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
Walter M. Giffard
Hawaiʻi Island · Aug – Sep 1919
Walter M. Giffard in Hawaiʻi Island, August – September 1919105 specimens · 14 stops · 44 days
B.C. Russell
Lord Howe and One Tree · Jan – Feb 1973
B.C. Russell in Lord Howe and One Tree, January – February 1973102 specimens · 18 stops · 47 days
Martin W. Johnson
Savaii · 14–30 Jun 2016
Martin W. Johnson in Savaii, 14–30 June 201691 specimens · 10 stops · 17 days
O.G. Gideon
New Guinea · Dec 1988 – Jan 1989
O.G. Gideon in New Guinea, December 1988 – January 198988 specimens · 6 stops · 24 days · 840 km
J.S. Burley
New Guinea · 15–26 May 1991
J.S. Burley in New Guinea, 15–26 May 1991134 specimens · 3 stops · 12 days · 667 km
N.X. Tam
Vietnam · Feb – Apr 1995
N.X. Tam in Vietnam, February – April 199555 specimens · 13 stops · 60 days
M.J. Balick
Palau and Palao · 4–21 Nov 2013
M.J. Balick in Palau and Palao, 4–21 November 201387 specimens · 6 stops · 18 days
John L. Earle
18 islands of Indonesia · Oct – Nov 1990
John L. Earle across 18 islands of Indonesia, October – November 1990122 specimens · 13 stops · 26 days · 10,403 km
J.D. Jacobi
Wake Island and Peale Island · May – Jun 2019
J.D. Jacobi in Wake Island and Peale Island, May – June 201967 specimens · 13 stops · 13 days
Erling Christophersen
Oʻahu · Apr – May 1932
Erling Christophersen in Oʻahu, April – May 1932111 specimens · 4 stops · 12 days · 308 km
Afrastini Ismail
Ceram · Nov – Dec 1990
Afrastini Ismail in Ceram, November – December 199066 specimens · 13 stops · 15 days · 30 km
Maxwell S. Doty
5 islands · Jan – May 1959
Maxwell S. Doty across 5 islands, January – May 195970 specimens · 17 stops · 110 days · 10,865 km
Otto Degener
Oʻahu · May – Jul 1923
Otto Degener in Oʻahu, May – July 192356 specimens · 13 stops · 57 days · 979 km
K. Faccenda
Hawaiʻi Island · Feb – Mar 2022
K. Faccenda in Hawaiʻi Island, February – March 202297 specimens · 7 stops · 7 days
M.M. Fleischer
Sri Lanka and Singapore · Feb – Mar 1898
M.M. Fleischer in Sri Lanka and Singapore, February – March 189853 specimens · 16 stops · 43 days
L.D. Whiteaker
3 islands · May – Aug 1980
L.D. Whiteaker in Oʻahu, Savaii and Upolu, May – August 198062 specimens · 16 stops · 82 days · 4,343 km
J.K. Jarvie
Borneo and Indonesia · Jan – Feb 1995
J.K. Jarvie in Borneo and Indonesia, January – February 199558 specimens · 15 stops · 33 days · 63,156 km
Derral R. Herbst
Kauaʻi and Maui · Nov 1972 – Feb 1973
Derral R. Herbst in Kauaʻi and Maui, November 1972 – February 197358 specimens · 11 stops · 79 days · 768 km
M.S. Kim
Maui and Oʻahu · Dec 2000 – Feb 2001
M.S. Kim in Maui and Oʻahu, December 2000 – February 2001152 specimens · 4 stops · 45 days · 68 km
J.L.J.A. De Sloover
Burundi · Jul – Oct 1974
J.L.J.A. De Sloover in Burundi, July – October 197446 specimens · 19 stops · 85 days
Benjamin C. Stone
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · 1–13 Aug 1959
Benjamin C. Stone in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, 1–13 August 195976 specimens · 9 stops · 13 days · 35 km
B. Emmons
5 islands of Palau · Dec 1967 – Feb 1968
B. Emmons across 5 islands of Palau, December 1967 – February 196865 specimens · 18 stops · 61 days · 4,935 km
R.R. Whitten
Maui · 1–27 Aug 1929
R.R. Whitten in Maui, 1–27 August 1929108 specimens · 7 stops · 27 days · 20 km
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S.G. Weller
3 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1985
S.G. Weller in Hawaiʻi Island, Lānaʻi and Maui, June – July 198574 specimens · 10 stops · 14 days · 289 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.