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.B. Lewis
6 islands · Sep – Oct 2008
C.B. Lewis across 6 islands, September – October 200854 specimens · 9 stops · 12 days · 2,618 km
S.A. James
New Britain · 10–18 May 2011
S.A. James in New Britain, 10–18 May 2011118 specimens · 2 stops · 9 days · 41 km
A.F. Chambers
Nanumea · Apr – Jun 1974
A.F. Chambers in Nanumea, April – June 197466 specimens · 9 stops · 41 days
Zimmerman Elwood C.Donald Anderson
Raivavae and Rapa · Jul – Aug 1934
Zimmerman Elwood C.Donald Anderson in Raivavae and Rapa, July – August 1934110 specimens · 2 stops · 14 days · 530 km
W.L. Stern
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · 1–14 Aug 1961
W.L. Stern in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, 1–14 August 196175 specimens · 4 stops · 14 days · 137 km
J.R. Shevock
Kauaʻi · 24–29 Sep 2014
J.R. Shevock in Kauaʻi, 24–29 September 201492 specimens · 5 stops · 6 days
W.Z. Ma
Kauaʻi · 24–29 Sep 2014
W.Z. Ma in Kauaʻi, 24–29 September 201492 specimens · 5 stops · 6 days
A. Dores
Pohnpei · Aug – Nov 2003
A. Dores in Pohnpei, August – November 200395 specimens · 4 stops · 98 days · 474 km
M.L. Lohman
Maui and Oʻahu · 1–30 Dec 1951
M.L. Lohman in Maui and Oʻahu, 1–30 December 195161 specimens · 13 stops · 30 days · 298 km
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss
5 islands · Jan – Feb 1961
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss across 5 islands, January – February 196149 specimens · 14 stops · 40 days · 5,401 km
Templeton Crocker Expedition
9 islands · May – Jul 1933
Templeton Crocker Expedition, May – July 193353 specimens · 10 stops · 64 days · 1,704 km
Robert Hobdy
Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi · Mar – Apr 1985
Robert Hobdy in Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi, March – April 198548 specimens · 8 stops · 36 days · 215 km
V Townsend Cromwell cruise 33
3 islands of the United States · Oct – Nov 1967
V Townsend Cromwell cruise 33, October – November 196795 specimens · 10 stops · 20 days · 397 km
station
3 islands of the United States · Oct – Nov 1967
station, October – November 196795 specimens · 10 stops · 20 days · 397 km
S.P. Carper
Oʻahu · 11–16 May 1988
S.P. Carper in Oʻahu, 11–16 May 1988136 specimens · 2 stops · 6 days
Gerald R. Allen
Enewetak Atoll · Nov – Dec 1968
Gerald R. Allen in Enewetak Atoll, November – December 1968106 specimens · 7 stops · 25 days
H.G. Gheo
China · Jul – Oct 1928
H.G. Gheo in China, July – October 192842 specimens · 9 stops · 77 days
Maxwell S. Doty
the United States · Dec 1941 – Mar 1942
Maxwell S. Doty in the United States, December 1941 – March 194253 specimens · 11 stops · 76 days
Gerald R. Allen
4 islands of the United States · May – Aug 1967
Gerald R. Allen across 4 islands of the United States, May – August 196776 specimens · 11 stops · 84 days · 1,310 km
F. Salucop
Oʻahu · Feb – Apr 1937
F. Salucop in Oʻahu, February – April 193747 specimens · 8 stops · 52 days
Seymour H. Sohmer
Maui and Oʻahu · Aug – Sep 1970
Seymour H. Sohmer in Maui and Oʻahu, August – September 197059 specimens · 7 stops · 21 days · 135 km
A.V. Freire
Maui · Feb – Mar 2023
A.V. Freire in Maui, February – March 2023150 specimens · 3 stops · 23 days
David Palmer
Hawaiʻi Island and Maui · Jun – Jul 1991
David Palmer in Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, June – July 199145 specimens · 9 stops · 42 days · 376 km
C. Cartier
Moorea and Motu Ahi · 19–25 Jun 1991
C. Cartier in Moorea and Motu Ahi, 19–25 June 1991113 specimens · 5 stops · 7 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.