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
Heinar Streimann
7 islands of Papua New Guinea · 21–27 Oct 1971
Heinar Streimann across 7 islands of Papua New Guinea, 21–27 October 197149 specimens · 7 stops · 7 days · 379 km
S. Herrington
3 islands of the Solomon Islands · 4–18 Oct 2008
S. Herrington in Santa Isabel, Choiseul and Kolombangara, 4–18 October 200846 specimens · 6 stops · 15 days · 349 km
Luther E. Bishop
Oʻahu · 14–18 Jun 1971
Luther E. Bishop in Oʻahu, 14–18 June 197177 specimens · 3 stops · 5 days
Maxwell S. Doty
4 islands of the United States · Dec 1954 – Jan 1955
Maxwell S. Doty across 4 islands of the United States, December 1954 – January 195554 specimens · 5 stops · 16 days · 464 km
S. Satini
'Eua Island and Tongatapu Island · Nov – Dec 2000
S. Satini in 'Eua Island and Tongatapu Island, November – December 200066 specimens · 7 stops · 8 days · 713 km
G.J. Spence
3 islands of the United States · Apr – May 1975
G.J. Spence in Hawaiʻi Island, Oʻahu and Lānaʻi, April – May 197540 specimens · 7 stops · 31 days · 391 km
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Steven L. Montgomery
7 islands of French Polynesia · Jul – Sep 1977
Steven L. Montgomery across 7 islands of French Polynesia, July – September 197745 specimens · 12 stops · 71 days · 4,361 km
S.A. James
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · 5–18 Aug 2004
S.A. James in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, 5–18 August 200482 specimens · 2 stops · 14 days · 230 km
E.B. Barbon
Luzon · Aug – Sep 1991
E.B. Barbon in Luzon, August – September 199165 specimens · 5 stops · 11 days
K. Schultz
5 islands of the United States · Aug – Sep 2000
K. Schultz across 5 islands of the United States, August – September 200066 specimens · 5 stops · 38 days · 1,010 km
R.M. Bird
Thailand · Jun – Jul 1963
R.M. Bird in Thailand, June – July 196340 specimens · 6 stops · 42 days
A.J. Chepstov-Lusty
3 islands of the Pitcairn Islands · Apr – Jul 1991
A.J. Chepstov-Lusty in Henderson Island, Oeno Island and Pitcairn Island, April – July 199179 specimens · 4 stops · 75 days · 695 km
T. Hosokawa
4 islands · Jun – Aug 1938
T. Hosokawa across 4 islands, June – August 193840 specimens · 12 stops · 52 days
A.G. Floyd
New Britain · Dec 1954 – Jan 1955
A.G. Floyd in New Britain, December 1954 – January 195541 specimens · 8 stops · 23 days
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
4 islands · Feb – Mar 1975
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. across 4 islands, February – March 197565 specimens · 7 stops · 18 days
C. Corn
3 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1984
C. Corn in Kauaʻi, Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, June – July 198460 specimens · 3 stops · 28 days · 324 km
van Steenis
Taiwan and Formosa · 7–18 Aug 1966
van Steenis in Taiwan and Formosa, 7–18 August 196640 specimens · 9 stops · 12 days
F. Raymond Fosberg
3 islands of the United States · 2–15 Apr 1971
F. Raymond Fosberg in Hawaiʻi Island, Kauaʻi and Maui, 2–15 April 197141 specimens · 8 stops · 14 days · 585 km
B. Sneddon
New Caledonia · 8–16 Aug 2003
B. Sneddon in New Caledonia, 8–16 August 200377 specimens · 8 stops · 9 days · 3,507 km
W.A. Whistler
Upolu · Dec 1974 – Jan 1975
W.A. Whistler in Upolu, December 1974 – January 197561 specimens · 9 stops · 17 days
Vander Velde
4 islands of the Marshall Islands · 11–17 Apr 2006
Vander Velde across 4 islands of the Marshall Islands, 11–17 April 200647 specimens · 7 stops · 7 days
George F. Arnemann
Kauaʻi and Maui · Jul – Aug 1946
George F. Arnemann in Kauaʻi and Maui, July – August 194659 specimens · 3 stops · 25 days · 422 km
F.J.M. Gaerlan
Luzon and Mindanao · Apr – May 1991
F.J.M. Gaerlan in Luzon and Mindanao, April – May 199157 specimens · 5 stops · 33 days · 1,945 km
J.C. Game
Kauaʻi · 17–23 Feb 2016
J.C. Game in Kauaʻi, 17–23 February 201672 specimens · 6 stops · 7 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.