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
William H. Meinecke
Kauaʻi · Jul – Aug 1928
William H. Meinecke in Kauaʻi, July – August 1928253 specimens · 4 stops · 5 days · 659 km
A.J. Bernatowicz
4 islands · May – Sep 1950
A.J. Bernatowicz across 4 islands, May – September 195082 specimens · 32 stops · 103 days
Gerald R. Allen
17 islands of Australia · Nov 1971 – Jul 1972
Gerald R. Allen across 17 islands of Australia, November 1971 – July 1972122 specimens · 56 stops · 244 days · 3,375 km
J.S. Burley
Borneo and Kalimantan · Mar – May 1988
J.S. Burley in Borneo and Kalimantan, March – May 1988100 specimens · 20 stops · 42 days · 4,807 km
M. Sundue
New Guinea · 3–23 Feb 2013
M. Sundue in New Guinea, 3–23 February 2013300 specimens · 2 stops · 21 days · 483 km
Luke Seli
Vatoa · Oct – Nov 1968
Luke Seli in Vatoa, October – November 1968163 specimens · 7 stops · 17 days
Mary Eleanor King
1–10 Feb 1957
Mary Eleanor King, 1–10 February 1957332 specimens · 2 stops · 10 days
Fernando Dayrit
1–10 Feb 1957
Fernando Dayrit, 1–10 February 1957332 specimens · 2 stops · 10 days
H.E. Connor
New Zealand and South Island · Jan – Feb 1962
H.E. Connor in New Zealand and South Island, January – February 1962114 specimens · 13 stops · 57 days · 9,986 km
Thomas G. Lammers
3 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1984
Thomas G. Lammers in Maui, Molokaʻi and Oʻahu, June – July 1984115 specimens · 14 stops · 36 days · 403 km
Benjamin C. Stone
11 islands · Dec 1964 – Feb 1965
Benjamin C. Stone across 11 islands, December 1964 – February 1965145 specimens · 14 stops · 51 days · 64,561 km
J.A. McDonald
Kabaena and Sulawesi · Jul – Aug 1993
J.A. McDonald in Kabaena and Sulawesi, July – August 1993132 specimens · 12 stops · 18 days · 85 km
Heinar Streimann
Australia and Oʻahu · 10–19 Dec 1975
Heinar Streimann in Australia and Oʻahu, 10–19 December 1975152 specimens · 10 stops · 10 days
Joseph F. Rock
3 islands of the United States · Jul – Sep 1918
Joseph F. Rock in Maui, Hawaiʻi Island and Molokaʻi, July – September 1918168 specimens · 8 stops · 67 days · 409 km
D.J. Russell Jr.
Fanning (=Tabuaeran) · Jul – Aug 1972
D.J. Russell Jr. in Fanning (=Tabuaeran), July – August 1972142 specimens · 16 stops · 47 days
A.J. Eames
Lānaʻi and Oʻahu · Apr – May 1938
A.J. Eames in Lānaʻi and Oʻahu, April – May 1938150 specimens · 7 stops · 31 days · 188 km
Clarence H. Cooke Jr.
Kauaʻi · 6–18 Jul 1907
Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Kauaʻi, 6–18 July 1907251 specimens · 3 stops · 13 days · 22 km
Johnson Randall
8 islands of Iceland · Aug – Sep 1985
Johnson Randall across 8 islands of Iceland, August – September 1985229 specimens · 13 stops · 37 days
J.E.R. Tilden
3 islands of the United States · May – Jul 1900
J.E.R. Tilden in Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi Island and Kauaʻi, May – July 1900103 specimens · 18 stops · 90 days · 2,500 km
D.A. Madulid
Palawan and Palawan Island · Jun – Aug 1988
D.A. Madulid in Palawan and Palawan Island, June – August 1988121 specimens · 11 stops · 42 days · 624 km
V.J. Krajina
Hawaiʻi Island · 25–31 Dec 1961
V.J. Krajina in Hawaiʻi Island, 25–31 December 1961203 specimens · 7 stops · 7 days · 204 km
Erling Christophersen
3 islands · May – Jul 1929
Erling Christophersen in Java, Borneo and Krakatau, May – July 1929104 specimens · 14 stops · 63 days
Steven Perlman
7 islands · Jun – Oct 1997
Steven Perlman across 7 islands, June – October 1997111 specimens · 23 stops · 117 days · 9,650 km
Harold St.John
3 islands · Oct 1951 – Jan 1952
Harold St.John in Maui, Oʻahu and Maug, October 1951 – January 1952115 specimens · 15 stops · 85 days · 313 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.