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
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Alfred F. Judd Jr
3 islands · Feb – Mar 1926
Alfred F. Judd Jr in Tutuila, Lānaʻi and Ofu, February – March 192643 specimens · 6 stops · 46 days · 4,276 km
Donald Anderson
Oʻahu · 5–14 Feb 1939
Donald Anderson in Oʻahu, 5–14 February 193989 specimens · 2 stops · 10 days · 23 km
H.A. Woolford
Kauaʻi and Maui · 1–29 Dec 1956
H.A. Woolford in Kauaʻi and Maui, 1–29 December 195653 specimens · 4 stops · 29 days · 338 km
Fuentes
Luzon and Mindanao · Apr – May 1992
Fuentes in Luzon and Mindanao, April – May 199265 specimens · 4 stops · 33 days · 972 km
Derral R. Herbst
Oʻahu · Nov 1992 – Jan 1993
Derral R. Herbst in Oʻahu, November 1992 – January 199346 specimens · 5 stops · 47 days · 243 km
George Butler
Laysan · 20–24 Jul 1959
George Butler in Laysan, 20–24 July 1959193 specimens · 2 stops · 5 days
E.B. Mann
3 islands of Papua New Guinea · Jun – Jul 1969
E.B. Mann in Bagabag Island, Kar Kar and New Guinea, June – July 196956 specimens · 4 stops · 22 days · 380 km
D. Damas
New Britain · 10–18 May 2011
D. Damas in New Britain, 10–18 May 201190 specimens · 2 stops · 9 days · 41 km
F. Pitisopa
3 islands of the Solomon Islands · 4–18 Oct 2008
F. Pitisopa in Santa Isabel, Choiseul and Kolombangara, 4–18 October 200847 specimens · 6 stops · 15 days · 349 km
M.F. Gardner
3 islands of the Solomon Islands · 4–18 Oct 2008
M.F. Gardner in Santa Isabel, Choiseul and Kolombangara, 4–18 October 200847 specimens · 6 stops · 15 days · 349 km
F. Tokelau
'Eua Island and Tongatapu Island · Nov – Dec 2000
F. Tokelau in 'Eua Island and Tongatapu Island, November – December 200067 specimens · 7 stops · 8 days · 713 km
Wayne C. Gagne
3 islands of the United States · May – Aug 1971
Wayne C. Gagne in Lānaʻi, Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, May – August 197149 specimens · 12 stops · 85 days · 509 km
D. Cmc Jr.
3 islands · 1–17 Jun 1923
D. Cmc Jr. in Nihoa, Mokumanamana and Lisianski, 1–17 June 192350 specimens · 5 stops · 17 days · 1,520 km
N.E. Morton
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · Dec 1949 – Jan 1950
N.E. Morton in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, December 1949 – January 195046 specimens · 6 stops · 20 days · 230 km
M.V.C. Falanruw
Babeldaob Island and Babeldaob (=Babelthuap) · Mar – Apr 1996
M.V.C. Falanruw in Babeldaob Island and Babeldaob (=Babelthuap), March – April 199666 specimens · 9 stops · 9 days
van Royen
South Island and Australia · Feb – Mar 1975
van Royen in South Island and Australia, February – March 197553 specimens · 4 stops · 29 days
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo
Oʻahu · Feb – Mar 1951
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo in Oʻahu, February – March 195153 specimens · 4 stops · 23 days
Erling Christopherson
Upolu · 5–15 Aug 1929
Erling Christopherson in Upolu, 5–15 August 192968 specimens · 3 stops · 11 days · 8 km
Benjamin C. Stone
Malaya and Oʻahu · Apr – May 1988
Benjamin C. Stone in Malaya and Oʻahu, April – May 198841 specimens · 8 stops · 32 days
Fuentes
Palawan and Luzon · Jun – Jul 1993
Fuentes in Palawan and Luzon, June – July 199395 specimens · 2 stops · 27 days · 852 km
E.J. Reynoso
Luzon · Nov – Dec 1991
E.J. Reynoso in Luzon, November – December 199147 specimens · 5 stops · 26 days
Arthur Greenwell
Maui and Hawaiʻi Island · 3–28 Nov 1950
Arthur Greenwell in Maui and Hawaiʻi Island, 3–28 November 195048 specimens · 5 stops · 26 days · 226 km
Hans George Hornbostel
Tinian · 1–23 May 1924
Hans George Hornbostel in Tinian, 1–23 May 192477 specimens · 2 stops · 23 days
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
Grande-Terre and New Caledonia · Jun – Aug 1949
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Grande-Terre and New Caledonia, June – August 194965 specimens · 5 stops · 36 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.