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
Harold St.John
16 islands · Jun – Aug 1956
Harold St.John across 16 islands, June – August 1956140 specimens · 31 stops · 69 days · 26,065 km
I. Skottsberg
6 islands of Chile · Nov 1916 – May 1917
I. Skottsberg across 6 islands of Chile, November 1916 – May 1917102 specimens · 55 stops · 174 days
van Royen
3 islands · Jun – Sep 1967
van Royen in Oʻahu, Kauaʻi and Moorea, June – September 1967147 specimens · 11 stops · 80 days · 8,799 km
R. Gankin
3 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1968
R. Gankin in Hawaiʻi Island, Maui and Oʻahu, June – July 1968143 specimens · 12 stops · 50 days · 1,198 km
Bobby Lee
Borneo and Sarawak · Sep – Oct 1987
Bobby Lee in Borneo and Sarawak, September – October 1987135 specimens · 16 stops · 45 days · 3,984 km
Otto Herman Swezey
Hawaiʻi Island · Aug – Sep 1919
Otto Herman Swezey in Hawaiʻi Island, August – September 1919289 specimens · 13 stops · 36 days
R. Herat
Oʻahu and Kauaʻi · Jun – Aug 1973
R. Herat in Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, June – August 1973129 specimens · 14 stops · 78 days · 254 km
T.R. Herat
Oʻahu and Kauaʻi · Jun – Aug 1973
T.R. Herat in Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, June – August 1973129 specimens · 14 stops · 78 days · 254 km
Otto Degener
5 islands · Aug – Oct 1981
Otto Degener across 5 islands, August – October 1981122 specimens · 26 stops · 41 days · 26,632 km
S. Frank Kajewski
Anatom and Aneityum · Feb – Mar 1929
S. Frank Kajewski in Anatom and Aneityum, February – March 1929200 specimens · 9 stops · 46 days
Joseph E. Alicata
Oʻahu · Nov 1935 – Mar 1936
Joseph E. Alicata in Oʻahu, November 1935 – March 193697 specimens · 29 stops · 106 days · 1,315 km
W.A. Whistler
'Eua Island · Jun – Jul 1990
W.A. Whistler in 'Eua Island, June – July 1990171 specimens · 24 stops · 30 days
F. Raymond Fosberg
Oʻahu and Molokaʻi · Feb – Apr 1948
F. Raymond Fosberg in Oʻahu and Molokaʻi, February – April 1948132 specimens · 15 stops · 71 days · 524 km
Wm. R. Taylor
8 islands of the United States · Jun – Aug 1924
Wm. R. Taylor across 8 islands of the United States, June – August 192496 specimens · 41 stops · 70 days
Johnson Randall
4 islands · 6–27 Mar 1988
Johnson Randall across 4 islands, 6–27 March 1988277 specimens · 17 stops · 22 days
L.S. Reynolds
Oʻahu · May – Jul 2006
L.S. Reynolds in Oʻahu, May – July 2006113 specimens · 23 stops · 53 days
M. Hotta
9 islands · Jul – Oct 1960
M. Hotta across 9 islands, July – October 1960126 specimens · 38 stops · 113 days · 3,718 km
William J. Hoe
Maui · 1–9 Jun 1977
William J. Hoe in Maui, 1–9 June 1977207 specimens · 9 stops · 9 days · 138 km
M.L. Lohman
3 islands of the United States · Aug – Sep 1952
M.L. Lohman in Hawaiʻi Island, Oʻahu and Maui, August – September 1952182 specimens · 14 stops · 22 days · 54 km
H.J. Jensen
7 islands · Feb – May 1922
H.J. Jensen across 7 islands, February – May 192291 specimens · 37 stops · 106 days
I.A. Rachman
Borneo · Oct – Nov 1996
I.A. Rachman in Borneo, October – November 1996174 specimens · 9 stops · 23 days · 2,688 km
Benjamin C. Stone
Hawaiʻi Island · Jun – Jul 1959
Benjamin C. Stone in Hawaiʻi Island, June – July 1959146 specimens · 12 stops · 39 days
M.E. Leu
3 islands of the United States · Dec 1988 – Mar 1989
M.E. Leu in Oʻahu, Kauaʻi and Maui, December 1988 – March 1989235 specimens · 13 stops · 99 days · 1,105 km
Charles N. Forbes
Oʻahu · Jan – May 1917
Charles N. Forbes in Oʻahu, January – May 1917140 specimens · 12 stops · 95 days · 453 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.