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
Derral R. Herbst
3 islands of the United States · Sep – Oct 1973
Derral R. Herbst in Lānaʻi, Oʻahu and Molokaʻi, September – October 197396 specimens · 9 stops · 30 days · 73 km
Fernando
Luzon and Sibuyan · Jan – Feb 1992
Fernando in Luzon and Sibuyan, January – February 1992118 specimens · 7 stops · 17 days
C. Squair
Hawaiʻi Island and Mokumanamana · Oct – Nov 2005
C. Squair in Hawaiʻi Island and Mokumanamana, October – November 2005109 specimens · 6 stops · 32 days · 1,073 km
E.J. Reynoso
Negros · 18–29 May 1991
E.J. Reynoso in Negros, 18–29 May 1991103 specimens · 10 stops · 12 days
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo
Oʻahu and Kauaʻi · Jan – Mar 1947
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo in Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, January – March 194792 specimens · 7 stops · 70 days · 539 km
Harold St.John
Oʻahu and Ujelang Atoll · Feb – Jul 1952
Harold St.John in Oʻahu and Ujelang Atoll, February – July 195266 specimens · 18 stops · 160 days
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss
13 islands · Dec 1976 – Apr 1977
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss across 13 islands, December 1976 – April 197788 specimens · 27 stops · 104 days · 15,072 km
Erling Christophersen
8 islands · Jun – Sep 1924
Erling Christophersen across 8 islands, June – September 192481 specimens · 18 stops · 111 days · 15,205 km
H.F. Bergman
Oʻahu and Maui · Dec 1927 – Feb 1928
H.F. Bergman in Oʻahu and Maui, December 1927 – February 192881 specimens · 10 stops · 62 days · 364 km
Johnson Randall
Bahrain · Oct – Nov 1983
Johnson Randall in Bahrain, October – November 1983150 specimens · 14 stops · 39 days
David F. Grether
9 islands · Oct – Dec 1945
David F. Grether across 9 islands, October – December 194575 specimens · 15 stops · 36 days · 6,774 km
A.G. Whiting
3 islands of the United States · Jan – Mar 1929
A.G. Whiting in Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, January – March 192969 specimens · 15 stops · 71 days · 366 km
Natalia Tangalin
4 islands · Mar – May 2007
Natalia Tangalin across 4 islands, March – May 2007106 specimens · 13 stops · 50 days · 5,955 km
Romero
Mindanao · 8–24 May 1991
Romero in Mindanao, 8–24 May 1991107 specimens · 8 stops · 17 days
Steven Perlman
Kauaʻi and Maui · Mar – Jul 2017
Steven Perlman in Kauaʻi and Maui, March – July 201765 specimens · 17 stops · 126 days
Thomas G. Lammers
3 islands of the United States · Aug – Sep 1983
Thomas G. Lammers in Hawaiʻi Island, Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, August – September 1983116 specimens · 7 stops · 11 days · 741 km
A.V. Freire
Lānaʻi and Kauaʻi · Mar – Apr 2022
A.V. Freire in Lānaʻi and Kauaʻi, March – April 2022237 specimens · 5 stops · 14 days · 291 km
E.J. Judziewicz
Lānaʻi and Kauaʻi · Mar – Apr 2022
E.J. Judziewicz in Lānaʻi and Kauaʻi, March – April 2022237 specimens · 5 stops · 14 days · 291 km
Jim Space
4 islands of Kiribati · Aug – Sep 2003
Jim Space across 4 islands of Kiribati, August – September 2003157 specimens · 8 stops · 20 days · 790 km
Reino Fagersten
Finland · May – Sep 1973
Reino Fagersten in Finland, May – September 197363 specimens · 16 stops · 118 days
B. Goldman
5 islands of the Solomon Islands · Jun – Aug 1973
B. Goldman across 5 islands of the Solomon Islands, June – August 1973145 specimens · 15 stops · 40 days · 87 km
H.A. Crum III
Canada · Jun – Aug 1955
H.A. Crum III in Canada, June – August 195556 specimens · 30 stops · 57 days
John W. Beardsley
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · Aug – Oct 1958
John W. Beardsley in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, August – October 1958123 specimens · 14 stops · 87 days · 230 km
Dranga
Tutuila and Tau · Feb – Mar 1926
Dranga in Tutuila and Tau, February – March 1926151 specimens · 3 stops · 29 days · 144 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.