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.M.Cooke III
Kauaʻi · 14–19 Jun 1914
C.M.Cooke III in Kauaʻi, 14–19 June 191483 specimens · 3 stops · 6 days · 56 km
M.V.C. Falanruw
3 islands of Micronesia · Jun – Aug 1968
M.V.C. Falanruw in Guam, Pohnpei and Garim Islet, June – August 196842 specimens · 16 stops · 86 days · 17,281 km
David H. Lorence
9 islands · 15–26 Jan 2008
David H. Lorence across 9 islands, 15–26 January 200874 specimens · 6 stops · 12 days · 213 km
A.B. Mirza
Papua New Guinea · Sep – Nov 1968
A.B. Mirza in Papua New Guinea, September – November 196879 specimens · 7 stops · 74 days · 335 km
Stephen L. Coles
Hawaiʻi Island · 23–28 Jun 2003
Stephen L. Coles in Hawaiʻi Island, 23–28 June 2003209 specimens · 2 stops · 6 days
HWN Island Harbor Survey
Hawaiʻi Island · 23–28 Jun 2003
HWN Island Harbor Survey, 23–28 June 2003209 specimens · 2 stops · 6 days
Ernest H. Quayle
8 islands · Dec 1921 – Feb 1922
Ernest H. Quayle across 8 islands, December 1921 – February 192246 specimens · 12 stops · 57 days · 6,573 km
B.A. Baker
Easter Island and Tahiti · Jan – Feb 1969
B.A. Baker in Easter Island and Tahiti, January – February 196993 specimens · 6 stops · 33 days
Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr.
3 islands of Indonesia · Oct 1990 – Jan 1991
Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr. in Pulau Tanjong Putus, Pulau Panjang and Pulau Gusung Assam, October 1990 – January 199151 specimens · 4 stops · 102 days · 411 km
Ted E. should Be D. Dranga
Hawaiʻi Island · Jan – Feb 1923
Ted E. should Be D. Dranga in Hawaiʻi Island, January – February 1923108 specimens · 2 stops · 5 days · 108 km
Cranwell Smith
3 islands of the United States · May – Jul 1966
Cranwell Smith in Maui, Hawaiʻi Island and Kauaʻi, May – July 196647 specimens · 6 stops · 39 days · 476 km
E.E. Henty
New Britain · 14–27 May 1968
E.E. Henty in New Britain, 14–27 May 196852 specimens · 6 stops · 14 days · 205 km
C.C. Curtis
6 islands · Apr – May 1922
C.C. Curtis across 6 islands, April – May 192263 specimens · 6 stops · 15 days · 21 km
C.C. Curtis
9 islands of French Polynesia · 5–29 Jun 1922
C.C. Curtis across 9 islands of French Polynesia, 5–29 June 192266 specimens · 9 stops · 25 days
Jacques Florence
Tahaa and Raiatea · 13–22 Sep 1983
Jacques Florence in Tahaa and Raiatea, 13–22 September 1983103 specimens · 4 stops · 10 days · 30 km
Charley Carolene
Oʻahu · 2–15 Oct 1912
Charley Carolene in Oʻahu, 2–15 October 191272 specimens · 3 stops · 14 days · 141 km
N. Hallé
3 islands of French Polynesia · May – Jun 1979
N. Hallé in Tubuai, Tahiti and Marotiri, May – June 197950 specimens · 16 stops · 41 days
T.J. Motley
4 islands · Mar – May 2002
T.J. Motley across 4 islands, March – May 200281 specimens · 4 stops · 67 days · 5,882 km
S.R. Hill
Australia · 13–28 Mar 2004
S.R. Hill in Australia, 13–28 March 200447 specimens · 7 stops · 16 days
Rokuro Yamaguchi
Oʻahu · 5–14 Feb 1939
Rokuro Yamaguchi in Oʻahu, 5–14 February 193995 specimens · 2 stops · 10 days · 23 km
Liloa Dunn
3 islands of French Polynesia · 11–24 Jun 2004
Liloa Dunn in Ua Pou, Ua Huka and Hiva Oa, 11–24 June 200484 specimens · 5 stops · 14 days · 842 km
L.A. Thurston L.A. ThurstonL.A. Thurston
Pearl and Hermes Atoll and Nihoa · 1–6 Apr 1927
L.A. Thurston L.A. ThurstonL.A. Thurston in Pearl and Hermes Atoll and Nihoa, 1–6 April 1927102 specimens · 2 stops · 6 days · 1,490 km
Maxwell S. Doty
6 islands · Dec 1965 – Jan 1966
Maxwell S. Doty across 6 islands, December 1965 – January 196658 specimens · 5 stops · 32 days · 657 km
Larry W. Quate
Hawaiʻi Island and Maui · Mar – Apr 1961
Larry W. Quate in Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, March – April 196161 specimens · 14 stops · 43 days · 11,144 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.