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
Elwood Curtin Zimmerman
Oʻahu · 9–28 May 1943
Elwood Curtin Zimmerman in Oʻahu, 9–28 May 194374 specimens · 2 stops · 20 days
J.C. Regalado Jr.
3 islands of the Solomon Islands · Jul – Aug 1993
J.C. Regalado Jr. in Guadalcanal, Kolombangara and New Georgia, July – August 199341 specimens · 6 stops · 31 days · 815 km
S. Thomas
3 islands of Indonesia · 4–22 Apr 1995
S. Thomas in New Guinea, Irian Jaya and Papua, 4–22 April 199551 specimens · 2 stops · 19 days · 24 km
Karla J. McDermid
Hawaiʻi Island · Sep – Oct 2000
Karla J. McDermid in Hawaiʻi Island, September – October 200050 specimens · 4 stops · 24 days · 255 km
K. Kandel
Kauaʻi · 11–16 Nov 2002
K. Kandel in Kauaʻi, 11–16 November 200291 specimens · 2 stops · 6 days · 16 km
Dustin S. Smith
Oʻahu and Maui · 4–18 Apr 2005
Dustin S. Smith in Oʻahu and Maui, 4–18 April 200542 specimens · 2 stops · 15 days · 96 km
M.Q. Sirikolo
3 islands of the Solomon Islands · Jul – Aug 1993
M.Q. Sirikolo in Guadalcanal, Kolombangara and New Georgia, July – August 199340 specimens · 6 stops · 31 days · 815 km
M.L. Bristol
Savaii · 25–29 Jun 1968
M.L. Bristol in Savaii, 25–29 June 196848 specimens · 5 stops · 5 days
Zennoske Iwatsuki
Oʻahu and Kauaʻi · 3–21 Jun 1974
Zennoske Iwatsuki in Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, 3–21 June 197451 specimens · 3 stops · 19 days
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo
Mangareva · May – Jun 1934
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo in Mangareva, May – June 193444 specimens · 2 stops · 12 days · 4 km
Edmund J. Meadows
Oʻahu · 14–24 Sep 1941
Edmund J. Meadows in Oʻahu, 14–24 September 194143 specimens · 2 stops · 11 days · 33 km
Gustav Paulay
3 islands of the Pitcairn Islands · 12–28 May 1987
Gustav Paulay in Henderson Island, Oeno Island and Pitcairn Island, 12–28 May 198741 specimens · 4 stops · 17 days · 285 km
T. Spencer
3 islands of the Pitcairn Islands · 12–28 May 1987
T. Spencer in Henderson Island, Oeno Island and Pitcairn Island, 12–28 May 198741 specimens · 4 stops · 17 days · 285 km
Elwood Curtin Zimmerman
Oʻahu · 11–20 Nov 1934
Elwood Curtin Zimmerman in Oʻahu, 11–20 November 193463 specimens · 3 stops · 10 days
B.K. Kirchoff
Oʻahu · 24–30 May 1988
B.K. Kirchoff in Oʻahu, 24–30 May 198845 specimens · 2 stops · 7 days
Betsy H. Gagne
Maui · Feb – Mar 1984
Betsy H. Gagne in Maui, February – March 198463 specimens · 3 stops · 13 days
John Strazanac
Nihoa · 20–28 Jun 1990
John Strazanac in Nihoa, 20–28 June 199047 specimens · 6 stops · 9 days
A. Harbottle
Lānaʻi · 5–11 Feb 2003
A. Harbottle in Lānaʻi, 5–11 February 200374 specimens · 2 stops · 7 days · 147 km
Maxwell S. Doty
Oʻahu · Mar – Apr 1960
Maxwell S. Doty in Oʻahu, March – April 196042 specimens · 5 stops · 19 days · 164 km
K. Morrison
Maui · 2–11 May 2023
K. Morrison in Maui, 2–11 May 202344 specimens · 2 stops · 10 days
E.J. Funk
Sri Lanka and Hawaiʻi Island · 9–18 Dec 1992
E.J. Funk in Sri Lanka and Hawaiʻi Island, 9–18 December 199244 specimens · 2 stops · 10 days
M. Gilmartin
Enewetak Atoll · Aug – Sep 1955
M. Gilmartin in Enewetak Atoll, August – September 195541 specimens · 6 stops · 10 days
S.N. Ching
Oʻahu · Apr – May 2022
S.N. Ching in Oʻahu, April – May 202251 specimens · 3 stops · 28 days
Clarence H. Cooke Jr.
Palmyra Atoll · 1–28 Jul 1913
Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Palmyra Atoll, 1–28 July 191342 specimens · 2 stops · 28 days · 893 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.