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
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
A. Nateewathana
Ko Miang · 11–17 Feb 1979
A. Nateewathana in Ko Miang, 11–17 February 197974 specimens · 3 stops · 7 days
P. Tantichodok
Ko Miang · 11–17 Feb 1979
P. Tantichodok in Ko Miang, 11–17 February 197974 specimens · 3 stops · 7 days
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
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
the United States · Jul – Aug 1926
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in the United States, July – August 192640 specimens · 6 stops · 48 days
P.D. Ashlock
22–30 Jun 1966
P.D. Ashlock, 22–30 June 196650 specimens · 6 stops · 9 days
Edmund J. Meadows
Oʻahu · 14–24 Sep 1941
Edmund J. Meadows in Oʻahu, 14–24 September 194143 specimens · 2 stops · 11 days · 33 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
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
Therese Hayes
Midway Atoll · 12–18 Sep 1991
Therese Hayes in Midway Atoll, 12–18 September 199162 specimens · 4 stops · 7 days
Aushalom Levy
3 islands · 15–21 Sep 1974
Aushalom Levy in Ras Muhammad, Sharm El-Moya and Dahab, 15–21 September 197462 specimens · 4 stops · 7 days
Elwood Curtin Zimmerman
Oʻahu · 11–20 Nov 1934
Elwood Curtin Zimmerman in Oʻahu, 11–20 November 193463 specimens · 3 stops · 10 days
Albert Baranes
6 islands · Oct – Nov 1975
Albert Baranes across 6 islands, October – November 197553 specimens · 5 stops · 9 days
B.K. Kirchoff
Oʻahu · 24–30 May 1988
B.K. Kirchoff in Oʻahu, 24–30 May 198845 specimens · 2 stops · 7 days
J. van der Land
8 islands of the Seychelles · Dec 1992 – Jan 1993
J. van der Land across 8 islands of the Seychelles, December 1992 – January 199342 specimens · 7 stops · 15 days · 564 km
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
R. Traub
Papua New Guinea · Oct – Nov 1968
R. Traub in Papua New Guinea, October – November 196842 specimens · 5 stops · 44 days
A. Harbottle
Lānaʻi · 5–11 Feb 2003
A. Harbottle in Lānaʻi, 5–11 February 200374 specimens · 2 stops · 7 days · 147 km
O. Custer
4 islands · 8–12 Jun 1968
O. Custer across 4 islands, 8–12 June 196872 specimens · 3 stops · 5 days
Arnold Suzumoto
Enewetak Atoll · Apr – May 1978
Arnold Suzumoto in Enewetak Atoll, April – May 197848 specimens · 5 stops · 14 days
Maxwell S. Doty
Oʻahu · Mar – Apr 1960
Maxwell S. Doty in Oʻahu, March – April 196042 specimens · 5 stops · 19 days · 164 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.