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.R. Jones
6 islands · Sep – Oct 2008
C.R. Jones across 6 islands, September – October 200846 specimens · 8 stops · 12 days · 2,618 km
J.C. Regalado Jr.
Taveuni and Viti Levu · Sep – Oct 1993
J.C. Regalado Jr. in Taveuni and Viti Levu, September – October 199386 specimens · 6 stops · 27 days · 405 km
A.M. Stokes
Raivavae · Mar – Apr 1922
A.M. Stokes in Raivavae, March – April 192255 specimens · 6 stops · 37 days
Annie Montague Alexander
3 islands of the United States · Apr – May 1948
Annie Montague Alexander in Maui, Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island, April – May 194848 specimens · 6 stops · 31 days · 484 km
V Hugh M. Smith cruise 35
12 islands · Aug – Sep 1956
V Hugh M. Smith cruise 35, August – September 195650 specimens · 25 stops · 60 days · 13,190 km
N. Ogden
Maui · 4–25 Aug 1978
N. Ogden in Maui, 4–25 August 197843 specimens · 8 stops · 22 days · 243 km
Benjamin C. Stone
3 islands · Apr – May 1969
Benjamin C. Stone in Kedah, Viti Levu and Malaya, April – May 196949 specimens · 6 stops · 20 days
E. Earle
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · May – Jul 1972
E. Earle in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, May – July 197250 specimens · 5 stops · 43 days
Benjamin C. Stone
Malaya and Pahang · Apr – May 1976
Benjamin C. Stone in Malaya and Pahang, April – May 197650 specimens · 6 stops · 18 days
Wray Harris
Tau · 10–27 Jul 1938
Wray Harris in Tau, 10–27 July 193865 specimens · 6 stops · 18 days
Ted E. should Be D. Dranga
Hawaiʻi Island · Jan – Feb 1924
Ted E. should Be D. Dranga in Hawaiʻi Island, January – February 192468 specimens · 3 stops · 18 days · 196 km
Anderson Gessler
Moorea and Huahine · Sep – Oct 1934
Anderson Gessler in Moorea and Huahine, September – October 193498 specimens · 2 stops · 7 days · 149 km
Stanley Ball
Oʻahu · Oct 1925 – Feb 1926
Stanley Ball in Oʻahu, October 1925 – February 192643 specimens · 21 stops · 123 days
Kenneth R. Wood
4 islands of French Polynesia · Jun – Jul 2003
Kenneth R. Wood across 4 islands of French Polynesia, June – July 200376 specimens · 6 stops · 28 days · 576 km
Ronald A. Englund
Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · Feb – Jun 1998
Ronald A. Englund in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, February – June 199848 specimens · 21 stops · 119 days · 459 km
V Townsend Cromwell cruise 61
4 islands of the United States · Oct – Nov 1972
V Townsend Cromwell cruise 61, October – November 197278 specimens · 9 stops · 25 days · 700 km
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4 islands of the United States · Oct – Nov 1972
station, October – November 197278 specimens · 9 stops · 25 days · 700 km
David A. Walker
Oʻahu · 4–27 Jul 1947
David A. Walker in Oʻahu, 4–27 July 194765 specimens · 3 stops · 24 days · 251 km
C.R. Annable
Maui · Jan – Feb 1999
C.R. Annable in Maui, January – February 199962 specimens · 3 stops · 39 days · 71 km
F. Raymond Fosberg
3 islands of the Marshall Islands · Apr – May 1958
F. Raymond Fosberg in Jaluit Atoll, Kwajalein Atoll and Majuro Atoll, April – May 195846 specimens · 9 stops · 12 days · 678 km
Ben Nyberg
6 islands · Jun – Jul 2022
Ben Nyberg across 6 islands, June – July 202245 specimens · 7 stops · 18 days
T.P. Bayliss-Smith
3 islands of the Solomon Islands · Jan – May 1971
T.P. Bayliss-Smith in Ontong Java Atoll, Sikaiana and Onton Java Atoll, January – May 197142 specimens · 18 stops · 123 days
M.A. Weiner
5 islands of Fiji · Jul – Aug 1972
M.A. Weiner across 5 islands of Fiji, July – August 197266 specimens · 10 stops · 32 days · 2,738 km
S. Pillay
Viti Levu · Sep – Dec 1960
S. Pillay in Viti Levu, September – December 196042 specimens · 12 stops · 81 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.