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
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo
13 islands · Feb – Jun 1966
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo across 13 islands, February – June 1966155 specimens · 40 stops · 141 days · 4,507 km
Harold E. Parks
5 islands · May – Jun 1926
Harold E. Parks across 5 islands, May – June 1926333 specimens · 7 stops · 32 days · 1,859 km
Otto Degener
4 islands · Dec 1949 – May 1950
Otto Degener across 4 islands, December 1949 – May 1950142 specimens · 27 stops · 159 days · 1,031 km
Pele Expedition: Sulu Sea
Jan – Mar 1964
Pele Expedition: Sulu Sea, January – March 1964179 specimens · 17 stops · 52 days
Mary Eleanor King
Jan – Mar 1964
Mary Eleanor King, January – March 1964179 specimens · 17 stops · 52 days
Alvin K. Chock
3 islands of the United States · Dec 1951 – Mar 1952
Alvin K. Chock in Maui, Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, December 1951 – March 1952166 specimens · 19 stops · 99 days · 1,160 km
E.T. Moul
6 islands · Jun – Sep 1951
E.T. Moul across 6 islands, June – September 1951160 specimens · 50 stops · 93 days · 2,573 km
Steven Perlman
7 islands · Jan – Apr 2009
Steven Perlman across 7 islands, January – April 2009157 specimens · 25 stops · 94 days · 15,389 km
P.S. Vroom
7 islands · Jan – Mar 2002
P.S. Vroom across 7 islands, January – March 2002348 specimens · 9 stops · 50 days · 6,339 km
Otto Degener
Oʻahu and Maui · May – Sep 1935
Otto Degener in Oʻahu and Maui, May – September 1935146 specimens · 27 stops · 112 days · 990 km
E. Mirmanto
Borneo · Oct – Nov 1996
E. Mirmanto in Borneo, October – November 1996230 specimens · 11 stops · 23 days · 2,688 km
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
Oʻahu and Maui · Sep 1919 – Jan 1920
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Oʻahu and Maui, September 1919 – January 1920201 specimens · 28 stops · 133 days · 556 km
Glen W. Russ
Hawaiʻi Island and Lānaʻi · Jun – Oct 1927
Glen W. Russ in Hawaiʻi Island and Lānaʻi, June – October 1927140 specimens · 26 stops · 123 days · 55 km
P.J. Philson
5 islands of New Zealand · Jan – Mar 1935
P.J. Philson across 5 islands of New Zealand, January – March 1935154 specimens · 29 stops · 46 days · 5,344 km
B.G. Decker
8 islands · Sep – Nov 1974
B.G. Decker across 8 islands, September – November 1974227 specimens · 24 stops · 63 days · 5,150 km
H.A. Pilsbry
4 islands of the United States · Jan – Mar 1913
H.A. Pilsbry across 4 islands of the United States, January – March 1913189 specimens · 13 stops · 56 days · 1,191 km
Otto Degener
4 islands · Jun – Dec 1922
Otto Degener across 4 islands, June – December 1922113 specimens · 48 stops · 194 days · 3,540 km
Stokes
Rapa · Jun – Oct 1921
Stokes in Rapa, June – October 1921174 specimens · 12 stops · 143 days · 1,215 km
Derral R. Herbst
Oʻahu and Kauaʻi · Feb – Jun 1966
Derral R. Herbst in Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, February – June 1966143 specimens · 23 stops · 124 days · 935 km
G.S. Mizuno
Maui · Jun – Aug 1976
G.S. Mizuno in Maui, June – August 1976214 specimens · 9 stops · 68 days · 130 km
C. McMillan
New Caledonia and Grande-Terre · Jun – Aug 1952
C. McMillan in New Caledonia and Grande-Terre, June – August 1952199 specimens · 26 stops · 52 days
H.A. Miller
5 islands · Mar – Apr 1965
H.A. Miller across 5 islands, March – April 1965261 specimens · 6 stops · 42 days · 16,828 km
Otto Herman Swezey
Guam · May – Nov 1936
Otto Herman Swezey in Guam, May – November 1936137 specimens · 45 stops · 207 days
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William A. Setchell
3 islands · Jun – Jul 1920
William A. Setchell in Tutuila, Aunuu and Rose Atoll, June – July 1920175 specimens · 32 stops · 51 days · 21 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.