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
D.A. Madulid
Palawan and Coron · Sep – Nov 1993
D.A. Madulid in Palawan and Coron, September – November 199370 specimens · 18 stops · 67 days
van Royen
Java and Australia · Nov 1974 – Jan 1975
van Royen in Java and Australia, November 1974 – January 197589 specimens · 8 stops · 62 days
Fernando
Mindanao and Dinagat Island · Sep – Oct 1991
Fernando in Mindanao and Dinagat Island, September – October 1991110 specimens · 8 stops · 15 days
Harold St.John
Molokaʻi and Oʻahu · Dec 1938 – Jan 1939
Harold St.John in Molokaʻi and Oʻahu, December 1938 – January 1939125 specimens · 5 stops · 20 days · 101 km
Steven Perlman
Rapa and Kauaʻi · Feb – Apr 2002
Steven Perlman in Rapa and Kauaʻi, February – April 2002148 specimens · 7 stops · 53 days · 6,345 km
Fernando
Mindanao · 8–24 May 1991
Fernando in Mindanao, 8–24 May 1991106 specimens · 8 stops · 17 days
J.E.R. Tilden
Tahiti and Australia · Aug – Sep 1912
J.E.R. Tilden in Tahiti and Australia, August – September 1912117 specimens · 7 stops · 32 days
M.S. Adam
4 islands · 6–27 Mar 1988
M.S. Adam across 4 islands, 6–27 March 1988208 specimens · 7 stops · 22 days
Cottam Hudson
Molokaʻi and Oʻahu · Dec 1948 – Jan 1949
Cottam Hudson in Molokaʻi and Oʻahu, December 1948 – January 1949125 specimens · 6 stops · 15 days · 220 km
Warren L. Wagner Jr.
9 islands · Oct – Dec 1945
Warren L. Wagner Jr. across 9 islands, October – December 194574 specimens · 15 stops · 36 days · 6,774 km
L.V. Averyanov
Vietnam · Feb – Apr 1995
L.V. Averyanov in Vietnam, February – April 199574 specimens · 12 stops · 60 days
V.M. Moll
Adi Island and Adi · Feb – Apr 1961
V.M. Moll in Adi Island and Adi, February – April 1961101 specimens · 7 stops · 45 days
Derral R. Herbst
3 islands of the United States · Apr – Jun 1978
Derral R. Herbst in Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi Island and Kauaʻi, April – June 1978102 specimens · 6 stops · 43 days · 778 km
G.P. Buelow
8 islands of Tonga · Apr – Aug 1978
G.P. Buelow across 8 islands of Tonga, April – August 197870 specimens · 38 stops · 148 days
D. Paquin
Oʻahu · Aug – Oct 1986
D. Paquin in Oʻahu, August – October 198679 specimens · 11 stops · 64 days
U. Nagendra
8 islands · Jun – Jul 2022
U. Nagendra across 8 islands, June – July 202286 specimens · 12 stops · 18 days
Pele Expedition 1963
Oʻahu · 1–26 Jun 1963
Pele Expedition 1963, 1–26 June 1963151 specimens · 3 stops · 26 days · 257 km
G.P. Buelow
5 islands of Tonga · Jan – May 1979
G.P. Buelow across 5 islands of Tonga, January – May 197973 specimens · 28 stops · 121 days
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo
4 islands · May – Aug 1962
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo across 4 islands, May – August 196276 specimens · 12 stops · 89 days · 12,838 km
Jacques Florence
3 islands of French Polynesia · Mar – Apr 1990
Jacques Florence in Niau, Toau and Mehetia Island, March – April 1990156 specimens · 7 stops · 33 days · 1,558 km
C.H. Lamoureux
5 islands of the United States · 1–14 Sep 1961
C.H. Lamoureux across 5 islands of the United States, 1–14 September 1961109 specimens · 8 stops · 14 days · 1,751 km
Otto Herman Swezey
Maui and Molokaʻi · Dec 1928 – Feb 1929
Otto Herman Swezey in Maui and Molokaʻi, December 1928 – February 1929130 specimens · 11 stops · 61 days · 104 km
Y. Lelean
New Britain and Poi Island · May – Jun 1973
Y. Lelean in New Britain and Poi Island, May – June 197395 specimens · 8 stops · 38 days · 661 km
Johnson Randall
14 islands · Aug – Nov 1966
Johnson Randall across 14 islands, August – November 1966116 specimens · 21 stops · 89 days · 28,513 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.