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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

Romero

Mindanao · 1–10 May 1993

Romero in Mindanao, 1–10 May 1993

93 specimens · 2 stops · 10 days

Cranwell Smith

Hawaiʻi Island · 3–16 Jul 1982

Cranwell Smith in Hawaiʻi Island, 3–16 July 1982

91 specimens · 5 stops · 14 days

F. Tokelau

3 islands of Tonga · 12–20 Mar 2001

F. Tokelau in Tongatapu Island, 'Eua Island and 'Euaiki Island, 12–20 March 2001

72 specimens · 8 stops · 9 days

F. Raymond Fosberg

Kwajalein Atoll and Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Sep 1966

F. Raymond Fosberg in Kwajalein Atoll and Hawaiʻi Island, July – September 1966

44 specimens · 8 stops · 53 days · 8,276 km

F. Raymond Fosberg

8 islands · 14–31 Mar 1975

F. Raymond Fosberg across 8 islands, 14–31 March 1975

44 specimens · 8 stops · 18 days · 136 km

George F. Arnemann

Guadalcanal Island · 10–16 Feb 1966

George F. Arnemann in Guadalcanal Island, 10–16 February 1966

60 specimens · 4 stops · 7 days · 78 km

C.S. Dole

Kauaʻi · 1–19 Jul 1909

C.S. Dole in Kauaʻi, 1–19 July 1909

63 specimens · 3 stops · 19 days · 110 km

Derral R. Herbst

3 islands of the United States · 7–13 Dec 1980

Derral R. Herbst in Maui, Oʻahu and Pearl and Hermes Atoll, 7–13 December 1980

88 specimens · 6 stops · 7 days · 2,159 km

Steven Perlman

5 islands · Jun – Aug 2005

Steven Perlman across 5 islands, June – August 2005

48 specimens · 11 stops · 40 days · 12,795 km

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.

Oʻahu · 1–21 Apr 1929

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Oʻahu, 1–21 April 1929

52 specimens · 5 stops · 21 days · 429 km

Rokuro Yamaguchi

Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · Aug – Sep 1940

Rokuro Yamaguchi in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, August – September 1940

75 specimens · 2 stops · 21 days · 319 km

Gunder E. Olson

Maui · Oct – Dec 1936

Gunder E. Olson in Maui, October – December 1936

54 specimens · 3 stops · 54 days · 37 km

K. Sugimura

6 islands of the Solomon Islands · Jul – Aug 2009

K. Sugimura across 6 islands of the Solomon Islands, July – August 2009

51 specimens · 8 stops · 31 days · 1,011 km

K.E. Mshigeni

Mbudya · Oct – Nov 1969

K.E. Mshigeni in Mbudya, October – November 1969

41 specimens · 8 stops · 31 days

Yoshio KondoKay Kondo

Oʻahu and Aguijan · Jan – Feb 1952

Yoshio KondoKay Kondo in Oʻahu and Aguijan, January – February 1952

43 specimens · 5 stops · 34 days · 6,123 km

Garcia

Negros and Luzon · May – Jun 1991

Garcia in Negros and Luzon, May – June 1991

49 specimens · 6 stops · 26 days

Maxwell S. Doty

3 islands of the United States · Dec 1959 – Jan 1960

Maxwell S. Doty in Hawaiʻi Island, Palmyra Atoll and Oʻahu, December 1959 – January 1960

46 specimens · 9 stops · 24 days · 3,977 km

A.L. Young

Pearl and Hermes Atoll and Lisianski · 1–22 Aug 1964

A.L. Young in Pearl and Hermes Atoll and Lisianski, 1–22 August 1964

47 specimens · 5 stops · 22 days · 271 km

S. Satini

3 islands of Tonga · 12–20 Mar 2001

S. Satini in Tongatapu Island, 'Eua Island and 'Euaiki Island, 12–20 March 2001

71 specimens · 8 stops · 9 days

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.

Molokaʻi · 18–23 Dec 1925

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Molokaʻi, 18–23 December 1925

94 specimens · 3 stops · 6 days · 2 km

Timothy J. Gallaher

Oʻahu and Kauaʻi · 3–30 Sep 2010

Timothy J. Gallaher in Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, 3–30 September 2010

49 specimens · 4 stops · 28 days · 14,170 km

W.H. Hatheway

Hawaiʻi Island · Dec 1949 – Jan 1950

W.H. Hatheway in Hawaiʻi Island, December 1949 – January 1950

51 specimens · 5 stops · 11 days

Robert Whitman

Oʻahu · 6–27 Apr 1935

Robert Whitman in Oʻahu, 6–27 April 1935

74 specimens · 2 stops · 22 days · 144 km

P. Kosui

3 islands of the Solomon Islands · 4–18 Oct 2008

P. Kosui in Santa Isabel, Choiseul and Kolombangara, 4–18 October 2008

44 specimens · 6 stops · 15 days · 349 km

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.