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
John Colburn Bridwell
Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · Jan – Aug 1917
John Colburn Bridwell in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, January – August 1917831 specimens · 28 stops · 193 days · 1,209 km
Harold St.John
9 islands · Jun – Nov 1938
Harold St.John across 9 islands, June – November 19381,315 specimens · 9 stops · 172 days · 5,917 km
Martin L. Grant
8 islands of French Polynesia · Nov 1930 – Feb 1931
Martin L. Grant across 8 islands of French Polynesia, November 1930 – February 1931822 specimens · 31 stops · 90 days · 1,081 km
Seymour H. Sohmer
Sri Lanka and Pahang · Sep – Dec 1973
Seymour H. Sohmer in Sri Lanka and Pahang, September – December 1973672 specimens · 28 stops · 94 days
Mangarevan Expedition
9 islands · Jun – Oct 1934
Mangarevan Expedition, June – October 1934813 specimens · 13 stops · 114 days · 3,809 km
Truman George Yuncker
Niue Island and Niue · Jan – Feb 1940
Truman George Yuncker in Niue Island and Niue, January – February 1940839 specimens · 37 stops · 48 days · 54 km
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Gerrit Parmele Wilder
4 islands · Feb – Sep 1929
Gerrit Parmele Wilder across 4 islands, February – September 1929605 specimens · 77 stops · 205 days · 5,048 km
Elwood Curtin Zimmerman
7 islands of Fiji · Jul – Oct 1938
Elwood Curtin Zimmerman across 7 islands of Fiji, July – October 1938697 specimens · 21 stops · 92 days · 3,794 km
Ernest H. Quayle
25 islands · Jun – Nov 1922
Ernest H. Quayle across 25 islands, June – November 1922642 specimens · 56 stops · 162 days · 7,539 km
Gerrit Parmele Wilder
3 islands of the United States · Jul 1930 – Jun 1931
Gerrit Parmele Wilder in Oʻahu, Laysan and Molokaʻi, July 1930 – June 1931435 specimens · 74 stops · 343 days · 5,041 km
F. Raymond Fosberg
21 islands · Nov 1951 – Apr 1952
F. Raymond Fosberg across 21 islands, November 1951 – April 1952672 specimens · 57 stops · 145 days · 13,644 km
Donald Anderson
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · 7–31 Dec 1937
Donald Anderson in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, 7–31 December 19371,115 specimens · 8 stops · 25 days · 391 km
M.A. Evans
13 islands · Nov 1965 – May 1966
M.A. Evans across 13 islands, November 1965 – May 1966591 specimens · 63 stops · 208 days · 85,825 km
M. Jacobs
New Guinea and Selangor · Aug – Dec 1973
M. Jacobs in New Guinea and Selangor, August – December 1973852 specimens · 11 stops · 105 days · 2,363 km
Otto Degener
6 islands of the United States · Apr – Sep 1949
Otto Degener across 6 islands of the United States, April – September 1949517 specimens · 50 stops · 133 days · 1,742 km
Fosberg F. Raymond
14 islands · May – Oct 1934
Fosberg F. Raymond across 14 islands, May – October 1934693 specimens · 14 stops · 144 days · 6,414 km
Steven Perlman
6 islands of the United States · Jan 1987 – Jan 1988
Steven Perlman across 6 islands of the United States, January 1987 – January 1988387 specimens · 89 stops · 373 days · 2,461 km
Martin L. Grant
3 islands · Jul – Oct 1934
Martin L. Grant in Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi Island and Moorea, July – October 1934572 specimens · 31 stops · 121 days · 9,586 km
Jan Newhouse
11 islands · Jun – Sep 1952
Jan Newhouse across 11 islands, June – September 1952713 specimens · 52 stops · 120 days · 10,694 km
K. Shultz
9 islands · Sep – Oct 2002
K. Shultz across 9 islands, September – October 20021,025 specimens · 13 stops · 25 days · 2,876 km
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
3 islands · Mar – May 1936
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Guam, Maguao and Tutuila, March – May 1936849 specimens · 17 stops · 38 days · 136,355 km
P.S. Moreland
14 islands of the Philippines · Feb – Mar 1973
P.S. Moreland across 14 islands of the Philippines, February – March 1973748 specimens · 18 stops · 47 days · 2,230 km
K.A. Peyton
9 islands · Sep – Oct 2002
K.A. Peyton across 9 islands, September – October 2002979 specimens · 13 stops · 25 days · 2,876 km
Y. Kondo
Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Aug 1946
Y. Kondo in Hawaiʻi Island, July – August 1946854 specimens · 10 stops · 46 days · 490 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.