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
C.F. Puttock
3 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 2002
C.F. Puttock in Maui, Lānaʻi and Oʻahu, July – August 200240 specimens · 4 stops · 29 days · 210 km
John Colburn Bridwell
Oʻahu · Apr – Jun 1919
John Colburn Bridwell in Oʻahu, April – June 191940 specimens · 10 stops · 78 days
Charles N. Forbes
Oʻahu and Maui · Jan – Feb 1920
Charles N. Forbes in Oʻahu and Maui, January – February 192048 specimens · 3 stops · 28 days · 96 km
Al. Towati
New Guinea · Aug – Sep 2005
Al. Towati in New Guinea, August – September 200554 specimens · 4 stops · 20 days · 220 km
D. Ama
New Guinea · Aug – Sep 2005
D. Ama in New Guinea, August – September 200554 specimens · 4 stops · 20 days · 220 km
M.D. Merlin
5 islands · Jul – Aug 1986
M.D. Merlin across 5 islands, July – August 198645 specimens · 8 stops · 41 days · 7,686 km
W. Law
Kosrae and Kosrae (=Kusaie) · Jan – Feb 2010
W. Law in Kosrae and Kosrae (=Kusaie), January – February 201040 specimens · 7 stops · 11 days · 2,660 km
A. AllisonA Allison
New Britain · 5–9 Nov 2015
A. AllisonA Allison in New Britain, 5–9 November 201572 specimens · 2 stops · 5 days
J.C. Regalado Jr.
New Guinea · Jun – Jul 1995
J.C. Regalado Jr. in New Guinea, June – July 199561 specimens · 2 stops · 23 days · 624 km
F.J.M. Gaerlan
Mindanao · Aug – Sep 1993
F.J.M. Gaerlan in Mindanao, August – September 199358 specimens · 3 stops · 32 days
Derral R. Herbst
Kure Atoll and Hawaiʻi Island · 3–12 Jan 1979
Derral R. Herbst in Kure Atoll and Hawaiʻi Island, 3–12 January 197953 specimens · 3 stops · 10 days · 2,498 km
J.D. Rogers
4 islands of the United States · 4–16 Jan 2000
J.D. Rogers across 4 islands of the United States, 4–16 January 200053 specimens · 11 stops · 13 days · 475 km
W. Teraoka
Guam and Yap · Mar – Apr 1981
W. Teraoka in Guam and Yap, March – April 198147 specimens · 8 stops · 19 days · 17,396 km
Walker
Maui · Jun – Jul 1919
Walker in Maui, June – July 191945 specimens · 3 stops · 39 days
Joseph F. Rock
Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Aug 1915
Joseph F. Rock in Hawaiʻi Island, July – August 191545 specimens · 3 stops · 32 days
I. Engilis
New Britain · 5–9 Nov 2015
I. Engilis in New Britain, 5–9 November 201571 specimens · 2 stops · 5 days
Steven Perlman
Kauaʻi · 19–26 Jan 2018
Steven Perlman in Kauaʻi, 19–26 January 201863 specimens · 3 stops · 8 days
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Frank A. Parrish
4 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1990
Frank A. Parrish across 4 islands of the United States, June – July 199091 specimens · 3 stops · 13 days · 978 km
Fosberg F. Raymond
Kauaʻi · 25–30 Dec 1933
Fosberg F. Raymond in Kauaʻi, 25–30 December 193369 specimens · 2 stops · 6 days · 35 km
K.W. Duker
Oʻahu · Jan – Feb 1933
K.W. Duker in Oʻahu, January – February 193346 specimens · 3 stops · 24 days · 253 km
Joseph Swift Emerson
1–28 Sep 1882
Joseph Swift Emerson, 1–28 September 188244 specimens · 3 stops · 28 days
H.G. Barnacle
1–28 Sep 1882
H.G. Barnacle, 1–28 September 188244 specimens · 3 stops · 28 days
C.T. Imada
Hawaiʻi Island · 1–11 Feb 1987
C.T. Imada in Hawaiʻi Island, 1–11 February 198742 specimens · 5 stops · 11 days
Y. Doi
New Caledonia · Feb – Mar 1992
Y. Doi in New Caledonia, February – March 199252 specimens · 8 stops · 25 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.