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
NOAA CRED
8 islands of the Northern Mariana Islands · Apr – May 2009
NOAA CRED, April – May 200945 specimens · 8 stops · 15 days · 820 km
Ernani Meñez
Palmyra Atoll · Dec 1959 – Jan 1960
Ernani Meñez in Palmyra Atoll, December 1959 – January 196044 specimens · 3 stops · 6 days
William J. Hoe
Hawaiʻi Island · 12–16 Jul 1982
William J. Hoe in Hawaiʻi Island, 12–16 July 198243 specimens · 3 stops · 5 days
George F. Arnemann
Kauaʻi · 2–22 May 1948
George F. Arnemann in Kauaʻi, 2–22 May 194843 specimens · 2 stops · 21 days
Ben Olivera
Oʻahu · May – Jun 1917
Ben Olivera in Oʻahu, May – June 191743 specimens · 2 stops · 19 days · 157 km
Richard L. Pyle
Augulpelu Reef and Ngemlis Island · 6–18 May 1997
Richard L. Pyle in Augulpelu Reef and Ngemlis Island, 6–18 May 199751 specimens · 6 stops · 13 days · 179 km
N.H. Wilson
the Philippines · Jul – Aug 1964
N.H. Wilson in the Philippines, July – August 196451 specimens · 6 stops · 13 days
Judson Linsley Gressitt
the United States · Jun – Aug 1954
Judson Linsley Gressitt in the United States, June – August 195452 specimens · 4 stops · 47 days
Pierre Laboute
New Caledonia and Uvea Island · 5–13 Jan 1979
Pierre Laboute in New Caledonia and Uvea Island, 5–13 January 197950 specimens · 7 stops · 9 days
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Steven L. Montgomery
Maui · Sep – Oct 1979
Steven L. Montgomery in Maui, September – October 197950 specimens · 5 stops · 13 days
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W.H. Magruder
Hawaiʻi Island · 19–23 Apr 1988
W.H. Magruder in Hawaiʻi Island, 19–23 April 198864 specimens · 4 stops · 5 days · 243 km
V Townsend Cromwell cruise 67
5 islands of the United States · Oct – Nov 1975
V Townsend Cromwell cruise 67, October – November 197543 specimens · 7 stops · 26 days · 2,702 km
Elwood Curtin Zimmerman
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · Jan – Feb 1935
Elwood Curtin Zimmerman in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, January – February 193542 specimens · 4 stops · 21 days · 179 km
Masatomi Suzuki
3 islands of Tonga · 14–28 Mar 2002
Masatomi Suzuki in 'Eua Island, Niuatoputapu Island and Tafahi Island, 14–28 March 200266 specimens · 2 stops · 15 days · 615 km
Elwood Curtin Zimmerman
Oʻahu · 9–28 May 1943
Elwood Curtin Zimmerman in Oʻahu, 9–28 May 194374 specimens · 2 stops · 20 days
D.S. Rabor
the Philippines · Mar – May 1962
D.S. Rabor in the Philippines, March – May 196245 specimens · 5 stops · 50 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
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5 islands of the United States · Oct – Nov 1975
station, October – November 197542 specimens · 7 stops · 26 days · 2,702 km
H. Shareef
South Male Atoll and North Male Atoll · 18–24 Mar 1988
H. Shareef in South Male Atoll and North Male Atoll, 18–24 March 198895 specimens · 2 stops · 7 days
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
Judson Linsley Gressitt
the United States · 1–7 Dec 1956
Judson Linsley Gressitt in the United States, 1–7 December 195664 specimens · 4 stops · 7 days
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
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.