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
E.Y. Dawson
Enewetak Atoll and Mauke · Aug – Sep 1955
E.Y. Dawson in Enewetak Atoll and Mauke, August – September 1955435 specimens · 10 stops · 16 days
B. Stuercke
8 islands of the United States · Sep – Oct 2002
B. Stuercke across 8 islands of the United States, September – October 2002347 specimens · 11 stops · 25 days · 2,838 km
Maxwell S. Doty
9 islands of the United States · Jun – Sep 1946
Maxwell S. Doty across 9 islands of the United States, June – September 1946216 specimens · 29 stops · 83 days
Donald P. Rogers
11 islands · Apr – Sep 1946
Donald P. Rogers across 11 islands, April – September 1946275 specimens · 28 stops · 162 days · 6,269 km
Donald P. Abbott
4 islands · Jul – Oct 1953
Donald P. Abbott across 4 islands, July – October 1953221 specimens · 38 stops · 115 days
Donald P. Rogers
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · Oct 1946 – Jan 1947
Donald P. Rogers in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, October 1946 – January 1947224 specimens · 21 stops · 87 days · 818 km
Benjamin C. Stone
13 islands · Nov 1955 – Feb 1956
Benjamin C. Stone across 13 islands, November 1955 – February 1956233 specimens · 36 stops · 93 days · 11,844 km
Johnson Randall
14 islands · Jan – Apr 1980
Johnson Randall across 14 islands, January – April 1980346 specimens · 38 stops · 101 days
Charles N. Forbes
5 islands of the United States · Feb – Apr 1913
Charles N. Forbes across 5 islands of the United States, February – April 1913309 specimens · 8 stops · 60 days · 556 km
H.O. Sleumer
New Guinea and Oʻahu · Jan – Feb 1962
H.O. Sleumer in New Guinea and Oʻahu, January – February 1962239 specimens · 22 stops · 42 days · 9,681 km
Maxwell S. Doty
the United States · Jun – Aug 1943
Maxwell S. Doty in the United States, June – August 1943206 specimens · 28 stops · 70 days
Johnson Randall
15 islands of Palau · Mar – May 1970
Johnson Randall across 15 islands of Palau, March – May 1970432 specimens · 21 stops · 54 days · 44,188 km
Johnson Randall
5 islands of Micronesia · Jun – Nov 1969
Johnson Randall across 5 islands of Micronesia, June – November 1969322 specimens · 40 stops · 139 days · 27,973 km
A.W. Stewart
17 islands · Jul 1905 – Apr 1906
A.W. Stewart across 17 islands, July 1905 – April 1906215 specimens · 62 stops · 287 days
Johnson Randall
13 islands · Feb – Jun 1979
Johnson Randall across 13 islands, February – June 1979344 specimens · 33 stops · 111 days · 11,568 km
H.P. Nooteboom
3 islands · Jan – Mar 1969
H.P. Nooteboom in Borneo, Sabah and Java, January – March 1969194 specimens · 27 stops · 73 days · 38,443 km
Alvin Seale
3 islands · Mar – Jul 1900
Alvin Seale in Guam, Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, March – July 1900321 specimens · 26 stops · 129 days · 12,804 km
R. Herat
Hawaiʻi Island · Jun – Jul 1974
R. Herat in Hawaiʻi Island, June – July 1974247 specimens · 15 stops · 46 days · 75 km
Johnson Randall
5 islands · Feb – Mar 1983
Johnson Randall across 5 islands, February – March 1983426 specimens · 24 stops · 37 days
Henry Wiebke
4 islands of the United States · Mar – Aug 1926
Henry Wiebke across 4 islands of the United States, March – August 1926150 specimens · 51 stops · 152 days · 2,253 km
R.J. Catto
Maui and Oʻahu · Nov 1936 – Jan 1937
R.J. Catto in Maui and Oʻahu, November 1936 – January 1937293 specimens · 10 stops · 35 days · 106 km
W. Schultze-Motel
6 islands · Apr – Jun 1972
W. Schultze-Motel across 6 islands, April – June 1972161 specimens · 46 stops · 77 days · 448 km
B.G. Decker
Hiva Oa and Hivaoa · Sep – Dec 1963
B.G. Decker in Hiva Oa and Hivaoa, September – December 1963250 specimens · 26 stops · 83 days
R. Okano
4 islands of the United States · Apr – Jul 2003
R. Okano across 4 islands of the United States, April – July 2003276 specimens · 11 stops · 64 days · 2,513 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.