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
V Charles H. Gilbert cruise
3 islands · 11–19 Oct 1961
V Charles H. Gilbert cruise, 11–19 October 196147 specimens · 3 stops · 9 days · 184 km
Lisa Boucher
Enewetak Atoll · Sep – Oct 1982
Lisa Boucher in Enewetak Atoll, September – October 198264 specimens · 2 stops · 5 days
R.R. Whitten
the United States · 1–14 Oct 1929
R.R. Whitten in the United States, 1–14 October 192954 specimens · 2 stops · 14 days
Reilo Langsi
Pohnpei · Apr – May 2007
Reilo Langsi in Pohnpei, April – May 200746 specimens · 2 stops · 16 days · 21 km
W.P. Mull
8–20 Feb 1978
W.P. Mull, 8–20 February 197843 specimens · 3 stops · 13 days
Johnson Kimura
Ani-Jima and Chichi-Jima · 21–26 Jul 1991
Johnson Kimura in Ani-Jima and Chichi-Jima, 21–26 July 199141 specimens · 4 stops · 6 days
Alfred Make
3 islands · Feb – Mar 1971
Alfred Make in Marotiri Isles, Rapa Island and Rapa, February – March 197143 specimens · 3 stops · 10 days
Pierre Fourmanoir
New Caledonia · 11–16 Aug 1971
Pierre Fourmanoir in New Caledonia, 11–16 August 197147 specimens · 3 stops · 6 days
John W. Beardsley
1–14 Jun 1975
John W. Beardsley, 1–14 June 197541 specimens · 3 stops · 14 days
A.H. Banner O.R.D.M. Banner
Marakei Atoll · 1–24 Jun 1964
A.H. Banner O.R.D.M. Banner in Marakei Atoll, 1–24 June 196448 specimens · 2 stops · 24 days
R.M. Mike Severns
Manado · 27–31 Oct 1991
R.M. Mike Severns in Manado, 27–31 October 199145 specimens · 3 stops · 5 days
Betsy H. Gagne
7–15 Jul 1983
Betsy H. Gagne, 7–15 July 198351 specimens · 2 stops · 9 days
V Townsend Cromwell cruise 52
Oʻahu and Molokaʻi · Feb – Mar 1971
V Townsend Cromwell cruise 52, February – March 197144 specimens · 2 stops · 26 days · 50 km
Robert L. Usinger
19–23 Jul 1956
Robert L. Usinger, 19–23 July 195655 specimens · 2 stops · 5 days
Kazue Ozaki Earl T. Ozaki Collection
Oʻahu · 4–11 Aug 1963
Kazue Ozaki Earl T. Ozaki Collection, 4–11 August 196340 specimens · 3 stops · 8 days
Yasuhiro Oshiro
the United States · 1–11 May 1957
Yasuhiro Oshiro in the United States, 1–11 May 195748 specimens · 2 stops · 11 days
Local fishermen
Kerala State and India · 1–15 Feb 1980
Local fishermen in Kerala State and India, 1–15 February 198045 specimens · 2 stops · 15 days
J.C.E. Riotte
Kauaʻi · 7–25 Sep 1981
J.C.E. Riotte in Kauaʻi, 7–25 September 198140 specimens · 2 stops · 19 days
Helms
Oʻahu · 7–14 Jun 1988
Helms in Oʻahu, 7–14 June 198843 specimens · 2 stops · 8 days · 37 km
Peter J. Vine
Sudan · 11–15 Oct 1974
Peter J. Vine in Sudan, 11–15 October 197450 specimens · 2 stops · 5 days
Alvin Seale
Tahiti and Oʻahu · Nov – Dec 1900
Alvin Seale in Tahiti and Oʻahu, November – December 190041 specimens · 2 stops · 20 days · 4,423 km
Richard L. Pyle
Manado and Maumere Bay · Oct – Nov 1991
Richard L. Pyle in Manado and Maumere Bay, October – November 199145 specimens · 2 stops · 8 days
Dennis M. Devaney
Mangareva Island and Anuanuraro · 5–11 Dec 1970
Dennis M. Devaney in Mangareva Island and Anuanuraro, 5–11 December 197040 specimens · 2 stops · 7 days
K.N. Page
Tau and Swains Island · 12–18 Feb 2002
K.N. Page in Tau and Swains Island, 12–18 February 200241 specimens · 2 stops · 7 days · 395 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.