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
Ralph C. DeFelice
Oʻahu · Jul – Aug 1998
Ralph C. DeFelice in Oʻahu, July – August 199854 specimens · 2 stops · 30 days · 28 km
B. Jennions
Fanning Island and Teraina Island · Oct – Nov 1968
B. Jennions in Fanning Island and Teraina Island, October – November 196846 specimens · 4 stops · 11 days
Ralph Bowers
Johnston Atoll · 25–30 Jul 1968
Ralph Bowers in Johnston Atoll, 25–30 July 196858 specimens · 3 stops · 6 days
Fuentes
Cebu and Bohol · Mar – Apr 1993
Fuentes in Cebu and Bohol, March – April 199343 specimens · 2 stops · 11 days · 77 km
Otto Herman Swezey
Oʻahu · Jan – Feb 1920
Otto Herman Swezey in Oʻahu, January – February 192040 specimens · 4 stops · 29 days
Townsend-Cromwell Survey TC
Oʻahu · Jun – Jul 1996
Townsend-Cromwell Survey TC, June – July 199671 specimens · 2 stops · 7 days · 134 km
Anthony C. Robinson
Upolu and Savaii · 20–24 Jun 1994
Anthony C. Robinson in Upolu and Savaii, 20–24 June 199459 specimens · 3 stops · 5 days · 92 km
Mrs. Arthur Smith
KwaZulu-Natal · Jun – Jul 1977
Mrs. Arthur Smith in KwaZulu-Natal, June – July 197741 specimens · 5 stops · 10 days
station
Oʻahu and Molokaʻi · Feb – Mar 1971
station, February – March 197145 specimens · 3 stops · 30 days · 200 km
Randy Kosaki
3 islands · 1–19 Jun 1988
Randy Kosaki in Johnston Atoll, Pohnpei and Oʻahu, 1–19 June 198841 specimens · 4 stops · 19 days · 9,155 km
David Timmins Fullaway
Hawaiʻi Island · 6–16 Sep 1919
David Timmins Fullaway in Hawaiʻi Island, 6–16 September 191943 specimens · 4 stops · 11 days
D.J. Woodland
La Digue · 1–5 Jun 1977
D.J. Woodland in La Digue, 1–5 June 197756 specimens · 3 stops · 5 days
K. Payton
Lisianski and Maro Reef · Sep – Oct 2002
K. Payton in Lisianski and Maro Reef, September – October 200258 specimens · 2 stops · 17 days · 338 km
Philip Weber
Apr – May 1952
Philip Weber, April – May 195259 specimens · 2 stops · 17 days
Mike McCoy
Guadalcanal · 7–31 Jul 1973
Mike McCoy in Guadalcanal, 7–31 July 197356 specimens · 2 stops · 25 days
K.N. Page
Maug and Saipan · May – Jun 2007
K.N. Page in Maug and Saipan, May – June 200753 specimens · 2 stops · 11 days · 541 km
Patrick Colin
Port Moresby and Madang Province · Oct – Nov 1987
Patrick Colin in Port Moresby and Madang Province, October – November 198766 specimens · 2 stops · 7 days · 512 km
Johnson Randall
3 islands of Fiji · 12–24 Mar 2002
Johnson Randall in Nananu-I-Cake Island, Charybdis Reef and Viti Levu, 12–24 March 200241 specimens · 4 stops · 13 days · 1,140 km
Jacques Florence
3 islands of French Polynesia · Apr – May 1988
Jacques Florence in Rurutu, Raiatea and Hao Atoll, April – May 198843 specimens · 2 stops · 21 days · 1,193 km
T. Yoshino
Okinawa and Ryukyu Islands · 7–14 Sep 1977
T. Yoshino in Okinawa and Ryukyu Islands, 7–14 September 197750 specimens · 3 stops · 8 days
Robert H. Cowie
Hawaiʻi Island · 17–30 May 1999
Robert H. Cowie in Hawaiʻi Island, 17–30 May 199946 specimens · 3 stops · 14 days
M.E. Leu
Molokaʻi and Oʻahu · 9–21 Jul 1988
M.E. Leu in Molokaʻi and Oʻahu, 9–21 July 198856 specimens · 2 stops · 13 days · 109 km
K.S. Merrill
Johnston Atoll · 7–12 Apr 1984
K.S. Merrill in Johnston Atoll, 7–12 April 198444 specimens · 4 stops · 6 days
Alfredo Cea Egaña
Easter Island · 10–15 Feb 1985
Alfredo Cea Egaña in Easter Island, 10–15 February 198564 specimens · 2 stops · 6 days
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.