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
Harold St.John
Oʻahu · Mar – Jun 1941
Harold St.John in Oʻahu, March – June 194163 specimens · 11 stops · 71 days
Y. Lelean
Lavongai and New Ireland · Sep – Oct 1974
Y. Lelean in Lavongai and New Ireland, September – October 1974104 specimens · 4 stops · 46 days · 315 km
Edward Leonard Caum
7 islands · 1–28 Apr 1923
Edward Leonard Caum across 7 islands, 1–28 April 192378 specimens · 10 stops · 28 days · 2,863 km
Thos. Cooke
Molokaʻi · 1–25 Jul 1924
Thos. Cooke in Molokaʻi, 1–25 July 1924125 specimens · 3 stops · 25 days · 9 km
Nengah Wirawan
Oʻahu · 12–23 Aug 1972
Nengah Wirawan in Oʻahu, 12–23 August 197283 specimens · 9 stops · 12 days
G.W. Gillett
the United States · Jul – Aug 1957
G.W. Gillett in the United States, July – August 195788 specimens · 5 stops · 51 days
Marie Catherine Neal
Hawaiʻi Island · Jun – Jul 1922
Marie Catherine Neal in Hawaiʻi Island, June – July 192282 specimens · 8 stops · 18 days
van Balgooy
Oʻahu and Kauaʻi · May – Jun 1982
van Balgooy in Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, May – June 198291 specimens · 7 stops · 13 days · 509 km
Y. Iwasaki
Hawaiʻi Island · Jan – Apr 1930
Y. Iwasaki in Hawaiʻi Island, January – April 193053 specimens · 16 stops · 103 days · 99 km
W.A. Niering
5 islands of Micronesia · Jun – Sep 1954
W.A. Niering across 5 islands of Micronesia, June – September 195454 specimens · 21 stops · 75 days · 3,095 km
Mrs. P.H. Buck
Oct – Nov 1929
Mrs. P.H. Buck, October – November 1929113 specimens · 3 stops · 52 days
T. Watanabe
6 islands of the Solomon Islands · Jul – Sep 2008
T. Watanabe across 6 islands of the Solomon Islands, July – September 2008128 specimens · 9 stops · 41 days · 638 km
S. Balasubramaniam
Sri Lanka · 11–29 Aug 1984
S. Balasubramaniam in Sri Lanka, 11–29 August 198492 specimens · 6 stops · 19 days
F. Raymond Fosberg
3 islands · Jan – Feb 1983
F. Raymond Fosberg in North Island, South Island and Hawaiʻi Island, January – February 198360 specimens · 15 stops · 36 days · 19,213 km
Van-Ray Tadao
Palau and Palao · 4–21 Nov 2013
Van-Ray Tadao in Palau and Palao, 4–21 November 2013100 specimens · 5 stops · 18 days
Isa Degener
Lānaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island · Jan – Feb 1964
Isa Degener in Lānaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island, January – February 196477 specimens · 8 stops · 27 days · 247 km
Alvin Seale
4 islands · Jan – Feb 1902
Alvin Seale across 4 islands, January – February 1902320 specimens · 2 stops · 20 days
Otto Degener
Oʻahu · Jan – May 1938
Otto Degener in Oʻahu, January – May 193855 specimens · 14 stops · 109 days
Kenneth R. Wood
4 islands of French Polynesia · Jun – Jul 2004
Kenneth R. Wood across 4 islands of French Polynesia, June – July 200494 specimens · 13 stops · 41 days · 1,519 km
H.L. Lyon
Hawaiʻi Island · Jan – Mar 1908
H.L. Lyon in Hawaiʻi Island, January – March 190863 specimens · 11 stops · 71 days · 222 km
Fred W. Ball
11 islands of the United States · 5–25 Jul 1977
Fred W. Ball across 11 islands of the United States, 5–25 July 197773 specimens · 10 stops · 21 days · 1,615 km
Jan-Peter Frahm
3 islands of Brazil · Jul – Sep 1977
Jan-Peter Frahm in Rio De Janeiro, Cardoso Island and Oʻahu, July – September 197747 specimens · 26 stops · 61 days · 12,609 km
Maxwell S. Doty
6 islands · Nov 1975 – Mar 1976
Maxwell S. Doty across 6 islands, November 1975 – March 197661 specimens · 13 stops · 131 days · 16,972 km
K.L. Marr
3 islands of the United States · Apr – Aug 1988
K.L. Marr in Oʻahu, Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island, April – August 198850 specimens · 16 stops · 107 days · 1,706 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.