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
Kenneth M. Nagata
4 islands of the United States · May – Jul 1979
Kenneth M. Nagata across 4 islands of the United States, May – July 197980 specimens · 12 stops · 44 days · 1,220 km
Gerald R. Allen
Enewetak Atoll and Oʻahu · May – Sep 1968
Gerald R. Allen in Enewetak Atoll and Oʻahu, May – September 196893 specimens · 33 stops · 99 days · 4,744 km
T. Koponen
3 islands · May – Jul 1981
T. Koponen in Papua, New Guinea and Morobe Province, May – July 198151 specimens · 26 stops · 80 days
S.W. Cooper
5 islands of American Samoa · Feb – Mar 2008
S.W. Cooper across 5 islands of American Samoa, February – March 2008101 specimens · 7 stops · 25 days · 760 km
T. Schils
7 islands of the Northern Mariana Islands · May – Jun 2007
T. Schils across 7 islands of the Northern Mariana Islands, May – June 2007215 specimens · 6 stops · 14 days · 599 km
T.A. Jaggar Jr
Niuafo'Ou Island · Aug – Oct 1930
T.A. Jaggar Jr in Niuafo'Ou Island, August – October 1930100 specimens · 8 stops · 34 days
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Wayne N. Takeuchi
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · Sep – Dec 1982
Wayne N. Takeuchi in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, September – December 198279 specimens · 8 stops · 68 days · 254 km
R.L. Stemmermann
4 islands · Feb – Apr 1977
R.L. Stemmermann across 4 islands, February – April 197785 specimens · 13 stops · 62 days · 5,427 km
G.C.G. Argent
Ireland and Great Britain · Jul – Sep 1966
G.C.G. Argent in Ireland and Great Britain, July – September 196662 specimens · 16 stops · 50 days
Maxwell S. Doty
3 islands · 1–28 Aug 1955
Maxwell S. Doty in Maui, Hawaiʻi Island and Yoron Island, 1–28 August 195594 specimens · 8 stops · 28 days · 397 km
Warren L. Wagner Jr.
Kauaʻi · 26–31 Aug 1983
Warren L. Wagner Jr. in Kauaʻi, 26–31 August 1983131 specimens · 5 stops · 6 days
A. Takahashi
3 islands of Japan · 7–21 Mar 1982
A. Takahashi in Iriomote Island, Ishigaki Island and Iriomote, 7–21 March 198281 specimens · 12 stops · 15 days
Albert C. Smith
Vanua Levu and Taveuni · Apr – May 1969
Albert C. Smith in Vanua Levu and Taveuni, April – May 1969132 specimens · 6 stops · 16 days · 8,079 km
Rokuro YamaguchiDonald Anderson
North Male Atoll and South Male Atoll · 17–27 Mar 1988
Rokuro YamaguchiDonald Anderson in North Male Atoll and South Male Atoll, 17–27 March 1988206 specimens · 7 stops · 11 days
Ismail Tukirin
Ceram and Seram · Nov – Dec 1990
Ismail Tukirin in Ceram and Seram, November – December 199086 specimens · 10 stops · 15 days · 1,446 km
M. Marshall
Namoluk Atoll · Jul – Aug 1971
M. Marshall in Namoluk Atoll, July – August 1971103 specimens · 6 stops · 38 days
Donald Anderson
Oʻahu · May – Jun 1938
Donald Anderson in Oʻahu, May – June 1938178 specimens · 2 stops · 21 days · 43 km
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William A. Setchell
4 islands · May – Jun 1926
William A. Setchell across 4 islands, May – June 1926124 specimens · 6 stops · 32 days
Ismail Tukirin
Borneo and Kalimantan · Mar – May 1988
Ismail Tukirin in Borneo and Kalimantan, March – May 198863 specimens · 16 stops · 41 days · 3,424 km
S. Rojkowski
4 countries · Dec 1975 – Feb 1976
S. Rojkowski across 4 countries, December 1975 – February 197655 specimens · 19 stops · 79 days
Ben Olivera
Oʻahu · 5–9 Apr 1917
Ben Olivera in Oʻahu, 5–9 April 1917172 specimens · 3 stops · 5 days · 181 km
V Hugh M. Smith cruise 30
9 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 1955
V Hugh M. Smith cruise 30, July – August 195599 specimens · 35 stops · 43 days · 13,037 km
Otto Degener
Lānaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island · Jan – Mar 1964
Otto Degener in Lānaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island, January – March 196488 specimens · 6 stops · 59 days · 85 km
Benjamin C. Stone
6 islands · Jan – Apr 1967
Benjamin C. Stone across 6 islands, January – April 196760 specimens · 16 stops · 68 days · 10,590 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.