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
W.Z. Ma
Kauaʻi · 24–29 Jan 2018
W.Z. Ma in Kauaʻi, 24–29 January 201899 specimens · 6 stops · 6 days
N. Hallé
Rurutu · 17–27 Apr 1981
N. Hallé in Rurutu, 17–27 April 198194 specimens · 10 stops · 11 days
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
Kauaʻi · Jul – Aug 1940
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Kauaʻi, July – August 194074 specimens · 8 stops · 11 days
Hank L. Oppenheimer
Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi · Mar – Jun 2007
Hank L. Oppenheimer in Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi, March – June 200748 specimens · 10 stops · 81 days · 160 km
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H.F. Clay
Maui and Oʻahu · Dec 1948 – Jan 1949
H.F. Clay in Maui and Oʻahu, December 1948 – January 194949 specimens · 13 stops · 40 days · 311 km
C. Costion
6 islands · Nov – Dec 2011
C. Costion across 6 islands, November – December 201150 specimens · 12 stops · 33 days · 41 km
Jacques Florence
Raiatea and Nuku Hiva · Jun – Jul 1982
Jacques Florence in Raiatea and Nuku Hiva, June – July 1982127 specimens · 5 stops · 13 days · 1,520 km
W.A. Whistler
Upolu and Savaii · 2–27 Jun 2016
W.A. Whistler in Upolu and Savaii, 2–27 June 201674 specimens · 10 stops · 26 days · 80 km
K. Faccenda
Lānaʻi · 19–23 Jun 2023
K. Faccenda in Lānaʻi, 19–23 June 202393 specimens · 5 stops · 5 days
Johnson Randall
13 islands of Oman · Apr – May 1990
Johnson Randall across 13 islands of Oman, April – May 1990111 specimens · 10 stops · 21 days · 1,135 km
Isabelle Abbott
Maui · Aug – Sep 1976
Isabelle Abbott in Maui, August – September 197685 specimens · 5 stops · 9 days · 204 km
Seymour H. Sohmer
3 islands of the United States · Dec 1969 – Jan 1970
Seymour H. Sohmer in Hawaiʻi Island, Maui and Oʻahu, December 1969 – January 197067 specimens · 8 stops · 13 days · 136 km
Marie Catherine Neal
Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Aug 1927
Marie Catherine Neal in Hawaiʻi Island, July – August 192756 specimens · 9 stops · 32 days · 77 km
W.P. Cottam
Plummer`S · May – Aug 1938
W.P. Cottam in Plummer`S, May – August 193867 specimens · 24 stops · 98 days
Otto Herman Swezey
Maui and Oʻahu · Mar – May 1924
Otto Herman Swezey in Maui and Oʻahu, March – May 192464 specimens · 6 stops · 65 days · 228 km
David H. Lorence
17 islands · Mar – Apr 2008
David H. Lorence across 17 islands, March – April 200872 specimens · 9 stops · 13 days · 682 km
Johnson Randall
Easter Island and Bonaire · 4–22 Feb 1985
Johnson Randall in Easter Island and Bonaire, 4–22 February 1985112 specimens · 10 stops · 19 days
F. Raymond Fosberg
10 islands · May – Jul 1973
F. Raymond Fosberg across 10 islands, May – July 197356 specimens · 17 stops · 45 days
R.L. Stemmermann
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · Jun – Sep 1987
R.L. Stemmermann in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, June – September 198746 specimens · 13 stops · 78 days · 170 km
H.J. Fortner
4 islands of the United States · Oct – Nov 1984
H.J. Fortner across 4 islands of the United States, October – November 198451 specimens · 10 stops · 53 days · 29,869 km
Soetjipto Moeljono
4 islands of Indonesia · Mar – May 1994
Soetjipto Moeljono across 4 islands of Indonesia, March – May 199456 specimens · 9 stops · 62 days · 7,718 km
C.A. Russell
Maui · Feb – Mar 1984
C.A. Russell in Maui, February – March 198482 specimens · 6 stops · 16 days · 16 km
J.P. McVey
3 islands · Oct – Nov 1968
J.P. McVey in Fanning Island, Palmyra Atoll and Teraina Island, October – November 1968121 specimens · 8 stops · 20 days
Johnson Randall
10 islands of Egypt · Jul – Aug 1976
Johnson Randall across 10 islands of Egypt, July – August 197680 specimens · 19 stops · 44 days
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.