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
W.R. Sykes
Atiu and Rarotonga · Jun – Aug 1991
W.R. Sykes in Atiu and Rarotonga, June – August 1991252 specimens · 27 stops · 40 days
Harold St.John
7 islands · Nov – Dec 1953
Harold St.John across 7 islands, November – December 1953254 specimens · 14 stops · 33 days · 9,010 km
F.G. Smith
4 islands of the United States · Jan – May 1929
F.G. Smith across 4 islands of the United States, January – May 1929185 specimens · 19 stops · 110 days · 1,335 km
William H. Meinecke
Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island · Jun – Aug 1925
William H. Meinecke in Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island, June – August 1925271 specimens · 8 stops · 60 days · 622 km
Welche
Oʻahu · Aug – Oct 1935
Welche in Oʻahu, August – October 1935298 specimens · 6 stops · 69 days · 257 km
Harold St.John
4 islands of the United States · Nov 1954 – Feb 1955
Harold St.John across 4 islands of the United States, November 1954 – February 1955193 specimens · 22 stops · 97 days · 1,375 km
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
Oʻahu and Maui · Dec 1928 – Feb 1929
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Oʻahu and Maui, December 1928 – February 1929244 specimens · 12 stops · 88 days · 650 km
John L. Earle
18 islands · Sep – Dec 1993
John L. Earle across 18 islands, September – December 1993336 specimens · 27 stops · 81 days · 26,222 km
Paul K. Higashino
Maui · Jun – Aug 1976
Paul K. Higashino in Maui, June – August 1976229 specimens · 12 stops · 68 days · 162 km
Walter M. Giffard
Jan – May 1910
Walter M. Giffard, January – May 1910428 specimens · 11 stops · 122 days
Robert Hobdy
17 islands · Apr – Aug 1982
Robert Hobdy across 17 islands, April – August 1982250 specimens · 24 stops · 106 days · 16,977 km
A.R.H. Lamberton
4 islands of the United States · May – Jul 1953
A.R.H. Lamberton across 4 islands of the United States, May – July 1953292 specimens · 31 stops · 36 days · 445 km
G.T. Velasquez
Catanduanes and Luzon · Apr – May 1958
G.T. Velasquez in Catanduanes and Luzon, April – May 1958338 specimens · 7 stops · 36 days · 640 km
Kenneth R. Wood
4 islands of the United States · Mar – May 2005
Kenneth R. Wood across 4 islands of the United States, March – May 2005202 specimens · 17 stops · 58 days · 2,044 km
H.U. Stauffer
10 islands · Dec 1963 – Apr 1964
H.U. Stauffer across 10 islands, December 1963 – April 1964165 specimens · 43 stops · 140 days · 17,939 km
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Alfred F. Judd Jr
Molokaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Aug 1925
Alfred F. Judd Jr in Molokaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island, July – August 1925242 specimens · 11 stops · 60 days · 237 km
Robert H. Cowie
Tutuila and Hawaiʻi Island · 3–16 Mar 1998
Robert H. Cowie in Tutuila and Hawaiʻi Island, 3–16 March 1998511 specimens · 12 stops · 14 days
C.F. Mant
Oʻahu · May – Jul 1918
C.F. Mant in Oʻahu, May – July 1918224 specimens · 12 stops · 58 days · 1,248 km
John Q. Burch or John B. Burch
11 islands · Sep – Nov 1966
John Q. Burch or John B. Burch across 11 islands, September – November 1966264 specimens · 12 stops · 52 days · 1,201 km
Donald Anderson
Oʻahu · May – Jul 1937
Donald Anderson in Oʻahu, May – July 1937404 specimens · 3 stops · 67 days · 90 km
J.S. Burley
3 islands of Indonesia · Feb – Mar 1990
J.S. Burley in Sulawesi, Suluwesi and Celebes, February – March 1990198 specimens · 22 stops · 33 days · 3,146 km
J.T. Conover
3 islands · May – Dec 1945
J.T. Conover in Okinawa, Luzon and Saipan, May – December 1945141 specimens · 32 stops · 207 days · 4,946 km
M.L. Lohman
3 islands of the United States · Jun – Sep 1948
M.L. Lohman in Maui, Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, June – September 1948245 specimens · 33 stops · 83 days · 1,064 km
Rachel Benson
Oʻahu · May – Aug 1930
Rachel Benson in Oʻahu, May – August 1930219 specimens · 10 stops · 100 days · 618 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.