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
J.W.P. Parham
Vanua Levu and Taveuni · Apr – May 1969
J.W.P. Parham in Vanua Levu and Taveuni, April – May 1969129 specimens · 6 stops · 16 days · 8,079 km
Robert H. Cowie
5 islands · Oct – Nov 1992
Robert H. Cowie across 5 islands, October – November 1992131 specimens · 14 stops · 35 days · 503 km
William F. Smith-Vaniz
8 islands · Feb – Mar 1977
William F. Smith-Vaniz across 8 islands, February – March 1977119 specimens · 18 stops · 46 days · 2,555 km
A. Budantzev
Vietnam · Feb – Apr 1995
A. Budantzev in Vietnam, February – April 199564 specimens · 13 stops · 60 days
N.T. Ban
Vietnam · Feb – Apr 1995
N.T. Ban in Vietnam, February – April 199564 specimens · 13 stops · 60 days
L.A.C. Craven
New Guinea · Jun – Jul 1974
L.A.C. Craven in New Guinea, June – July 1974139 specimens · 3 stops · 29 days · 14,137 km
F. Adair
Tarawa Atoll · Aug – Nov 1967
F. Adair in Tarawa Atoll, August – November 196776 specimens · 19 stops · 93 days
M. Kiehn
5 islands of the United States · Jul – Sep 1990
M. Kiehn across 5 islands of the United States, July – September 199060 specimens · 16 stops · 65 days · 1,646 km
W.H. Hatheway
Hawaiʻi Island and Maui · Oct – Nov 1950
W.H. Hatheway in Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, October – November 195069 specimens · 15 stops · 33 days · 226 km
F. Raymond Fosberg
4 islands · Aug – Sep 1961
F. Raymond Fosberg across 4 islands, August – September 196170 specimens · 13 stops · 34 days · 462 km
J.S. Burley
Ceram and Seram · Nov – Dec 1990
J.S. Burley in Ceram and Seram, November – December 199088 specimens · 9 stops · 15 days · 1,446 km
David H. Lorence
8 islands · Jun – Jul 2022
David H. Lorence across 8 islands, June – July 202286 specimens · 9 stops · 17 days
R. Gustafson
3 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 1983
R. Gustafson in Hawaiʻi Island, Molokaʻi and Maui, July – August 198398 specimens · 8 stops · 10 days · 223 km
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
Kahoʻolawe and Maui · 1–19 Feb 1931
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Kahoʻolawe and Maui, 1–19 February 1931102 specimens · 9 stops · 19 days · 26 km
Robert H. Cowie
Tutuila · 6–16 Oct 1998
Robert H. Cowie in Tutuila, 6–16 October 1998172 specimens · 10 stops · 11 days
R. Lengsi
Pohnpei and Micronesia · Feb – May 2006
R. Lengsi in Pohnpei and Micronesia, February – May 200669 specimens · 18 stops · 111 days · 2,523 km
L. Cuddihy Pratt
Molokaʻi · 19–31 May 1982
L. Cuddihy Pratt in Molokaʻi, 19–31 May 198289 specimens · 9 stops · 13 days
M. Jacobs
Luzon · Jan – Feb 1968
M. Jacobs in Luzon, January – February 196869 specimens · 15 stops · 28 days · 278 km
Isa Degener
Lānaʻi and Oʻahu · Jul – Aug 1957
Isa Degener in Lānaʻi and Oʻahu, July – August 195795 specimens · 7 stops · 26 days · 398 km
P.H. McEldowney
Molokaʻi · Jun – Jul 1979
P.H. McEldowney in Molokaʻi, June – July 197983 specimens · 9 stops · 34 days · 31 km
R.L. Stemmermann
Oʻahu and Maui · Oct – Nov 1976
R.L. Stemmermann in Oʻahu and Maui, October – November 197697 specimens · 6 stops · 28 days · 176 km
George Pattison
6 islands of Papua New Guinea · Sep – Dec 1975
George Pattison across 6 islands of Papua New Guinea, September – December 197568 specimens · 13 stops · 71 days · 5,279 km
R.L. Stemmermann
Maui and Hawaiʻi Island · 1–21 Aug 1977
R.L. Stemmermann in Maui and Hawaiʻi Island, 1–21 August 1977119 specimens · 5 stops · 21 days · 161 km
G. Clarke
3 islands of the United States · 9–25 Apr 1980
G. Clarke in Kahoʻolawe, Kauaʻi and Maui, 9–25 April 1980125 specimens · 4 stops · 17 days · 403 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.