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
C. Alevizos
Kauaʻi · 2–6 Mar 2026
C. Alevizos in Kauaʻi, 2–6 March 2026117 specimens · 5 stops · 5 days
Brock E. Stanaland
3 islands of Iceland · 4–17 Sep 1985
Brock E. Stanaland in Jana Island, Half Moon Bay and Persian Gulf, 4–17 September 1985139 specimens · 5 stops · 14 days
C. Corn
Kauaʻi · 1–19 Jun 1987
C. Corn in Kauaʻi, 1–19 June 198786 specimens · 3 stops · 19 days
Robert Hobdy
Kauaʻi · 6–19 Jun 1991
Robert Hobdy in Kauaʻi, 6–19 June 199194 specimens · 3 stops · 14 days
Donald P. Abbott
Maui · Aug – Sep 1976
Donald P. Abbott in Maui, August – September 197670 specimens · 5 stops · 15 days · 369 km
Garcia
Luzon and Olango · Nov – Dec 1991
Garcia in Luzon and Olango, November – December 199172 specimens · 7 stops · 15 days
E.B. Barbon
Luzon and Olango · Nov – Dec 1991
E.B. Barbon in Luzon and Olango, November – December 199172 specimens · 7 stops · 15 days
Maxwell S. Doty
the United States · 2–9 Jul 1944
Maxwell S. Doty in the United States, 2–9 July 194471 specimens · 8 stops · 8 days
J. Sand
Oʻahu · Nov – Dec 2014
J. Sand in Oʻahu, November – December 201456 specimens · 6 stops · 36 days · 528 km
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C.E. Hartt
Oʻahu · Jun – Jul 1936
C.E. Hartt in Oʻahu, June – July 193665 specimens · 4 stops · 56 days · 336 km
J.C. Lindsay
Hawaiʻi Island · 21–29 Dec 1931
J.C. Lindsay in Hawaiʻi Island, 21–29 December 193168 specimens · 6 stops · 9 days
F. Raymond Fosberg
7 islands · May – Jun 1985
F. Raymond Fosberg across 7 islands, May – June 198565 specimens · 10 stops · 35 days · 36,228 km
S. Waldren
3 islands of the Pitcairn Islands · May – Jul 1991
S. Waldren in Henderson Island, Oeno Island and Pitcairn Island, May – July 1991105 specimens · 4 stops · 72 days · 697 km
L. Visch
3 islands of New Zealand · Dec 1972 – Feb 1973
L. Visch in South Island, New Zealand and North Island, December 1972 – February 197345 specimens · 9 stops · 52 days · 4,993 km
F.J.M. Gaerlan
3 islands of the Philippines · Feb – Apr 1992
F.J.M. Gaerlan in Panay, Mindanao and Luzon, February – April 199254 specimens · 9 stops · 62 days · 973 km
J.W. Coulter
Hawaiʻi Island · 21–31 Dec 1931
J.W. Coulter in Hawaiʻi Island, 21–31 December 193171 specimens · 5 stops · 11 days
D.E. Yen
3 islands · Jul – Aug 1969
D.E. Yen in Futuna Island, 'Alofi Island and Molokaʻi, July – August 1969139 specimens · 2 stops · 7 days
Joseph F. Rock
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · 1–29 Dec 1955
Joseph F. Rock in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, 1–29 December 195557 specimens · 7 stops · 29 days · 459 km
L.M. Hodgson
3 islands of the United States · Jan – Mar 2000
L.M. Hodgson in Oʻahu, Maui and Midway Atoll, January – March 200042 specimens · 10 stops · 64 days · 2,463 km
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss
7 islands · Jan – Mar 1960
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss across 7 islands, January – March 196057 specimens · 7 stops · 58 days · 16,910 km
K. Ruis
Oʻahu · May – Aug 2024
K. Ruis in Oʻahu, May – August 202441 specimens · 10 stops · 86 days
John W. Beardsley
Laysan and Nihoa · Jun – Jul 1962
John W. Beardsley in Laysan and Nihoa, June – July 1962105 specimens · 6 stops · 31 days · 1,046 km
W.J. Semmens
Oʻahu · Jun – Jul 1940
W.J. Semmens in Oʻahu, June – July 194066 specimens · 4 stops · 40 days · 266 km
Johnson Randall
Easter Island and Tahiti · Jan – Feb 1986
Johnson Randall in Easter Island and Tahiti, January – February 198690 specimens · 12 stops · 21 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.