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
Tuatoko
Rotuma · 1–26 Aug 1938
Tuatoko in Rotuma, 1–26 August 1938106 specimens · 3 stops · 26 days · 1,107 km
Isa Degener
4 islands · Jan – Feb 1958
Isa Degener across 4 islands, January – February 195879 specimens · 20 stops · 41 days · 13,268 km
J.P.E. Morrison
4 islands · Feb – Jul 1946
J.P.E. Morrison across 4 islands, February – July 194641 specimens · 17 stops · 153 days · 2,863 km
Peter J. Edwards
North Island and New Zealand · 1–30 Mar 1970
Peter J. Edwards in North Island and New Zealand, 1–30 March 197062 specimens · 10 stops · 30 days · 53,824 km
Isa Degener
14 islands · May – Aug 1982
Isa Degener across 14 islands, May – August 198266 specimens · 25 stops · 81 days · 26,529 km
J.R. Johansen
Oʻahu and Kauaʻi · 20–30 Jul 2009
J.R. Johansen in Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, 20–30 July 2009131 specimens · 9 stops · 11 days · 653 km
S. Hatusima
3 islands of Japan · 14–26 Mar 1958
S. Hatusima in Okinoerabujima, Amami-Oshima and Okinawa, 14–26 March 195867 specimens · 10 stops · 13 days
G. Yakovlev
Vietnam · Feb – Apr 1995
G. Yakovlev in Vietnam, February – April 199551 specimens · 12 stops · 60 days
K. Shultz
Oʻahu and Kauaʻi · 4–27 Apr 2001
K. Shultz in Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, 4–27 April 2001201 specimens · 3 stops · 24 days · 184 km
Zennoske Iwatsuki
4 islands of Japan · 1–28 Dec 1964
Zennoske Iwatsuki across 4 islands of Japan, 1–28 December 196462 specimens · 10 stops · 28 days · 943 km
van Royen
the United States · Jul – Aug 1973
van Royen in the United States, July – August 197397 specimens · 17 stops · 27 days
Charles N. Forbes
3 islands of the United States · Oct 1910 – Jan 1911
Charles N. Forbes in Oʻahu, Maui and Kauaʻi, October 1910 – January 191148 specimens · 16 stops · 97 days · 1,320 km
Benjamin C. Stone
Guam and Rota · Feb – Jun 1964
Benjamin C. Stone in Guam and Rota, February – June 196451 specimens · 18 stops · 129 days
Otto Degener
Oʻahu · Jan – Jun 1933
Otto Degener in Oʻahu, January – June 193341 specimens · 17 stops · 136 days · 1,199 km
S.R. Gradstein
Crete · Apr – May 1967
S.R. Gradstein in Crete, April – May 196749 specimens · 16 stops · 36 days
Stud. Biol. Rheno-Trai in itinere
Boyroya · Jun – Jul 1970
Stud. Biol. Rheno-Trai in itinere in Boyroya, June – July 197055 specimens · 12 stops · 31 days
Steven Perlman
4 islands of the United States · Apr – Jul 2012
Steven Perlman across 4 islands of the United States, April – July 201247 specimens · 14 stops · 84 days · 1,122 km
A.K. Sakai
3 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1985
A.K. Sakai in Hawaiʻi Island, Lānaʻi and Maui, June – July 198570 specimens · 9 stops · 14 days · 289 km
Isa Degener
Kauaʻi · Sep – Oct 1955
Isa Degener in Kauaʻi, September – October 195559 specimens · 10 stops · 31 days · 126 km
W. Law
10 islands · Jan – Feb 2008
W. Law across 10 islands, January – February 200876 specimens · 9 stops · 24 days · 139 km
E.A. Bessey
Hawaiʻi Island and Maui · 1–29 Jun 1940
E.A. Bessey in Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, 1–29 June 1940106 specimens · 13 stops · 29 days · 325 km
Harold St.John
3 islands · Mar – Apr 1949
Harold St.John in Niʻihau, Nihoa and Enewetak Atoll, March – April 1949101 specimens · 4 stops · 14 days · 4,437 km
A.A. Tam
Maui and Molokaʻi · 1–30 Mar 1952
A.A. Tam in Maui and Molokaʻi, 1–30 March 195278 specimens · 6 stops · 30 days · 204 km
Steven Perlman
4 islands · Mar – May 2007
Steven Perlman across 4 islands, March – May 200777 specimens · 9 stops · 50 days · 5,611 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.