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
Edward Yataro Hosaka
Hawaiʻi Island · Dec 1931 – Jan 1932
Edward Yataro Hosaka in Hawaiʻi Island, December 1931 – January 1932154 specimens · 8 stops · 14 days · 67 km
Fiona R. Willis
New Guinea and Irian Jaya · Mar – Apr 1999
Fiona R. Willis in New Guinea and Irian Jaya, March – April 1999122 specimens · 13 stops · 40 days · 1,153 km
T.R. Herat
Oʻahu · 11–29 Aug 1972
T.R. Herat in Oʻahu, 11–29 August 1972120 specimens · 13 stops · 19 days · 268 km
Stokes
4 islands · Jan – Mar 1921
Stokes across 4 islands, January – March 1921105 specimens · 11 stops · 81 days · 1,733 km
Mrs. J.F.G. Stokes
4 islands · Jan – Mar 1921
Mrs. J.F.G. Stokes across 4 islands, January – March 1921105 specimens · 11 stops · 81 days · 1,733 km
P.E. Hegewald
Jamaica · Jul – Nov 1973
P.E. Hegewald in Jamaica, July – November 197380 specimens · 23 stops · 106 days
Timothy Flynn
Savaii and Upolu · Jun – Jul 2016
Timothy Flynn in Savaii and Upolu, June – July 2016135 specimens · 17 stops · 31 days · 160 km
W. Law
4 islands · Feb – Apr 2009
W. Law across 4 islands, February – April 2009112 specimens · 14 stops · 44 days · 9,392 km
Seymour H. Sohmer
3 islands of the United States · May – Jul 1970
Seymour H. Sohmer in Kauaʻi, Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, May – July 1970111 specimens · 13 stops · 60 days · 1,246 km
Fernando
3 islands of the Philippines · Aug – Oct 1993
Fernando in Quezon, Luzon and Quezon Island, August – October 199399 specimens · 14 stops · 62 days
W.A. Whistler
5 islands · Aug – Oct 1978
W.A. Whistler across 5 islands, August – October 1978139 specimens · 24 stops · 67 days
R.C. Gardner
6 islands of the United States · Jan – Feb 1974
R.C. Gardner across 6 islands of the United States, January – February 197489 specimens · 24 stops · 54 days · 1,081 km
C. Corn
3 islands of the United States · Mar – Apr 1980
C. Corn in Kahoʻolawe, Hawaiʻi Island and Kauaʻi, March – April 1980171 specimens · 5 stops · 30 days · 902 km
Mrs. Fred E. Lewis
Oʻahu and Maui · Jan – Apr 1979
Mrs. Fred E. Lewis in Oʻahu and Maui, January – April 197980 specimens · 22 stops · 105 days · 89 km
Neth. Ind. For. Service
11 islands · Feb – Aug 1938
Neth. Ind. For. Service, February – August 193863 specimens · 45 stops · 174 days · 15,218 km
Maxwell S. Doty
Squaw · Jun – Sep 1940
Maxwell S. Doty in Squaw, June – September 194086 specimens · 31 stops · 103 days
Maxwell S. Doty
Tasmania · Jul – Sep 1957
Maxwell S. Doty in Tasmania, July – September 1957129 specimens · 11 stops · 45 days
R.R. Ireland Jr.
Canada · 3–28 Jul 1974
R.R. Ireland Jr. in Canada, 3–28 July 1974100 specimens · 18 stops · 26 days
de Vogel
3 islands of Indonesia · Oct – Nov 1973
de Vogel in Celebes, Sulawesi and Suluwesi, October – November 1973111 specimens · 13 stops · 31 days · 780 km
van Zanten
3 islands · Dec 1973 – Feb 1974
van Zanten in North Island, South Island and New Zealand, December 1973 – February 197480 specimens · 26 stops · 62 days · 14,958 km
Patrick V. Kirch
3 islands · Jun – Jul 1974
Patrick V. Kirch in Futuna Island, Niuatoputapu Island and Nuku Hiva, June – July 1974162 specimens · 15 stops · 44 days
D.R. Stoddart
Aitutaki and Rarotonga · Aug – Sep 1969
D.R. Stoddart in Aitutaki and Rarotonga, August – September 1969109 specimens · 17 stops · 21 days
Clarence H. Cooke Jr.
Hawaiʻi Island and Molokaʻi · 1–11 Oct 1911
Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Hawaiʻi Island and Molokaʻi, 1–11 October 1911168 specimens · 7 stops · 11 days · 311 km
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
14 islands · Jul – Sep 1938
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. across 14 islands, July – September 1938131 specimens · 17 stops · 49 days · 11,700 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.