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
M.H.S. MacKee
7 islands · Oct – Nov 1968
M.H.S. MacKee across 7 islands, October – November 1968120 specimens · 11 stops · 29 days · 80 km
V.B. Alvarez
9 islands of the Philippines · Dec 1964 – Feb 1965
V.B. Alvarez across 9 islands of the Philippines, December 1964 – February 1965122 specimens · 9 stops · 41 days · 2,185 km
G.R. Ewart III
Maui and Oʻahu · Dec 1928 – Jan 1929
G.R. Ewart III in Maui and Oʻahu, December 1928 – January 1929136 specimens · 7 stops · 38 days · 247 km
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Steven L. Montgomery
5 islands of the United States · May – Sep 1987
Steven L. Montgomery across 5 islands of the United States, May – September 198789 specimens · 15 stops · 102 days · 1,657 km
Betsy H. Gagne
3 islands of Papua New Guinea · 9–30 Mar 1979
Betsy H. Gagne in Misima Island, Rossel Island and Tagula Island, 9–30 March 1979179 specimens · 6 stops · 22 days · 267 km
M.A. Evans
3 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1990
M.A. Evans in Molokaʻi, Oʻahu and Maui, June – July 1990142 specimens · 8 stops · 35 days · 100 km
Michel L. Kulbicki
Chesterfield Islands · Aug – Sep 1988
Michel L. Kulbicki in Chesterfield Islands, August – September 1988324 specimens · 6 stops · 14 days · 515 km
Jacques Florence
5 islands of French Polynesia · Mar – May 1992
Jacques Florence across 5 islands of French Polynesia, March – May 1992227 specimens · 6 stops · 49 days · 2,824 km
D'Alte A. Welch
Kauaʻi · 1–28 Sep 1931
D'Alte A. Welch in Kauaʻi, 1–28 September 1931260 specimens · 2 stops · 28 days · 67 km
Kenneth R. Wood
Savaii and Upolu · 2–30 Jun 2016
Kenneth R. Wood in Savaii and Upolu, 2–30 June 2016132 specimens · 15 stops · 29 days · 80 km
Joseph F. Rock
4 islands of the United States · Jan – Mar 1920
Joseph F. Rock across 4 islands of the United States, January – March 1920107 specimens · 12 stops · 42 days · 445 km
Marie Catherine Neal
Hawaiʻi Island and Kauaʻi · 1–30 Aug 1929
Marie Catherine Neal in Hawaiʻi Island and Kauaʻi, 1–30 August 1929111 specimens · 12 stops · 30 days · 450 km
Benjamin C. Stone
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · Dec 1956 – Jan 1957
Benjamin C. Stone in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, December 1956 – January 1957156 specimens · 7 stops · 12 days
Otto Degener
Maui · Jul – Aug 1939
Otto Degener in Maui, July – August 193999 specimens · 16 stops · 38 days · 339 km
Joseph F. Rock
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · Feb – Apr 1957
Joseph F. Rock in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, February – April 195796 specimens · 16 stops · 58 days · 908 km
C.D. Sayers
New Britain · Feb – Mar 1965
C.D. Sayers in New Britain, February – March 1965159 specimens · 5 stops · 31 days · 222 km
Steven Perlman
Kauaʻi and Maui · Apr – Sep 2014
Steven Perlman in Kauaʻi and Maui, April – September 201473 specimens · 22 stops · 161 days · 1,352 km
Erling Christophersen
3 islands · Dec 1931 – Feb 1932
Erling Christophersen in Tutuila, Oʻahu and Upolu, December 1931 – February 1932148 specimens · 8 stops · 47 days · 8,662 km
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss
4 islands of the United States · Oct – Dec 1947
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss across 4 islands of the United States, October – December 1947188 specimens · 15 stops · 40 days · 52 km
D. Wesley Garber
Tau and Olosega · Dec 1921 – Jan 1922
D. Wesley Garber in Tau and Olosega, December 1921 – January 1922133 specimens · 10 stops · 45 days
M. Tabua
Savaii and Upolu · 2–30 Jun 2016
M. Tabua in Savaii and Upolu, 2–30 June 2016133 specimens · 15 stops · 29 days · 80 km
Thane K. Pratt
Papua New Guinea · Mar – Apr 2014
Thane K. Pratt in Papua New Guinea, March – April 201498 specimens · 17 stops · 28 days
A. AllisonA Allison
Papua New Guinea · Mar – Apr 2014
A. AllisonA Allison in Papua New Guinea, March – April 201498 specimens · 17 stops · 28 days
K.J. Geisler
4 islands · 7–23 Feb 2001
K.J. Geisler across 4 islands, 7–23 February 2001233 specimens · 5 stops · 17 days · 2,731 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.