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
John W. Beardsley
the United States · Jun – Sep 1956
John W. Beardsley in the United States, June – September 1956108 specimens · 8 stops · 64 days
M.L. Lohman
3 islands of the United States · Feb – Jun 1948
M.L. Lohman in Oʻahu, Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island, February – June 194867 specimens · 21 stops · 125 days · 682 km
R. Burkhart
the United States · Jun – Jul 1975
R. Burkhart in the United States, June – July 1975100 specimens · 12 stops · 34 days
K.W. Duker
Oʻahu · Oct – Dec 1932
K.W. Duker in Oʻahu, October – December 193248 specimens · 11 stops · 72 days
P.E. Eperiam
Pohnpei and Micronesia · Feb – May 2006
P.E. Eperiam in Pohnpei and Micronesia, February – May 200654 specimens · 12 stops · 95 days · 780 km
Ann Marie Gawel
Rota and Guam · Jul – Aug 2012
Ann Marie Gawel in Rota and Guam, July – August 201263 specimens · 10 stops · 10 days · 16,939 km
James A. Kwon
Rota and Guam · Jul – Aug 2012
James A. Kwon in Rota and Guam, July – August 201263 specimens · 10 stops · 10 days · 16,939 km
C.L. Harrington
Rota and Guam · Jul – Aug 2012
C.L. Harrington in Rota and Guam, July – August 201263 specimens · 10 stops · 10 days · 16,939 km
Joe Ward
4 islands of Palau · May – Jun 1996
Joe Ward across 4 islands of Palau, May – June 199693 specimens · 8 stops · 35 days · 1,015 km
Philip Weber
Jun – Jul 1949
Philip Weber, June – July 1949126 specimens · 6 stops · 47 days
Afrastini Ismail
New Guinea · 15–26 May 1991
Afrastini Ismail in New Guinea, 15–26 May 1991110 specimens · 3 stops · 12 days · 667 km
Gerald R. Allen
One Tree and Lord Howe · Jan – Feb 1973
Gerald R. Allen in One Tree and Lord Howe, January – February 197388 specimens · 16 stops · 41 days
H. Morley
Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Aug 1934
H. Morley in Hawaiʻi Island, July – August 193462 specimens · 7 stops · 33 days · 35 km
A. Mouly
5 islands of French Polynesia · Jun – Jul 2004
A. Mouly across 5 islands of French Polynesia, June – July 200460 specimens · 17 stops · 37 days · 1,785 km
M.L. Bristol
Savaii · Aug – Sep 1968
M.L. Bristol in Savaii, August – September 196896 specimens · 7 stops · 30 days
Romero
Leyte · Feb – Mar 1993
Romero in Leyte, February – March 199366 specimens · 7 stops · 34 days
P.H. McEldowney
Kauaʻi and Molokaʻi · May – Jun 1981
P.H. McEldowney in Kauaʻi and Molokaʻi, May – June 198152 specimens · 13 stops · 44 days · 236 km
A. AllisonA Allison
New Britain · 4–17 Nov 2016
A. AllisonA Allison in New Britain, 4–17 November 2016103 specimens · 3 stops · 14 days
G.W. Gillett
6 islands of the United States · May – Jul 1966
G.W. Gillett across 6 islands of the United States, May – July 196646 specimens · 12 stops · 66 days · 1,081 km
A.J.H. Sharp
3 islands of Japan · 1–28 Dec 1964
A.J.H. Sharp in Yakushima Island, Kyushu and Honshu, 1–28 December 196456 specimens · 10 stops · 28 days · 943 km
Local fishermen
Lombok · Jan – Feb 1984
Local fishermen in Lombok, January – February 1984100 specimens · 12 stops · 30 days
B. Tate
Oʻahu · Oct – Nov 1984
B. Tate in Oʻahu, October – November 198454 specimens · 8 stops · 55 days
Maxwell S. Doty
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · Aug – Dec 1956
Maxwell S. Doty in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, August – December 195664 specimens · 9 stops · 118 days · 1,647 km
Tim Bennett
Oʻahu · Feb – Apr 1982
Tim Bennett in Oʻahu, February – April 198257 specimens · 8 stops · 40 days · 629 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.