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
Y. Magablo
3 islands of Indonesia · Apr – May 1994
Y. Magablo in New Guinea, Irian Jaya and Papua, April – May 199454 specimens · 4 stops · 28 days · 123 km
C. Barker
New Guinea · 7–28 Aug 1998
C. Barker in New Guinea, 7–28 August 199846 specimens · 5 stops · 22 days · 106 km
Hank L. Oppenheimer
Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi · Nov 2006 – Jan 2007
Hank L. Oppenheimer in Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi, November 2006 – January 200753 specimens · 3 stops · 40 days · 47 km
Clarence H. Cooke Jr.
Molokaʻi · Dec 1923 – Jan 1924
Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Molokaʻi, December 1923 – January 192485 specimens · 2 stops · 6 days · 1 km
Tanager Expedition
10 islands of the United States · Apr – Jun 1923
Tanager Expedition, April – June 192360 specimens · 8 stops · 62 days · 2,174 km
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George W. Staples III
Hawaiʻi Island · 9–13 Jan 1991
George W. Staples III in Hawaiʻi Island, 9–13 January 199180 specimens · 3 stops · 5 days
Joan E. Canfield
8 islands of Palau · Dec 1977 – Mar 1978
Joan E. Canfield across 8 islands of Palau, December 1977 – March 197847 specimens · 11 stops · 80 days · 21,364 km
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Alfred F. Judd Jr
Hawaiʻi Island · 1–21 Mar 1919
Alfred F. Judd Jr in Hawaiʻi Island, 1–21 March 191940 specimens · 6 stops · 21 days · 135 km
L. Wester
3 islands · 1–22 Aug 1983
L. Wester in Washington (=Teraina), Fanning (=Tabuaeran) and Ua Huka, 1–22 August 198360 specimens · 4 stops · 22 days
William J. Hoe
Maui and Molokaʻi · 25–29 Jan 1965
William J. Hoe in Maui and Molokaʻi, 25–29 January 196553 specimens · 5 stops · 5 days · 122 km
K.Q. Damas
4 islands of Papua New Guinea · 1–29 Mar 1979
K.Q. Damas across 4 islands of Papua New Guinea, 1–29 March 197950 specimens · 4 stops · 29 days · 258 km
Grace Burgess Grace Burgess
Johnston Atoll · Jan – Mar 1964
Grace Burgess Grace Burgess in Johnston Atoll, January – March 196445 specimens · 17 stops · 68 days · 5,031 km
M. Kramer
Australia · 6–16 Sep 1986
M. Kramer in Australia, 6–16 September 198641 specimens · 7 stops · 11 days
Steven Perlman
Maui and Kauaʻi · Aug – Sep 2022
Steven Perlman in Maui and Kauaʻi, August – September 202250 specimens · 5 stops · 27 days · 338 km
O.G. Gideon
New Ireland and Lihir Island · Oct – Nov 1984
O.G. Gideon in New Ireland and Lihir Island, October – November 198443 specimens · 5 stops · 27 days · 388 km
S. Ishikawa
Maui · Nov – Dec 1973
S. Ishikawa in Maui, November – December 197353 specimens · 5 stops · 5 days · 53 km
Jacques Florence
Makatea and Rurutu · Jan – Mar 1988
Jacques Florence in Makatea and Rurutu, January – March 198863 specimens · 4 stops · 61 days · 1,038 km
C.T. Imada
3 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 2002
C.T. Imada in Maui, Lānaʻi and Kauaʻi, July – August 200255 specimens · 3 stops · 33 days · 420 km
H. Kennedy
3 islands · Aug – Sep 1979
H. Kennedy in Tahiti, Hawaiʻi Island and Upolu, August – September 197942 specimens · 11 stops · 33 days · 6,642 km
Roush
Oʻahu · Dec 1988 – Feb 1989
Roush in Oʻahu, December 1988 – February 198980 specimens · 4 stops · 60 days · 104 km
T. Khalkausar
Borneo and Sabah · 4–13 Apr 1994
T. Khalkausar in Borneo and Sabah, 4–13 April 199445 specimens · 6 stops · 10 days
Vander Velde
3 islands of the Marshall Islands · 20–27 Oct 2009
Vander Velde in Namdrik Island, Madmad Island and Near Madmad, 20–27 October 200942 specimens · 7 stops · 8 days
Donald Anderson
Oʻahu · 23–31 Jan 1937
Donald Anderson in Oʻahu, 23–31 January 193778 specimens · 2 stops · 9 days · 125 km
Seymour H. Sohmer
Tubuai · Jun – Jul 1971
Seymour H. Sohmer in Tubuai, June – July 197169 specimens · 6 stops · 23 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.