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
M.A. Weiner
4 islands · Sep – Oct 1969
M.A. Weiner across 4 islands, September – October 1969108 specimens · 12 stops · 28 days
Maxwell S. Doty
3 islands of the United States · Mar – May 1965
Maxwell S. Doty in Maui, Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, March – May 196599 specimens · 11 stops · 79 days · 1,350 km
Maxwell S. Doty
Squaw and Raroia Atoll · Jun – Aug 1942
Maxwell S. Doty in Squaw and Raroia Atoll, June – August 194265 specimens · 25 stops · 87 days
George Campbell Munro
Maui · Oct 1927 – Jan 1928
George Campbell Munro in Maui, October 1927 – January 192875 specimens · 12 stops · 80 days · 186 km
George Campbell Munro
Oʻahu · Jan – May 1950
George Campbell Munro in Oʻahu, January – May 195053 specimens · 27 stops · 113 days · 1,261 km
Paul K. Higashino
Hawaiʻi Island and Maui · Mar – Apr 1984
Paul K. Higashino in Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, March – April 1984112 specimens · 5 stops · 36 days · 132 km
W.J. Gilbert
6 islands · Jun – Aug 1963
W.J. Gilbert across 6 islands, June – August 196369 specimens · 15 stops · 62 days · 5,418 km
Warren L. Wagner Jr.
Taiwan · 7–25 Sep 1991
Warren L. Wagner Jr. in Taiwan, 7–25 September 199188 specimens · 11 stops · 19 days · 505 km
A. Meebold
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · Apr – May 1932
A. Meebold in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, April – May 1932147 specimens · 3 stops · 31 days · 230 km
Neth. Ind. For. Service
4 islands of Indonesia · Jan – Apr 1937
Neth. Ind. For. Service, January – April 193759 specimens · 20 stops · 92 days · 8,980 km
William Robert Barker
New Guinea · Mar – May 1975
William Robert Barker in New Guinea, March – May 1975138 specimens · 3 stops · 82 days · 706 km
Hessler Brown
13 islands of French Polynesia · Aug – Dec 1922
Hessler Brown across 13 islands of French Polynesia, August – December 192274 specimens · 29 stops · 137 days · 9,305 km
M.S. Allen
Hawaiʻi Island and Maui · Mar – Apr 1984
M.S. Allen in Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, March – April 1984111 specimens · 5 stops · 36 days · 132 km
P. Katik
3 islands of Papua New Guinea · 1–29 Mar 1979
P. Katik in Rossel Island, Tagula Island and Misima Island, 1–29 March 197997 specimens · 9 stops · 29 days · 570 km
W.C. McClatchey
Rotuma and Solnohu Island · Sep – Dec 1991
W.C. McClatchey in Rotuma and Solnohu Island, September – December 1991104 specimens · 23 stops · 76 days · 4 km
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
the United States · May – Jul 1922
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in the United States, May – July 1922131 specimens · 15 stops · 68 days
E.A. Bessey
Oʻahu · Sep 1939 – Mar 1940
E.A. Bessey in Oʻahu, September 1939 – March 194086 specimens · 33 stops · 202 days · 903 km
Marie Catherine Neal
Kauaʻi · 1–20 Sep 1921
Marie Catherine Neal in Kauaʻi, 1–20 September 1921153 specimens · 3 stops · 20 days · 38 km
H. Okada
3 islands of Japan · 7–21 Mar 1982
H. Okada in Iriomote Island, Ishigaki Island and Iriomote, 7–21 March 198287 specimens · 12 stops · 15 days
A.G. Floyd
New Britain and New Guinea · Jul – Aug 1954
A.G. Floyd in New Britain and New Guinea, July – August 195477 specimens · 13 stops · 55 days · 1,392 km
Clarence H. Cooke Jr.
Maui · 1–18 Feb 1904
Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Maui, 1–18 February 1904120 specimens · 5 stops · 18 days · 119 km
Dinau Yalikanathea
5 islands · Aug – Sep 1968
Dinau Yalikanathea across 5 islands, August – September 1968124 specimens · 5 stops · 14 days · 1,339 km
H.F. Bergman
5 islands · Jul – Aug 1924
H.F. Bergman across 5 islands, July – August 1924110 specimens · 11 stops · 39 days · 1,637 km
Donald Mitchell
Hawaiʻi Island · 21–31 Dec 1931
Donald Mitchell in Hawaiʻi Island, 21–31 December 1931105 specimens · 8 stops · 11 days
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.