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
H.J. Fortner
3 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1983
H.J. Fortner in Midway Atoll, Sand Island and Oʻahu, June – July 198389 specimens · 4 stops · 24 days
P. Drucker
Oʻahu · Jul – Aug 1951
P. Drucker in Oʻahu, July – August 195199 specimens · 3 stops · 29 days · 122 km
Gerald R. Allen
7 islands of Oman · Feb – Mar 1977
Gerald R. Allen across 7 islands of Oman, February – March 197790 specimens · 17 stops · 44 days · 2,615 km
J.C. Regalado Jr.
3 islands of Fiji · 6–29 Apr 1993
J.C. Regalado Jr. in Viti Levu, Taveuni and Ovalau, 6–29 April 1993102 specimens · 11 stops · 24 days · 3,560 km
R. Tahuaitu
3 islands of French Polynesia · Oct – Nov 1992
R. Tahuaitu in Huahine, Tahaa and Tahiti, October – November 1992238 specimens · 2 stops · 8 days · 54 km
Seymour H. Sohmer
6 islands of the Philippines · Oct – Nov 1985
Seymour H. Sohmer across 6 islands of the Philippines, October – November 198579 specimens · 6 stops · 12 days · 286 km
Evelyn B. Sharp
4 islands of Japan · 1–28 Dec 1964
Evelyn B. Sharp across 4 islands of Japan, 1–28 December 196459 specimens · 10 stops · 28 days · 943 km
Tsing-Chao Maa
4 countries · May – Sep 1959
Tsing-Chao Maa across 4 countries, May – September 195977 specimens · 16 stops · 102 days
Ismail Tukirin
Sumatra · Nov – Dec 1988
Ismail Tukirin in Sumatra, November – December 198852 specimens · 14 stops · 34 days · 2,272 km
T. Hosokawa
Pohnpei and Ponape · Aug – Sep 1940
T. Hosokawa in Pohnpei and Ponape, August – September 194059 specimens · 18 stops · 41 days
Thane K. Pratt
Pagan and Northern Pagan · Jun – Jul 2010
Thane K. Pratt in Pagan and Northern Pagan, June – July 201048 specimens · 15 stops · 33 days
Derral R. Herbst
3 islands of the United States · Nov – Dec 1975
Derral R. Herbst in Hawaiʻi Island, Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, November – December 197563 specimens · 8 stops · 31 days · 484 km
Dennis M. Devaney
8 islands · Feb – Mar 1971
Dennis M. Devaney across 8 islands, February – March 197190 specimens · 13 stops · 41 days · 1,684 km
M.G. Iltis
3 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 1967
M.G. Iltis in Maui, Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, July – August 196786 specimens · 5 stops · 12 days · 141 km
G.C.G. Argent
3 islands of the Philippines · Feb – Mar 1992
G.C.G. Argent in Luzon, Palawan and Mindanao, February – March 199269 specimens · 7 stops · 27 days · 1,326 km
S.-F. Wu Huang
Taiwan · Sep – Oct 1983
S.-F. Wu Huang in Taiwan, September – October 198355 specimens · 9 stops · 51 days
Akihiko Sinoto
5 islands · Jan – Mar 1971
Akihiko Sinoto across 5 islands, January – March 1971111 specimens · 10 stops · 32 days · 1,942 km
Jacob Zimmerman
Viti Levu · Jul – Aug 1938
Jacob Zimmerman in Viti Levu, July – August 1938121 specimens · 3 stops · 6 days · 107 km
O.L. Smith
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · Sep – Oct 1921
O.L. Smith in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, September – October 192183 specimens · 4 stops · 31 days · 186 km
Isabelle Abbott
St. Croix · 2–21 Jan 1974
Isabelle Abbott in St. Croix, 2–21 January 197460 specimens · 10 stops · 20 days
M. Sundue
New Britain · 4–17 Nov 2016
M. Sundue in New Britain, 4–17 November 2016107 specimens · 3 stops · 14 days
W.P. Char
Kahoʻolawe · 21–25 Apr 1980
W.P. Char in Kahoʻolawe, 21–25 April 1980128 specimens · 3 stops · 5 days · 54 km
S. Carlquist
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · 1–27 Aug 1961
S. Carlquist in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, 1–27 August 196165 specimens · 7 stops · 27 days · 392 km
Johnson Randall
4 islands · May – Jun 1981
Johnson Randall across 4 islands, May – June 1981142 specimens · 7 stops · 14 days · 913 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.