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
Fuentes
Luzon · May – Jun 1992
Fuentes in Luzon, May – June 1992125 specimens · 5 stops · 14 days
R. Gay
Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Aug 1971
R. Gay in Hawaiʻi Island, July – August 197165 specimens · 12 stops · 26 days
Otto Degener
15 islands · May – Aug 1982
Otto Degener across 15 islands, May – August 198271 specimens · 26 stops · 89 days · 26,628 km
Alex B. Anderson
3 islands · Sep – Oct 1934
Alex B. Anderson in Raiatea, Moorea and Taha'A, September – October 1934126 specimens · 3 stops · 17 days · 211 km
E.S. Helfman
7 islands · May – Jun 1968
E.S. Helfman across 7 islands, May – June 1968144 specimens · 9 stops · 25 days
Walter M. Giffard
the United States · Feb – Mar 1909
Walter M. Giffard in the United States, February – March 1909170 specimens · 6 stops · 25 days
H.A. Miller
5 islands · May – Jun 1965
H.A. Miller across 5 islands, May – June 196595 specimens · 5 stops · 20 days · 2,591 km
P.K. Loc
Vietnam · Feb – Apr 1995
P.K. Loc in Vietnam, February – April 199556 specimens · 13 stops · 60 days
D.D. Huyen
Vietnam · Feb – Apr 1995
D.D. Huyen in Vietnam, February – April 199556 specimens · 13 stops · 60 days
N.T. Hiep
Vietnam · Feb – Apr 1995
N.T. Hiep in Vietnam, February – April 199556 specimens · 13 stops · 60 days
C.F. Mant
Oʻahu · Nov 1918 – Jan 1919
C.F. Mant in Oʻahu, November 1918 – January 191992 specimens · 4 stops · 59 days · 255 km
Romero
Luzon · 6–17 Sep 1991
Romero in Luzon, 6–17 September 199185 specimens · 8 stops · 12 days
M. Sagisolo
New Guinea and Irian Jaya · Mar – May 1994
M. Sagisolo in New Guinea and Irian Jaya, March – May 199459 specimens · 13 stops · 73 days · 8,057 km
S. Sako
3 islands of Japan · 14–26 Mar 1958
S. Sako in Okinoerabujima, Amami-Oshima and Okinawa, 14–26 March 195875 specimens · 10 stops · 13 days
Robert Cyril Layton Perkins
the United States · Mar – May 1894
Robert Cyril Layton Perkins in the United States, March – May 1894227 specimens · 3 stops · 35 days
F. Raymond Fosberg
Sri Lanka and Mauritius · Oct – Dec 1970
F. Raymond Fosberg in Sri Lanka and Mauritius, October – December 197056 specimens · 15 stops · 48 days
A. Dores
Pohnpei · Sep – Dec 2002
A. Dores in Pohnpei, September – December 200299 specimens · 9 stops · 71 days · 791 km
station
17 islands · Aug – Dec 1956
station, August – December 195676 specimens · 33 stops · 130 days · 25,742 km
K.N. Page
6 islands of the United States · 14–30 Jul 2003
K.N. Page across 6 islands of the United States, 14–30 July 200385 specimens · 7 stops · 17 days · 1,262 km
Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr.
Penang · Aug – Nov 1983
Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr. in Penang, August – November 198355 specimens · 14 stops · 77 days
Tachun
Borneo and Sarawak · Jul – Oct 1938
Tachun in Borneo and Sarawak, July – October 193846 specimens · 21 stops · 84 days
J.R. Croft
Tasmania · 14–25 Feb 1989
J.R. Croft in Tasmania, 14–25 February 198980 specimens · 9 stops · 12 days · 374 km
Paul K. Higashino
4 islands of the United States · Feb – Mar 1975
Paul K. Higashino across 4 islands of the United States, February – March 197586 specimens · 11 stops · 51 days · 498 km
Philip Weber
Oʻahu · Oct 1947 – Jan 1948
Philip Weber in Oʻahu, October 1947 – January 194890 specimens · 14 stops · 96 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.