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
D. Eakin
Cartago and San Jose · Aug – Sep 1973
D. Eakin in Cartago and San Jose, August – September 197341 specimens · 3 stops · 14 days
Jean-Yves Meyer
Rapa · 18–30 Mar 2002
Jean-Yves Meyer in Rapa, 18–30 March 200244 specimens · 7 stops · 13 days · 439 km
G.J. Hollenberg
5 islands of the United States · Apr – May 1965
G.J. Hollenberg across 5 islands of the United States, April – May 196551 specimens · 5 stops · 16 days · 192 km
E.J. Reynoso
Palawan and Plawan Island · Jul – Aug 1988
E.J. Reynoso in Palawan and Plawan Island, July – August 198841 specimens · 4 stops · 5 days · 116 km
C.M. Iltis
Hawaiʻi Island · 19–23 Jun 1967
C.M. Iltis in Hawaiʻi Island, 19–23 June 196743 specimens · 4 stops · 5 days · 8 km
George McGowan
Oʻahu · Apr – May 1933
George McGowan in Oʻahu, April – May 193340 specimens · 3 stops · 15 days · 134 km
A.D. Tribollet
Lānaʻi and Niʻihau · 4–12 Aug 2006
A.D. Tribollet in Lānaʻi and Niʻihau, 4–12 August 200640 specimens · 4 stops · 9 days · 372 km
S. Frank Kajewski
Vanua Lava · 5–18 Jul 1928
S. Frank Kajewski in Vanua Lava, 5–18 July 192847 specimens · 4 stops · 14 days
E.S.C. Handy
Maui and Molokaʻi · 4–18 Jun 1931
E.S.C. Handy in Maui and Molokaʻi, 4–18 June 193150 specimens · 2 stops · 15 days · 108 km
Brenda Bishop
3 islands of the United States · 3–18 Aug 1963
Brenda Bishop in Molokaʻi, Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, 3–18 August 196349 specimens · 2 stops · 16 days · 50 km
Zaca Exp
Tutuila and Savaii · 1–25 Oct 1936
Zaca Exp in Tutuila and Savaii, 1–25 October 193646 specimens · 2 stops · 25 days · 207 km
Mary Ann Lee
3 islands · 12–18 Feb 1975
Mary Ann Lee in Enewetak Atoll, Enewetok Atoll and Eniwetok Atoll, 12–18 February 197548 specimens · 6 stops · 7 days
D'Alte A. Welch
Hawaiʻi Island · Dec 1935 – Jan 1936
D'Alte A. Welch in Hawaiʻi Island, December 1935 – January 193656 specimens · 2 stops · 6 days · 87 km
Dominique Baré
Huahine · 8–25 Mar 1977
Dominique Baré in Huahine, 8–25 March 197740 specimens · 6 stops · 18 days
R.B. Sylva
Maui · 3–12 Jul 1978
R.B. Sylva in Maui, 3–12 July 197841 specimens · 3 stops · 10 days · 64 km
W.A. Whistler
6 islands · Apr – May 1979
W.A. Whistler across 6 islands, April – May 197941 specimens · 8 stops · 11 days · 80 km
Maxwell S. Doty
3 islands · Jan – Feb 1972
Maxwell S. Doty in Sitangkai, Tumindao and Taiwan, January – February 197291 specimens · 2 stops · 19 days
Luther E. Bishop
Costa Rica · 6–17 Jul 1967
Luther E. Bishop in Costa Rica, 6–17 July 196750 specimens · 2 stops · 12 days
Maxwell S. Doty
Borneo and Bohol · 12–25 Oct 1978
Maxwell S. Doty in Borneo and Bohol, 12–25 October 197844 specimens · 5 stops · 14 days · 1,531 km
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W.H. Magruder
Hawaiʻi Island · 18–28 May 1988
W.H. Magruder in Hawaiʻi Island, 18–28 May 198876 specimens · 3 stops · 11 days · 128 km
Timothy Flynn
3 islands · Oct – Nov 1989
Timothy Flynn in Upolu, Savaii and Maui, October – November 198943 specimens · 7 stops · 13 days · 4,300 km
Robert B. Moffitt
Maro Reef · Jun – Jul 2000
Robert B. Moffitt in Maro Reef, June – July 200040 specimens · 4 stops · 6 days · 89 km
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
Hawaiʻi Island · 23–28 Nov 1932
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Hawaiʻi Island, 23–28 November 193245 specimens · 6 stops · 6 days
Erling Christophersen
Tutuila and Upolu · 24–29 Jun 1931
Erling Christophersen in Tutuila and Upolu, 24–29 June 193153 specimens · 3 stops · 6 days · 145 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.