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
E.K. Yoshinaga
Oʻahu · Nov 1929 – Jan 1930
E.K. Yoshinaga in Oʻahu, November 1929 – January 193053 specimens · 9 stops · 64 days · 252 km
G. George D. Peterson
4 islands of the Northern Mariana Islands · May – Jun 1952
G. George D. Peterson across 4 islands of the Northern Mariana Islands, May – June 195286 specimens · 4 stops · 23 days · 62 km
John W. Beardsley
Oʻahu · Jun – Sep 1965
John W. Beardsley in Oʻahu, June – September 196581 specimens · 16 stops · 99 days
T. Hosokawa
5 islands · Jul – Sep 1941
T. Hosokawa across 5 islands, July – September 194162 specimens · 13 stops · 56 days · 829 km
N. Semard
New Britain · 4–17 Nov 2016
N. Semard in New Britain, 4–17 November 2016106 specimens · 3 stops · 14 days
I. Engilis
New Britain · 4–17 Nov 2016
I. Engilis in New Britain, 4–17 November 2016106 specimens · 3 stops · 14 days
A. Hitch
New Britain · 4–17 Nov 2016
A. Hitch in New Britain, 4–17 November 2016106 specimens · 3 stops · 14 days
H. Maraia
New Britain · 4–17 Nov 2016
H. Maraia in New Britain, 4–17 November 2016106 specimens · 3 stops · 14 days
J. Trochet
New Britain · 4–17 Nov 2016
J. Trochet in New Britain, 4–17 November 2016106 specimens · 3 stops · 14 days
Otto Herman Swezey
Molokaʻi · 1–23 Dec 1925
Otto Herman Swezey in Molokaʻi, 1–23 December 1925122 specimens · 4 stops · 23 days · 4 km
L.M. Hodgson
Maui and Oʻahu · Mar – Apr 1994
L.M. Hodgson in Maui and Oʻahu, March – April 199464 specimens · 7 stops · 34 days · 287 km
F.R. Warshauer
Lānaʻi · 2–9 Apr 1979
F.R. Warshauer in Lānaʻi, 2–9 April 197983 specimens · 7 stops · 8 days
Jacques Florence
Moorea and Makatea · Dec 1981 – Jan 1982
Jacques Florence in Moorea and Makatea, December 1981 – January 1982114 specimens · 6 stops · 22 days · 282 km
Yoshio Miyashiro
Oʻahu · Dec 1957 – Apr 1958
Yoshio Miyashiro in Oʻahu, December 1957 – April 195847 specimens · 10 stops · 118 days · 262 km
E.J. Judziewicz
Maui · Feb – Mar 2023
E.J. Judziewicz in Maui, February – March 2023151 specimens · 4 stops · 32 days
I. Adachi
Sri Lanka · Feb – Mar 1987
I. Adachi in Sri Lanka, February – March 198758 specimens · 11 stops · 16 days
E.S.C. Handy
4 islands of the United States · Jul – Sep 1931
E.S.C. Handy across 4 islands of the United States, July – September 193171 specimens · 5 stops · 43 days · 1,582 km
A.Y. Yoshinaga
4 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 1967
A.Y. Yoshinaga across 4 islands of the United States, July – August 196764 specimens · 8 stops · 43 days · 555 km
Judson Linsley Gressitt
4 islands · May – Jul 1959
Judson Linsley Gressitt across 4 islands, May – July 195951 specimens · 14 stops · 64 days · 2,073 km
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss
Maui · Jun – Oct 1929
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss in Maui, June – October 192974 specimens · 18 stops · 121 days
W.A. Whistler
4 islands of the Cook Islands · Jul – Aug 1986
W.A. Whistler across 4 islands of the Cook Islands, July – August 198656 specimens · 20 stops · 58 days · 5,124 km
Steven Perlman
4 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 2007
Steven Perlman across 4 islands of the United States, June – July 200753 specimens · 10 stops · 37 days · 644 km
Charles K. Barry
Aug – Sep 1963
Charles K. Barry, August – September 196375 specimens · 5 stops · 24 days · 80 km
Derral R. Herbst
Aug – Sep 1963
Derral R. Herbst, August – September 196375 specimens · 5 stops · 24 days · 80 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.