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
P. Katik
New Britain and Poi Island · May – Jun 1973
P. Katik in New Britain and Poi Island, May – June 1973104 specimens · 8 stops · 35 days · 536 km
Edward Yataro Hosaka
Kauaʻi · Dec 1930 – Jan 1931
Edward Yataro Hosaka in Kauaʻi, December 1930 – January 1931101 specimens · 10 stops · 15 days · 131 km
P.H. Birnbaum
4 islands of French Polynesia · Sep – Nov 1988
P.H. Birnbaum across 4 islands of French Polynesia, September – November 1988110 specimens · 13 stops · 79 days · 698 km
Otto Herman Swezey
Hawaiʻi Island · 1–16 Oct 1929
Otto Herman Swezey in Hawaiʻi Island, 1–16 October 1929260 specimens · 5 stops · 16 days · 45 km
H.H. Bartlett
5 islands of the Philippines · Jul – Oct 1935
H.H. Bartlett across 5 islands of the Philippines, July – October 193568 specimens · 15 stops · 120 days · 1,945 km
Otto Degener
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · Feb – May 1961
Otto Degener in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, February – May 196171 specimens · 15 stops · 76 days · 1,137 km
M.D. Hoyle
the United States · Jun – Jul 1967
M.D. Hoyle in the United States, June – July 196782 specimens · 14 stops · 28 days
Mary Eleanor King
Niʻihau and Kauaʻi · 11–22 Sep 1959
Mary Eleanor King in Niʻihau and Kauaʻi, 11–22 September 1959237 specimens · 2 stops · 12 days · 90 km
D.G. Frodin
New Britain and Marklo Island · Mar – May 1966
D.G. Frodin in New Britain and Marklo Island, March – May 196671 specimens · 15 stops · 84 days · 2,009 km
John W. Beardsley
the United States · Mar – May 1966
John W. Beardsley in the United States, March – May 1966153 specimens · 11 stops · 82 days
Johnson Randall
3 islands · Dec 1971 – Apr 1972
Johnson Randall in Enewetak Atoll, Oʻahu and Maui, December 1971 – April 1972108 specimens · 28 stops · 120 days · 19,165 km
H. Dihm
Java and Sumatra · Aug – Nov 1899
H. Dihm in Java and Sumatra, August – November 189954 specimens · 30 stops · 119 days
Robert Cyril Layton Perkins
the United States · Apr – May 1895
Robert Cyril Layton Perkins in the United States, April – May 1895309 specimens · 3 stops · 31 days
D. Wesley Garber
Tau and Savaii · Aug – Sep 1921
D. Wesley Garber in Tau and Savaii, August – September 1921107 specimens · 11 stops · 48 days
David H. Lorence
Molokaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Aug 1987
David H. Lorence in Molokaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island, July – August 1987158 specimens · 4 stops · 9 days · 220 km
Maxwell S. Doty
Squaw · Jun – Aug 1941
Maxwell S. Doty in Squaw, June – August 194165 specimens · 21 stops · 74 days
Otto Degener
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · Aug – Oct 1955
Otto Degener in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, August – October 195581 specimens · 12 stops · 49 days · 219 km
Leonard J. Brass
New Guinea · May – Aug 1933
Leonard J. Brass in New Guinea, May – August 193376 specimens · 12 stops · 100 days · 870 km
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo
Oʻahu and Molokaʻi · Jul – Aug 1961
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo in Oʻahu and Molokaʻi, July – August 1961147 specimens · 3 stops · 44 days · 187 km
M. Vroman
5 islands · Dec 1957 – Jul 1958
M. Vroman across 5 islands, December 1957 – July 195849 specimens · 35 stops · 189 days
E.J. Reynoso
Visayas and Visayan · Oct – Nov 1992
E.J. Reynoso in Visayas and Visayan, October – November 199291 specimens · 11 stops · 33 days
Edward Yataro Hosaka
3 islands of the United States · 12–26 Apr 1938
Edward Yataro Hosaka in Lānaʻi, Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, 12–26 April 1938135 specimens · 5 stops · 15 days · 235 km
Robert Hobdy
Kauaʻi and Lānaʻi · Nov 1968 – Jan 1969
Robert Hobdy in Kauaʻi and Lānaʻi, November 1968 – January 196975 specimens · 15 stops · 69 days · 587 km
Maxwell S. Doty
5 islands · Jun – Oct 1959
Maxwell S. Doty across 5 islands, June – October 1959110 specimens · 16 stops · 108 days · 14,276 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.