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
Pils
4 islands · Jan – Mar 1913
Pils across 4 islands, January – March 1913362 specimens · 13 stops · 54 days · 1,100 km
W.A. Whistler
11 islands · May 1976 – Jan 1977
W.A. Whistler across 11 islands, May 1976 – January 1977301 specimens · 62 stops · 237 days · 2,182 km
Harold St.John
4 islands of the United States · Sep 1952 – Feb 1953
Harold St.John across 4 islands of the United States, September 1952 – February 1953271 specimens · 28 stops · 151 days · 1,245 km
Samoan Exped
Tutuila · 17–31 Mar 1926
Samoan Exped, 17–31 March 19261,016 specimens · 2 stops · 15 days · 16 km
Warren L. Wagner Jr.
5 islands of the United States · Feb – Apr 1988
Warren L. Wagner Jr. across 5 islands of the United States, February – April 1988306 specimens · 22 stops · 64 days · 933 km
R.S. Cowan
11 islands · Aug – Sep 1946
R.S. Cowan across 11 islands, August – September 1946484 specimens · 17 stops · 41 days · 1,023 km
Johnson Randall
11 islands · Aug – Oct 1988
Johnson Randall across 11 islands, August – October 1988522 specimens · 31 stops · 72 days · 5,627 km
F.C. How
Hainan and Hainan Island · May – Aug 1935
F.C. How in Hainan and Hainan Island, May – August 1935379 specimens · 9 stops · 93 days
C.R. Long
24 islands · Apr – Jul 1964
C.R. Long across 24 islands, April – July 1964264 specimens · 39 stops · 91 days · 15,404 km
E. Ordonez
5 islands of Fiji · Nov 1940 – Jan 1941
E. Ordonez across 5 islands of Fiji, November 1940 – January 1941444 specimens · 14 stops · 70 days · 10,426 km
Benjamin C. Stone
4 islands of the United States · Feb – Jun 1960
Benjamin C. Stone across 4 islands of the United States, February – June 1960273 specimens · 22 stops · 115 days · 2,148 km
K.N. Page
10 islands · Jan – Feb 2004
K.N. Page across 10 islands, January – February 2004679 specimens · 8 stops · 45 days · 4,821 km
Seymour H. Sohmer
5 islands of Papua New Guinea · Mar – Jun 1979
Seymour H. Sohmer across 5 islands of Papua New Guinea, March – June 1979294 specimens · 22 stops · 106 days · 3,435 km
David H. Lorence
6 islands · Jun – Aug 1988
David H. Lorence across 6 islands, June – August 1988538 specimens · 18 stops · 37 days · 9,578 km
George F. Arnemann
4 islands · Aug – Sep 1966
George F. Arnemann across 4 islands, August – September 1966345 specimens · 19 stops · 39 days · 2,425 km
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo
4 islands · Aug – Sep 1966
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo across 4 islands, August – September 1966345 specimens · 19 stops · 39 days · 2,425 km
Harold St.John
5 islands · Sep 1947 – Jan 1948
Harold St.John across 5 islands, September 1947 – January 1948276 specimens · 21 stops · 126 days · 13,296 km
Neth. Ind. For. Service
14 islands · Apr 1939 – Jan 1940
Neth. Ind. For. Service, April 1939 – January 1940171 specimens · 91 stops · 272 days · 40,249 km
Walter M. Giffard
Oct 1916 – Feb 1917
Walter M. Giffard, October 1916 – February 1917542 specimens · 19 stops · 131 days
S. Carlquist
14 islands · Jun – Oct 1966
S. Carlquist across 14 islands, June – October 1966208 specimens · 55 stops · 112 days · 6,722 km
Ismail Indah
Borneo and Kalimantan · Apr – May 1994
Ismail Indah in Borneo and Kalimantan, April – May 1994274 specimens · 31 stops · 38 days · 2,267 km
Charles N. Forbes
3 islands of the United States · Jan – Apr 1915
Charles N. Forbes in Molokaʻi, Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, January – April 1915353 specimens · 21 stops · 65 days · 233 km
Paul K. Higashino
Hawaiʻi Island and Maui · Jun – Aug 1977
Paul K. Higashino in Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, June – August 1977290 specimens · 18 stops · 83 days · 260 km
Judd
Molokaʻi · 5–20 Feb 1919
Judd in Molokaʻi, 5–20 February 1919474 specimens · 8 stops · 16 days · 87 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.