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
Ted E. should Be D. Dranga
4 islands · Dec 1925 – Jan 1926
Ted E. should Be D. Dranga across 4 islands, December 1925 – January 1926365 specimens · 3 stops · 39 days · 8,285 km
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16 islands · Jul – Dec 1955
station, July – December 1955196 specimens · 82 stops · 144 days · 48,394 km
T.T. Earle
5 islands of New Zealand · Jan – Mar 1935
T.T. Earle across 5 islands of New Zealand, January – March 1935150 specimens · 28 stops · 46 days · 5,344 km
Derral R. Herbst
3 islands of the United States · Feb – Jul 1967
Derral R. Herbst in Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi Island and Kauaʻi, February – July 1967135 specimens · 25 stops · 141 days · 459 km
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Steven L. Montgomery
9 islands of French Polynesia · Jul – Oct 1988
Steven L. Montgomery across 9 islands of French Polynesia, July – October 1988277 specimens · 18 stops · 73 days · 10,669 km
Carl Skottsberg
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · 1–30 Sep 1926
Carl Skottsberg in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, 1–30 September 1926187 specimens · 16 stops · 30 days · 459 km
E.J. Reynoso
Palawan and Coron · May – Jun 1993
E.J. Reynoso in Palawan and Coron, May – June 1993203 specimens · 13 stops · 35 days · 1,515 km
E.J. Reynoso
Luzon and Sibuyan · Jan – Feb 1994
E.J. Reynoso in Luzon and Sibuyan, January – February 1994182 specimens · 16 stops · 41 days
Otto Herman Swezey
Maui · Jul – Nov 1918
Otto Herman Swezey in Maui, July – November 1918300 specimens · 17 stops · 120 days
Benjamin C. Stone
Palawan and Palawan Island · Jan – Feb 1991
Benjamin C. Stone in Palawan and Palawan Island, January – February 1991190 specimens · 15 stops · 33 days
G.T. Kraft
22 islands of the Philippines · Apr – Jul 1968
G.T. Kraft across 22 islands of the Philippines, April – July 1968166 specimens · 24 stops · 82 days · 3,991 km
John August Kusche
Kauaʻi · Apr – Jun 1920
John August Kusche in Kauaʻi, April – June 1920360 specimens · 10 stops · 68 days · 63 km
J. Manson Valentine
3 islands of Fiji · Jul 1937 – Jan 1938
J. Manson Valentine in Viti Levu, Taveuni and Ovalau, July 1937 – January 1938131 specimens · 28 stops · 185 days · 23,764 km
Wm. R. Taylor
14 islands · Feb – May 1949
Wm. R. Taylor across 14 islands, February – May 1949133 specimens · 35 stops · 98 days
Otto Degener
4 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1961
Otto Degener across 4 islands of the United States, June – July 1961153 specimens · 22 stops · 54 days · 560 km
H.B. Baker
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · Aug – Sep 1935
H.B. Baker in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, August – September 1935316 specimens · 4 stops · 28 days · 429 km
T. Hosokawa
11 islands · Jul – Sep 1937
T. Hosokawa across 11 islands, July – September 1937180 specimens · 26 stops · 87 days · 4,494 km
Rokuro Yamaguchi
Oʻahu · Jan – Feb 1936
Rokuro Yamaguchi in Oʻahu, January – February 1936354 specimens · 3 stops · 36 days · 291 km
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Wayne N. Takeuchi
8 islands · Jun – Jul 1980
Wayne N. Takeuchi across 8 islands, June – July 1980200 specimens · 12 stops · 29 days · 1,582 km
Adolph D.E. Elmer
5 islands · Apr – May 1910
Adolph D.E. Elmer across 5 islands, April – May 1910375 specimens · 3 stops · 31 days
Henry Wiebke
Maui and Oʻahu · Jun – Aug 1927
Henry Wiebke in Maui and Oʻahu, June – August 1927127 specimens · 34 stops · 79 days · 304 km
S.J. Anderson
Molokaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island · Jan – May 1982
S.J. Anderson in Molokaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island, January – May 1982153 specimens · 18 stops · 132 days · 578 km
Walter M. Giffard
Hawaiʻi Island · Jan – Jun 1912
Walter M. Giffard in Hawaiʻi Island, January – June 1912272 specimens · 19 stops · 145 days
Derral R. Herbst
4 islands of the United States · Jun – Aug 1970
Derral R. Herbst across 4 islands of the United States, June – August 1970140 specimens · 25 stops · 72 days · 674 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.