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
Walter M. Giffard
Hawaiʻi Island · Jun – Aug 1927
Walter M. Giffard in Hawaiʻi Island, June – August 1927248 specimens · 25 stops · 60 days · 184 km
Steven Perlman
4 islands of the United States · Mar – Oct 1991
Steven Perlman across 4 islands of the United States, March – October 1991189 specimens · 38 stops · 211 days · 6,398 km
Rhett M. McNair
15 islands of French Polynesia · Dec 1970 – May 1971
Rhett M. McNair across 15 islands of French Polynesia, December 1970 – May 1971421 specimens · 26 stops · 153 days · 4,423 km
Acad. Of Nat. Sci. Philadelphia
Maui · Jan – Mar 1957
Acad. Of Nat. Sci. Philadelphia in Maui, January – March 1957239 specimens · 27 stops · 45 days
R. Tucker Abbott
Maui · Jan – Mar 1957
R. Tucker Abbott in Maui, January – March 1957239 specimens · 27 stops · 45 days
Karla J. McDermid
8 islands of the United States · Sep – Oct 2002
Karla J. McDermid across 8 islands of the United States, September – October 2002383 specimens · 11 stops · 25 days · 2,834 km
R.L. Stemmermann
3 islands of the United States · May – Aug 1979
R.L. Stemmermann in Molokaʻi, Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, May – August 1979252 specimens · 25 stops · 94 days · 1,167 km
Robert L. Usinger
Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · Jun – Nov 1935
Robert L. Usinger in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, June – November 1935378 specimens · 27 stops · 135 days · 641 km
Kondo
4 islands · Sep – Oct 1934
Kondo across 4 islands, September – October 1934488 specimens · 5 stops · 18 days · 221 km
A. Bailey
7 islands of the Solomon Islands · Jul – Oct 1965
A. Bailey across 7 islands of the Solomon Islands, July – October 1965208 specimens · 37 stops · 123 days · 1,149 km
M.-H Sachet
8 islands of French Polynesia · Nov 1974 – Feb 1975
M.-H Sachet across 8 islands of French Polynesia, November 1974 – February 1975286 specimens · 34 stops · 108 days · 4,737 km
Johnson Randall
15 islands of Israel · Sep – Oct 1974
Johnson Randall across 15 islands of Israel, September – October 1974454 specimens · 30 stops · 42 days
Harold St.John
3 islands of the United States · Dec 1937 – Jan 1938
Harold St.John in Hawaiʻi Island, Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, December 1937 – January 1938290 specimens · 15 stops · 37 days · 359 km
Henry Wiebke
3 islands of the United States · Mar – Aug 1928
Henry Wiebke in Molokaʻi, Maui and Oʻahu, March – August 1928203 specimens · 32 stops · 146 days · 349 km
W. Teraoka
4 islands · Apr 1979 – Mar 1980
W. Teraoka across 4 islands, April 1979 – March 1980183 specimens · 58 stops · 348 days · 23,334 km
T. Amano
Okinawa and Iriomote Island · Jun – Aug 1951
T. Amano in Okinawa and Iriomote Island, June – August 1951214 specimens · 31 stops · 63 days
Clarence H. Cooke Jr.
Kauaʻi · Oct – Nov 1903
Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Kauaʻi, October – November 1903355 specimens · 15 stops · 39 days · 688 km
Isa Degener
6 islands · Dec 1968 – Feb 1969
Isa Degener across 6 islands, December 1968 – February 1969230 specimens · 30 stops · 52 days · 41,268 km
Timothy Flynn
Maui · Sep – Nov 1987
Timothy Flynn in Maui, September – November 1987250 specimens · 18 stops · 65 days · 80 km
Donald Anderson
Oʻahu · Feb – Apr 1940
Donald Anderson in Oʻahu, February – April 1940392 specimens · 5 stops · 81 days · 410 km
Erling Christophersen
5 islands · Oct – Nov 1929
Erling Christophersen across 5 islands, October – November 1929315 specimens · 20 stops · 44 days · 283 km
John W. Beardsley
the United States · Aug – Oct 1964
John W. Beardsley in the United States, August – October 1964636 specimens · 10 stops · 38 days
M.-H Sachet
6 islands · Jul – Nov 1963
M.-H Sachet across 6 islands, July – November 1963308 specimens · 22 stops · 118 days · 9,873 km
K. Eliezer
Sri Lanka · Oct – Nov 1973
K. Eliezer in Sri Lanka, October – November 1973309 specimens · 11 stops · 43 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.