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
U.W. Mayar
3 islands of Indonesia · Apr – May 1995
U.W. Mayar in New Guinea, Irian Jaya and Papua, April – May 199544 specimens · 12 stops · 36 days · 5,403 km
N.R. Spencer
Vietnam · May – Jul 1961
N.R. Spencer in Vietnam, May – July 196164 specimens · 11 stops · 58 days
P.C. Hutchison
3 islands · 13–21 Jan 1967
P.C. Hutchison in Oʻahu, Kauaʻi and Tutuila, 13–21 January 196751 specimens · 8 stops · 9 days · 522 km
S. Balasubramaniam
Sri Lanka · Mar – Apr 1985
S. Balasubramaniam in Sri Lanka, March – April 198543 specimens · 8 stops · 29 days
Otto Degener
4 islands of the United States · Nov 1959 – Feb 1960
Otto Degener across 4 islands of the United States, November 1959 – February 196044 specimens · 6 stops · 85 days · 321 km
Clarence H. Cooke Jr.
Molokaʻi · 22–26 Dec 1922
Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Molokaʻi, 22–26 December 192287 specimens · 3 stops · 5 days · 51 km
A.F. Chambers
Nanumea · Nov – Dec 1974
A.F. Chambers in Nanumea, November – December 197445 specimens · 10 stops · 38 days
F. Raymond Fosberg
7 islands · Jul – Aug 1952
F. Raymond Fosberg across 7 islands, July – August 195252 specimens · 12 stops · 38 days
P.D. Ashlock
Maui · Mar – Apr 1966
P.D. Ashlock in Maui, March – April 1966116 specimens · 4 stops · 27 days
David Dwight Baldwin
3 islands of the United States · 1–30 Aug 1879
David Dwight Baldwin in Maui, Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, 1–30 August 187940 specimens · 10 stops · 30 days · 1,487 km
Elwood C. Zimmerman Gessler
Moorea and Raiatea · Sep – Oct 1934
Elwood C. Zimmerman Gessler in Moorea and Raiatea, September – October 193494 specimens · 2 stops · 14 days · 183 km
M.A. Evans
3 islands of the Northern Mariana Islands · 18–23 Jun 1966
M.A. Evans in Sariguan, Saipan and Sarigan, 18–23 June 196691 specimens · 5 stops · 6 days
Masatomi Suzuki
3 islands of Tonga · 12–21 Mar 2001
Masatomi Suzuki in Tongatapu Island, 'Eua Island and 'Euaiki Island, 12–21 March 200178 specimens · 9 stops · 10 days
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss
5 islands · Jan – Apr 1986
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss across 5 islands, January – April 198662 specimens · 10 stops · 77 days · 2,638 km
G.Y. Daida
Oʻahu · Jun – Jul 1977
G.Y. Daida in Oʻahu, June – July 197748 specimens · 8 stops · 51 days
John W. Beardsley
the United States · 15–29 Jun 1976
John W. Beardsley in the United States, 15–29 June 197698 specimens · 7 stops · 15 days
P.A. Cox
Savaii and Tau · Jun – Jul 1979
P.A. Cox in Savaii and Tau, June – July 197966 specimens · 9 stops · 24 days · 328 km
F. Raymond Fosberg
3 islands of the United States · Mar – Apr 1978
F. Raymond Fosberg in Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi Island and Kauaʻi, March – April 197842 specimens · 9 stops · 24 days · 718 km
David Timmins Fullaway
Maui · 12–18 May 1918
David Timmins Fullaway in Maui, 12–18 May 1918141 specimens · 4 stops · 7 days
Wayne C. Gagne
4 islands of the United States · Nov 1972 – Jan 1973
Wayne C. Gagne across 4 islands of the United States, November 1972 – January 197340 specimens · 11 stops · 63 days · 1,004 km
W.D. Perreira
Molokaʻi · Aug – Dec 1994
W.D. Perreira in Molokaʻi, August – December 199469 specimens · 9 stops · 105 days
L. Marrack
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · Jul – Aug 2006
L. Marrack in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, July – August 200675 specimens · 3 stops · 14 days · 113 km
Francis G. Howarth
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · May – Jul 1976
Francis G. Howarth in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, May – July 197667 specimens · 11 stops · 70 days · 230 km
Edwin G. Burrows
'Uvea Island · Oct – Nov 1932
Edwin G. Burrows in 'Uvea Island, October – November 193263 specimens · 4 stops · 31 days · 4 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.