374 km
R.L. Stemmermann
Maui · 1–13 Jun 1977
R.L. Stemmermann in Maui, 1–13 June 197758 specimens · 6 stops · 13 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.