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
F. Raymond Fosberg
4 islands of the United States · Feb – Apr 1963
F. Raymond Fosberg across 4 islands of the United States, February – April 1963100 specimens · 18 stops · 41 days · 24,929 km
E.F. Melville
5 islands of New Zealand · Feb – Mar 1962
E.F. Melville across 5 islands of New Zealand, February – March 1962104 specimens · 9 stops · 37 days
Maklon Warpur
3 islands of Indonesia · Mar – May 1994
Maklon Warpur in New Guinea, Irian Jaya and Papua, March – May 199482 specimens · 16 stops · 73 days · 8,402 km
Peter J. Doherty
Chesterfield Islands · Aug – Sep 1988
Peter J. Doherty in Chesterfield Islands, August – September 1988276 specimens · 5 stops · 14 days · 24 km
Charles Montague Cooke Jr. 7 Others
3 islands · May – Jun 1934
Charles Montague Cooke Jr. 7 Others in Pitcairn Island, Tauna and Henderson Island, May – June 1934148 specimens · 4 stops · 18 days · 834 km
C.H. Lamoureux
3 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1962
C.H. Lamoureux in Molokaʻi, Maui and Midway Atoll, June – July 1962151 specimens · 4 stops · 36 days · 2,230 km
Steven Perlman
4 islands · Jan – Feb 2003
Steven Perlman across 4 islands, January – February 2003124 specimens · 14 stops · 50 days · 6,562 km
James E. Norton
Jan – May 1964
James E. Norton, January – May 196458 specimens · 25 stops · 106 days
Alan J. Kohn
Jan – May 1964
Alan J. Kohn, January – May 196458 specimens · 25 stops · 106 days
Luther E. Bishop
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · May – Jun 1972
Luther E. Bishop in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, May – June 1972107 specimens · 9 stops · 15 days · 254 km
Jacques Florence
4 islands of French Polynesia · Apr – Jun 1984
Jacques Florence across 4 islands of French Polynesia, April – June 1984147 specimens · 7 stops · 63 days · 9,717 km
F.R. Warshauer
Molokaʻi and Maui · Jun – Jul 1979
F.R. Warshauer in Molokaʻi and Maui, June – July 1979108 specimens · 9 stops · 34 days · 18 km
W.T. Brooks
Manihi · Apr – Jun 1967
W.T. Brooks in Manihi, April – June 1967101 specimens · 22 stops · 71 days
C.C. Brooks
Manihi · Apr – Jun 1967
C.C. Brooks in Manihi, April – June 1967101 specimens · 22 stops · 71 days
Smithsonian Institution
4 islands · Feb – Aug 1946
Smithsonian Institution, February – August 194658 specimens · 21 stops · 166 days · 3,062 km
L.D. Whitney
Hawaiʻi Island · 1–14 Apr 1936
L.D. Whitney in Hawaiʻi Island, 1–14 April 193696 specimens · 12 stops · 14 days
S. Frank Kajewski
3 islands of Vanuatu · Apr – Jun 1928
S. Frank Kajewski in Erromango, Efate and Erromanga, April – June 1928110 specimens · 11 stops · 57 days
E.P. Hume
Kauaʻi · Dec 1930 – Jan 1931
E.P. Hume in Kauaʻi, December 1930 – January 1931103 specimens · 10 stops · 15 days · 131 km
Fernando
Mindanao · Jul – Aug 1991
Fernando in Mindanao, July – August 1991114 specimens · 7 stops · 28 days
J.D. Jacobi
Molokaʻi · Jun – Jul 1979
J.D. Jacobi in Molokaʻi, June – July 1979100 specimens · 10 stops · 50 days · 64 km
S.B. Bloembergen
7 islands of Indonesia · Jul – Oct 1939
S.B. Bloembergen across 7 islands of Indonesia, July – October 193957 specimens · 29 stops · 90 days
R.M. King
Thailand · Jun – Jul 1963
R.M. King in Thailand, June – July 196395 specimens · 8 stops · 44 days
A. Sadili
New Guinea · Jan – Mar 1998
A. Sadili in New Guinea, January – March 199887 specimens · 12 stops · 78 days · 3,446 km
Carl Skottsberg
6 islands of the United States · Jan – Apr 1948
Carl Skottsberg across 6 islands of the United States, January – April 194875 specimens · 25 stops · 88 days · 1,565 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.