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. 2,592 journeys so far, 1874 to 2026, 493,508 specimens between them.
1,114 collectors and expeditions42,779 days in the field8,765,933 km between stops330,332 photographed specimens
2,592 journeys
F.J.M. Gaerlan
Luzon · Aug – Sep 1992
F.J.M. Gaerlan in Luzon, August – September 199246 specimens · 4 stops · 10 days
R.C. McGregor
5 islands of the Philippines · 1–20 Jun 1914
R.C. McGregor across 5 islands of the Philippines, 1–20 June 191451 specimens · 2 stops · 20 days
Dana G. Griffin III
Cartago and San Jose · Aug – Sep 1973
Dana G. Griffin III in Cartago and San Jose, August – September 197342 specimens · 3 stops · 14 days
Emos Eperiam
Pohnpei · Apr – May 2007
Emos Eperiam in Pohnpei, April – May 200755 specimens · 4 stops · 16 days · 386 km
B. Jones
Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · May – Jun 1988
B. Jones in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, May – June 1988106 specimens · 2 stops · 10 days · 299 km
Ian McLeish
3 islands of Oman · 5–9 Feb 1993
Ian McLeish in Southern Oman, Salalah and Oman, 5–9 February 199375 specimens · 5 stops · 5 days
Gordon M. Nishida
Oʻahu · Jun – Aug 1977
Gordon M. Nishida in Oʻahu, June – August 197748 specimens · 6 stops · 75 days
C.W. Isle
Oʻahu · May – Jun 1936
C.W. Isle in Oʻahu, May – June 193658 specimens · 2 stops · 7 days · 31 km
J.C. Regalado Jr.
New Guinea and New Ireland · 1–16 Aug 1995
J.C. Regalado Jr. in New Guinea and New Ireland, 1–16 August 199543 specimens · 3 stops · 16 days · 857 km
O. Amone
'Eua Island · Nov – Dec 2000
O. Amone in 'Eua Island, November – December 200049 specimens · 5 stops · 6 days · 713 km
D. Koroiveibau
Vanua Levu · May – Jun 1967
D. Koroiveibau in Vanua Levu, May – June 196740 specimens · 4 stops · 14 days
H.B.S. Womersley
Australia · 10–19 Aug 1957
H.B.S. Womersley in Australia, 10–19 August 195755 specimens · 2 stops · 10 days
Charles N. Forbes
Oʻahu · Aug – Sep 1915
Charles N. Forbes in Oʻahu, August – September 191566 specimens · 2 stops · 16 days
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Alfred F. Judd Jr
5 islands · 1–19 Jun 1935
Alfred F. Judd Jr across 5 islands, 1–19 June 193557 specimens · 4 stops · 19 days · 5,025 km
B. Christian
Pitcairn Island · 3–14 Jun 1934
B. Christian in Pitcairn Island, 3–14 June 193474 specimens · 2 stops · 12 days
G. Whiting
Oʻahu · 12–23 Jan 1929
G. Whiting in Oʻahu, 12–23 January 192953 specimens · 2 stops · 12 days · 41 km
J.S. Davis
Kauaʻi · Aug – Sep 1977
J.S. Davis in Kauaʻi, August – September 197742 specimens · 4 stops · 5 days
Patrick V. Kirch
Niuatoputapu Island · 13–19 Jul 1976
Patrick V. Kirch in Niuatoputapu Island, 13–19 July 197664 specimens · 4 stops · 7 days
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
Johnson Randall
7 islands · May – Jun 1993
Johnson Randall across 7 islands, May – June 199340 specimens · 11 stops · 37 days · 14,226 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
Johnson Randall
Johnston Atoll · 6–12 Apr 1984
Johnson Randall in Johnston Atoll, 6–12 April 198460 specimens · 7 stops · 7 days
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
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.