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
Elwood Curtin Zimmerman
Oʻahu · Jan – Mar 1937
Elwood Curtin Zimmerman in Oʻahu, January – March 193759 specimens · 12 stops · 68 days
William J. Hoe
Kauaʻi and Maui · 5–13 Aug 1974
William J. Hoe in Kauaʻi and Maui, 5–13 August 197466 specimens · 6 stops · 9 days
Pedersen
Luzon · Mar – Apr 1994
Pedersen in Luzon, March – April 199460 specimens · 5 stops · 15 days · 306 km
O. Kasmin
New Guinea and Papua · Apr – May 2000
O. Kasmin in New Guinea and Papua, April – May 200045 specimens · 9 stops · 35 days · 272 km
Donald P. Rogers
Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · Feb – Mar 1946
Donald P. Rogers in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, February – March 194644 specimens · 9 stops · 35 days · 826 km
R.W. Krauss
Maui and Oʻahu · Aug – Sep 1948
R.W. Krauss in Maui and Oʻahu, August – September 194845 specimens · 8 stops · 38 days · 351 km
Pratita Puradyatmika
New Guinea · Oct – Dec 1998
Pratita Puradyatmika in New Guinea, October – December 199847 specimens · 7 stops · 72 days · 3,262 km
Chester Thompson
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · 1–7 Sep 1908
Chester Thompson in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, 1–7 September 1908107 specimens · 2 stops · 7 days
Harold St.John
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · Jun – Jul 1971
Harold St.John in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, June – July 197162 specimens · 5 stops · 11 days · 230 km
Johnson Randall
New Caledonia and Uvea Island · 2–16 Jan 1979
Johnson Randall in New Caledonia and Uvea Island, 2–16 January 197988 specimens · 10 stops · 15 days
Isabelle Abbott
Maui · 1–27 Jul 1984
Isabelle Abbott in Maui, 1–27 July 198451 specimens · 6 stops · 27 days · 315 km
A. Bradley Tarr
3 islands of Iceland · 6–13 Sep 1985
A. Bradley Tarr in Jana Island, Jurayd Island and Persian Gulf, 6–13 September 1985143 specimens · 4 stops · 8 days
A. Gouveia A. Gouveia A. Gouveia v A. Gouveia
Oʻahu · Oct – Nov 1919
A. Gouveia A. Gouveia A. Gouveia v A. Gouveia in Oʻahu, October – November 191958 specimens · 4 stops · 36 days · 257 km
E.L. Robinson
Thailand · Jun – Jul 1963
E.L. Robinson in Thailand, June – July 196347 specimens · 6 stops · 42 days
F.J.M. Gaerlan
Mindanao and Luzon · 5–22 Jul 1991
F.J.M. Gaerlan in Mindanao and Luzon, 5–22 July 199176 specimens · 4 stops · 18 days · 973 km
Jim Space
6 islands of the Cook Islands · 12–29 Mar 2002
Jim Space across 6 islands of the Cook Islands, 12–29 March 200267 specimens · 8 stops · 18 days · 2,644 km
Gregory Plunkett
3 islands · 4–21 Nov 2013
Gregory Plunkett in Palau, Palao and Ngeruktabel, 4–21 November 201357 specimens · 5 stops · 18 days
de Lappe
Kauaʻi · May – Jun 1987
de Lappe in Kauaʻi, May – June 198760 specimens · 4 stops · 31 days
P.A. Schafer
4 islands of French Polynesia · Aug – Nov 1975
P.A. Schafer across 4 islands of French Polynesia, August – November 197544 specimens · 17 stops · 98 days · 2,534 km
Dranga
Kauaʻi · Nov – Dec 1926
Dranga in Kauaʻi, November – December 192674 specimens · 3 stops · 17 days · 27 km
John L. Earle
6 islands of Papua New Guinea · Nov – Dec 1995
John L. Earle across 6 islands of Papua New Guinea, November – December 199589 specimens · 7 stops · 37 days · 6,860 km
Jacques Florence
Moorea · 8–21 Aug 1983
Jacques Florence in Moorea, 8–21 August 1983154 specimens · 2 stops · 14 days · 10 km
U. Eliasson
3 islands of the United States · Jan – Apr 1988
U. Eliasson in Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, January – April 198853 specimens · 21 stops · 97 days · 690 km
J. Howard Choat
3 islands · 10–22 Jan 1973
J. Howard Choat in One Tree, Heron Island and Wistari Reef, 10–22 January 197392 specimens · 9 stops · 13 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.