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
Otto Herman Swezey
4 islands · Apr – Aug 1912
Otto Herman Swezey across 4 islands, April – August 191264 specimens · 22 stops · 124 days · 37,337 km
D. Akana
Molokaʻi · 8–15 Aug 1933
D. Akana in Molokaʻi, 8–15 August 1933252 specimens · 2 stops · 8 days · 42 km
Benjamin C. Stone
Negros and Luzon · 3–31 Mar 1992
Benjamin C. Stone in Negros and Luzon, 3–31 March 199299 specimens · 10 stops · 29 days · 623 km
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss
Oʻahu · Sep 1933 – Jan 1934
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss in Oʻahu, September 1933 – January 193493 specimens · 16 stops · 113 days · 124 km
S. Hatai
11 islands · Jan – Feb 1940
S. Hatai across 11 islands, January – February 1940163 specimens · 3 stops · 33 days · 1,286 km
K. Atoda
11 islands · Jan – Feb 1940
K. Atoda across 11 islands, January – February 1940163 specimens · 3 stops · 33 days · 1,286 km
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W.H. Magruder
Kauaʻi · 1–21 Sep 1979
W.H. Magruder in Kauaʻi, 1–21 September 1979138 specimens · 10 stops · 21 days · 834 km
Derral R. Herbst
3 islands · Jan – Feb 1991
Derral R. Herbst in Hawaiʻi Island, Mbanika and Oʻahu, January – February 1991168 specimens · 6 stops · 29 days · 230 km
L.W. Cuddihy
Kahoʻolawe and Kauaʻi · 9–25 Apr 1980
L.W. Cuddihy in Kahoʻolawe and Kauaʻi, 9–25 April 1980142 specimens · 5 stops · 17 days · 434 km
K. Atoda
8 islands · Apr – May 1940
K. Atoda across 8 islands, April – May 1940206 specimens · 2 stops · 32 days · 12 km
S. Hatai
8 islands · Apr – May 1940
S. Hatai across 8 islands, April – May 1940206 specimens · 2 stops · 32 days · 12 km
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss
Maui · Mar – May 1967
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss in Maui, March – May 196796 specimens · 17 stops · 62 days · 301 km
Carl Masaru Yoshimoto
4 islands · Jan – Mar 1963
Carl Masaru Yoshimoto across 4 islands, January – March 196387 specimens · 19 stops · 39 days · 7,539 km
C.T. Imada
4 islands of Kiribati · Aug – Sep 2003
C.T. Imada across 4 islands of Kiribati, August – September 2003170 specimens · 8 stops · 20 days · 789 km
M. Bates
4 islands · Jul – Sep 1953
M. Bates across 4 islands, July – September 1953114 specimens · 13 stops · 64 days
K.N. Page
Kingman Reef and Jarvis Island · Mar – Apr 2004
K.N. Page in Kingman Reef and Jarvis Island, March – April 2004374 specimens · 2 stops · 10 days · 798 km
Timothy J. Gallaher
Australia and Dunk · 1–16 Dec 2011
Timothy J. Gallaher in Australia and Dunk, 1–16 December 201199 specimens · 12 stops · 16 days
Sheila Conant
5 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 1983
Sheila Conant across 5 islands of the United States, July – August 198390 specimens · 12 stops · 28 days · 1,048 km
W. Greuter
Australia · Sep – Oct 1988
W. Greuter in Australia, September – October 198864 specimens · 26 stops · 53 days
C. Corn
Oʻahu and Kahoʻolawe · Jan – Mar 1978
C. Corn in Oʻahu and Kahoʻolawe, January – March 1978109 specimens · 6 stops · 82 days · 283 km
J.E.R. Tilden
4 islands · May – Aug 1898
J.E.R. Tilden across 4 islands, May – August 189866 specimens · 25 stops · 70 days
John W. Beardsley
Kauaʻi · Jul – Aug 1959
John W. Beardsley in Kauaʻi, July – August 1959172 specimens · 9 stops · 61 days
George F. Arnemann
4 islands · Jan – Feb 1947
George F. Arnemann across 4 islands, January – February 1947145 specimens · 4 stops · 22 days · 256 km
C. Kalkman
New Guinea · Jun – Sep 1966
C. Kalkman in New Guinea, June – September 1966104 specimens · 6 stops · 98 days · 628 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.