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
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
Johnson Randall
3 islands of Fiji · Jan – Mar 1991
Johnson Randall in Norfolk Island, Viti Levu and Lord Howe, January – March 199140 specimens · 9 stops · 42 days · 2,296 km
E.F. Bishop
Kodiak and Kodiak Island · 3–14 Jun 1973
E.F. Bishop in Kodiak and Kodiak Island, 3–14 June 197349 specimens · 2 stops · 12 days
C.W. Dodge
4 islands of Panama · 3–7 Sep 1925
C.W. Dodge across 4 islands of Panama, 3–7 September 192545 specimens · 3 stops · 5 days
J. van Egmond
7 islands · Dec 1992 – Jan 1993
J. van Egmond across 7 islands, December 1992 – January 199347 specimens · 8 stops · 16 days
Alice T. Cooke
Maui · 25–29 May 1915
Alice T. Cooke in Maui, 25–29 May 191555 specimens · 2 stops · 5 days · 38 km
Richard H. Randall
Taiwan · Jun – Jul 1978
Richard H. Randall in Taiwan, June – July 197894 specimens · 2 stops · 15 days
T. Foliga
Upolu and Savaii · 2–15 Jun 2016
T. Foliga in Upolu and Savaii, 2–15 June 201641 specimens · 5 stops · 14 days · 80 km
A. Palmer
Guam and Saipan · 5–21 Jun 2006
A. Palmer in Guam and Saipan, 5–21 June 200691 specimens · 2 stops · 17 days · 7,466 km
J.S. Davis
Kauaʻi · 2–9 Sep 1979
J.S. Davis in Kauaʻi, 2–9 September 197944 specimens · 3 stops · 8 days
and Mrs. Murnan
Oʻahu · 15–19 Mar 1948
and Mrs. Murnan in Oʻahu, 15–19 March 194854 specimens · 2 stops · 5 days · 154 km
George F. Arnemann
Kauaʻi · 19–23 Jan 1948
George F. Arnemann in Kauaʻi, 19–23 January 194854 specimens · 2 stops · 5 days · 39 km
Richard L. Pyle
6 islands · 11–28 Apr 2007
Richard L. Pyle across 6 islands, 11–28 April 200743 specimens · 8 stops · 18 days · 1,784 km
Anthony Polansky
Oʻahu · Jan – Feb 1964
Anthony Polansky in Oʻahu, January – February 196445 specimens · 2 stops · 18 days
M. LeGrande
3 islands of the United States · Feb – Mar 2003
M. LeGrande in Niʻihau, Lānaʻi and Kahoʻolawe, February – March 200349 specimens · 3 stops · 32 days · 441 km
Richard L. Pyle
Midway Atoll and Oʻahu · Sep – Oct 1991
Richard L. Pyle in Midway Atoll and Oʻahu, September – October 199147 specimens · 6 stops · 31 days · 2,081 km
R.L. Stemmermann
Yap · Jul – Aug 1978
R.L. Stemmermann in Yap, July – August 197861 specimens · 4 stops · 5 days
R. Won
Oʻahu · 5–10 May 1954
R. Won in Oʻahu, 5–10 May 195452 specimens · 2 stops · 6 days
D. Orr
Oʻahu · 16–23 Dec 1994
D. Orr in Oʻahu, 16–23 December 199452 specimens · 2 stops · 8 days
M.J. Balick
4 islands of Micronesia · 5–17 Aug 2002
M.J. Balick across 4 islands of Micronesia, 5–17 August 200261 specimens · 3 stops · 13 days · 117 km
C.H. Lamoureux
Oʻahu and Laysan · Oct – Nov 1961
C.H. Lamoureux in Oʻahu and Laysan, October – November 196142 specimens · 3 stops · 13 days · 3,225 km
W. Harry Lange
Saipan · Mar – Apr 1948
W. Harry Lange in Saipan, March – April 194847 specimens · 2 stops · 33 days · 126 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.