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
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4 islands of the United States · Oct – Nov 1958
station, October – November 1958111 specimens · 13 stops · 32 days · 5,167 km
V Hugh M. Smith cruise 47
4 islands of the United States · Oct – Nov 1958
V Hugh M. Smith cruise 47, October – November 1958111 specimens · 13 stops · 32 days · 5,167 km
Thomas G. Lammers
4 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1985
Thomas G. Lammers across 4 islands of the United States, June – July 198563 specimens · 12 stops · 18 days · 636 km
P.A. Fryxell
Australia · Apr – May 1983
P.A. Fryxell in Australia, April – May 198351 specimens · 20 stops · 27 days · 2,204 km
Dana G. Griffin III
Brazil · Jun – Aug 1974
Dana G. Griffin III in Brazil, June – August 197450 specimens · 14 stops · 58 days
A. AllisonA Allison
New Guinea · Aug – Oct 1988
A. AllisonA Allison in New Guinea, August – October 198861 specimens · 12 stops · 71 days
Warren L. Wagner Jr.
Hawaiʻi Island · 16–21 Nov 1982
Warren L. Wagner Jr. in Hawaiʻi Island, 16–21 November 1982104 specimens · 5 stops · 6 days · 16 km
H.J. Fortner
6 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1984
H.J. Fortner across 6 islands of the United States, June – July 198467 specimens · 8 stops · 35 days · 2,689 km
A.R.H. Lamberton
Hawaiʻi Island · Aug – Sep 1952
A.R.H. Lamberton in Hawaiʻi Island, August – September 195280 specimens · 8 stops · 12 days · 5 km
R.C. Gardner
6 islands · Jan – Mar 1975
R.C. Gardner across 6 islands, January – March 197549 specimens · 15 stops · 54 days · 18,774 km
Tanager Expedition
3 islands · Jul – Aug 1923
Tanager Expedition, July – August 1923160 specimens · 5 stops · 35 days · 20,287 km
Jacques Florence
3 islands of French Polynesia · Oct – Nov 1992
Jacques Florence in Huahine, Tahaa and Raivavae, October – November 1992256 specimens · 2 stops · 8 days · 54 km
Derral R. Herbst
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · 11–18 Jan 1975
Derral R. Herbst in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, 11–18 January 197592 specimens · 6 stops · 8 days · 302 km
Seymour H. Sohmer
Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · Aug – Sep 1969
Seymour H. Sohmer in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, August – September 196975 specimens · 6 stops · 41 days
Vander Velde
6 islands of the Marshall Islands · 11–20 May 2009
Vander Velde across 6 islands of the Marshall Islands, 11–20 May 200987 specimens · 6 stops · 10 days
Angela Kay Kepler
Caroline Atoll · Mar – Apr 1990
Angela Kay Kepler in Caroline Atoll, March – April 1990106 specimens · 3 stops · 28 days
G.J. Spence
Lānaʻi and Oʻahu · Sep – Oct 1973
G.J. Spence in Lānaʻi and Oʻahu, September – October 197387 specimens · 4 stops · 49 days · 77 km
C.H. Lamoureux
4 islands · 6–17 Dec 1962
C.H. Lamoureux across 4 islands, 6–17 December 196293 specimens · 6 stops · 12 days
Philip Hunter Timberlake
Oʻahu · Apr – Aug 1916
Philip Hunter Timberlake in Oʻahu, April – August 191690 specimens · 14 stops · 127 days
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Gerrit Parmele Wilder
7 islands · Jun – Aug 1925
Gerrit Parmele Wilder across 7 islands, June – August 192552 specimens · 22 stops · 65 days · 10,586 km
V.G. Springer
13 islands of Fiji · Apr – Jun 1982
V.G. Springer across 13 islands of Fiji, April – June 198295 specimens · 17 stops · 46 days · 1,834 km
Judson Linsley Gressitt
New Guinea · Aug – Dec 1958
Judson Linsley Gressitt in New Guinea, August – December 195867 specimens · 26 stops · 110 days · 956 km
Edward Y. Hosaka
Saipan and Tinian · Jun – Jul 1946
Edward Y. Hosaka in Saipan and Tinian, June – July 1946137 specimens · 2 stops · 22 days · 188 km
H.A. Miller
3 islands of the United States · Nov 1952 – Feb 1953
H.A. Miller in Kauaʻi, Oʻahu and Molokaʻi, November 1952 – February 195356 specimens · 15 stops · 82 days · 608 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.