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
station
3 islands of the United States · Jun – Sep 1967
station, June – September 1967116 specimens · 11 stops · 90 days · 907 km
W.R. Sykes
3 islands of the Cook Islands · Aug – Sep 1982
W.R. Sykes in Rarotonga, Mitiaro and Mauke, August – September 198287 specimens · 24 stops · 25 days
Gerald R. Allen
Enewetak Atoll and Oʻahu · Mar – Apr 1968
Gerald R. Allen in Enewetak Atoll and Oʻahu, March – April 1968123 specimens · 11 stops · 55 days · 14,231 km
Y. Nitta
Oʻahu · May – Jul 1932
Y. Nitta in Oʻahu, May – July 193272 specimens · 8 stops · 52 days
F. Raymond Fosberg
9 islands of the Marshall Islands · 4–15 Feb 1956
F. Raymond Fosberg across 9 islands of the Marshall Islands, 4–15 February 1956102 specimens · 11 stops · 12 days · 1,332 km
G.J. Spence
Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi · Mar – Apr 1976
G.J. Spence in Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi, March – April 197697 specimens · 5 stops · 25 days · 166 km
Carl Masaru Yoshimoto
the United States · Sep – Oct 1965
Carl Masaru Yoshimoto in the United States, September – October 1965173 specimens · 6 stops · 25 days
J.J. Magnuson
7 islands · Oct – Nov 1961
J.J. Magnuson across 7 islands, October – November 1961139 specimens · 9 stops · 36 days · 1,561 km
Maxwell S. Doty
4 islands of the United States · Oct – Dec 1955
Maxwell S. Doty across 4 islands of the United States, October – December 195578 specimens · 10 stops · 80 days · 1,239 km
Fuentes
Luzon · 18–28 Jan 1994
Fuentes in Luzon, 18–28 January 1994122 specimens · 6 stops · 11 days
D.E. Yen
3 islands of the Solomon Islands · Nov – Dec 1971
D.E. Yen in Anuta, Nendo (Santa Cruz) and Guadalcanal, November – December 197177 specimens · 8 stops · 37 days
E.M. Fahey
Penikese · Jul – Sep 1947
E.M. Fahey in Penikese, July – September 194765 specimens · 10 stops · 74 days
Rokuro Yamaguchi
Oʻahu · Oct – Nov 1935
Rokuro Yamaguchi in Oʻahu, October – November 1935151 specimens · 2 stops · 27 days · 16 km
Clarence H. Cooke Jr.
Molokaʻi and Kauaʻi · Mar – Apr 1914
Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Molokaʻi and Kauaʻi, March – April 1914105 specimens · 4 stops · 25 days · 343 km
Takamoto
Oʻahu · Feb – May 1936
Takamoto in Oʻahu, February – May 193653 specimens · 14 stops · 101 days
Pacific Entomological Survey
Nuku Hiva · May – Jun 1931
Pacific Entomological Survey, May – June 1931105 specimens · 4 stops · 24 days · 6 km
Moreira Vital
Brazil · Jun – Aug 1974
Moreira Vital in Brazil, June – August 197452 specimens · 17 stops · 58 days
Johnson Randall
9 islands of French Polynesia · Feb – Jul 1957
Johnson Randall across 9 islands of French Polynesia, February – July 195786 specimens · 22 stops · 146 days · 1,617 km
F.R. Warshauer
Kauaʻi and Molokaʻi · May – Jun 1981
F.R. Warshauer in Kauaʻi and Molokaʻi, May – June 198162 specimens · 15 stops · 44 days · 236 km
Alvarez
Mindanao and Luzon · 1–9 Mar 1991
Alvarez in Mindanao and Luzon, 1–9 March 1991185 specimens · 2 stops · 9 days · 1,087 km
E.J. Reynoso
Luzon · 6–17 Sep 1991
E.J. Reynoso in Luzon, 6–17 September 199186 specimens · 8 stops · 12 days
R.K. von Holt
Oʻahu · Sep – Oct 1912
R.K. von Holt in Oʻahu, September – October 1912106 specimens · 4 stops · 21 days · 289 km
N.Y. Young
Pitcairn Island and Ducie Atoll · Dec 1970 – Jan 1971
N.Y. Young in Pitcairn Island and Ducie Atoll, December 1970 – January 1971163 specimens · 7 stops · 22 days
Otto Herman Swezey
3 islands of the United States · May – Jul 1932
Otto Herman Swezey in Kauaʻi, Oʻahu and Molokaʻi, May – July 193269 specimens · 23 stops · 54 days · 540 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.