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
K.E. Schlech
Oʻahu · Jun – Jul 1979
K.E. Schlech in Oʻahu, June – July 1979124 specimens · 17 stops · 50 days
Maxwell S. Doty
Penikese · Jun – Sep 1947
Maxwell S. Doty in Penikese, June – September 1947123 specimens · 22 stops · 86 days
Alvarez
Luzon · Aug – Sep 1991
Alvarez in Luzon, August – September 1991163 specimens · 12 stops · 18 days
F. Raymond Fosberg
8 islands · Sep – Oct 1960
F. Raymond Fosberg across 8 islands, September – October 1960112 specimens · 22 stops · 56 days · 12,270 km
J.E. Lewis
3 islands of the United States · Mar – May 1984
J.E. Lewis in Hawaiʻi Island, Oʻahu and Maui, March – May 1984129 specimens · 12 stops · 90 days · 948 km
P.S. Vroom
6 islands · Aug – Oct 2002
P.S. Vroom across 6 islands, August – October 2002215 specimens · 10 stops · 50 days · 8,208 km
Gavino Trono Jr
19 islands of the Philippines · Jun – Jul 1971
Gavino Trono Jr across 19 islands of the Philippines, June – July 1971148 specimens · 10 stops · 50 days
Steve R. Christian
3 islands · Dec 1970 – Jan 1971
Steve R. Christian in Pitcairn Island, Ducie Atoll and Henderson Island, December 1970 – January 1971307 specimens · 10 stops · 30 days · 236 km
Alvarez
Palawan · May – Jun 1993
Alvarez in Palawan, May – June 1993168 specimens · 9 stops · 29 days · 758 km
R.R. Ireland Jr.
Canada · 2–23 Aug 1971
R.R. Ireland Jr. in Canada, 2–23 August 1971135 specimens · 16 stops · 22 days
Patrick V. Kirch
Niuatoputapu Island · Aug – Nov 1976
Patrick V. Kirch in Niuatoputapu Island, August – November 1976154 specimens · 20 stops · 100 days
Mary E. Fallen
New Guinea and New Caledonia · Jun – Aug 1977
Mary E. Fallen in New Guinea and New Caledonia, June – August 1977154 specimens · 10 stops · 55 days · 4,150 km
D. Mueller-Dombois
Lord Howe and Norfolk Island · 5–17 Sep 1992
D. Mueller-Dombois in Lord Howe and Norfolk Island, 5–17 September 1992185 specimens · 10 stops · 13 days
Ted E. should Be D. Dranga
6 islands · 1–24 May 1923
Ted E. should Be D. Dranga across 6 islands, 1–24 May 1923157 specimens · 12 stops · 24 days · 3,034 km
Isa Degener
5 islands · Aug – Oct 1981
Isa Degener across 5 islands, August – October 1981115 specimens · 26 stops · 41 days · 26,632 km
Alvin Seale
5 islands · May – Jun 1903
Alvin Seale across 5 islands, May – June 1903311 specimens · 7 stops · 32 days · 1,333 km
Richard Pearson
Dec 1962 – Jan 1963
Richard Pearson, December 1962 – January 1963187 specimens · 7 stops · 18 days
P. Ollerenshaw
Australia · Oct – Dec 1986
P. Ollerenshaw in Australia, October – December 1986116 specimens · 17 stops · 65 days · 412 km
J.C. Regalado Jr.
New Guinea and New Britain · Jun – Sep 1994
J.C. Regalado Jr. in New Guinea and New Britain, June – September 1994114 specimens · 19 stops · 88 days · 3,616 km
Walter M. Giffard
Jul – Aug 1920
Walter M. Giffard, July – August 1920273 specimens · 11 stops · 50 days
Gerald R. Allen
3 islands · Jan – Feb 1975
Gerald R. Allen in Ambon, Pulau Putri and Indonesia, January – February 1975222 specimens · 23 stops · 36 days
Jan Newhouse
3 islands of French Polynesia · 2–24 Aug 1967
Jan Newhouse in Tahiti, Bora Bora and Moorea, 2–24 August 1967139 specimens · 18 stops · 23 days · 941 km
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
Oʻahu · Sep – Nov 1934
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Oʻahu, September – November 1934152 specimens · 11 stops · 64 days · 289 km
Jackson Harris
Oʻahu · Aug – Oct 1924
Jackson Harris in Oʻahu, August – October 1924110 specimens · 20 stops · 58 days · 226 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.