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
E.B. Barbon
Luzon · Aug – Sep 1991
E.B. Barbon in Luzon, August – September 199165 specimens · 5 stops · 11 days
K. Schultz
5 islands of the United States · Aug – Sep 2000
K. Schultz across 5 islands of the United States, August – September 200066 specimens · 5 stops · 38 days · 1,010 km
R.M. Bird
Thailand · Jun – Jul 1963
R.M. Bird in Thailand, June – July 196340 specimens · 6 stops · 42 days
A.J. Chepstov-Lusty
3 islands of the Pitcairn Islands · Apr – Jul 1991
A.J. Chepstov-Lusty in Henderson Island, Oeno Island and Pitcairn Island, April – July 199179 specimens · 4 stops · 75 days · 695 km
T. Hosokawa
4 islands · Jun – Aug 1938
T. Hosokawa across 4 islands, June – August 193840 specimens · 12 stops · 52 days
A.G. Floyd
New Britain · Dec 1954 – Jan 1955
A.G. Floyd in New Britain, December 1954 – January 195541 specimens · 8 stops · 23 days
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
4 islands · Feb – Mar 1975
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. across 4 islands, February – March 197565 specimens · 7 stops · 18 days
Kazuhiro Okamoto
Vavau Island and Vavau Group · 14–18 Mar 1983
Kazuhiro Okamoto in Vavau Island and Vavau Group, 14–18 March 1983149 specimens · 3 stops · 5 days
C. Corn
3 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1984
C. Corn in Kauaʻi, Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, June – July 198460 specimens · 3 stops · 28 days · 324 km
Maxwell S. Doty
the United States · Apr – Sep 1937
Maxwell S. Doty in the United States, April – September 193744 specimens · 19 stops · 157 days
van Steenis
Taiwan and Formosa · 7–18 Aug 1966
van Steenis in Taiwan and Formosa, 7–18 August 196640 specimens · 9 stops · 12 days
F. Raymond Fosberg
3 islands of the United States · 2–15 Apr 1971
F. Raymond Fosberg in Hawaiʻi Island, Kauaʻi and Maui, 2–15 April 197141 specimens · 8 stops · 14 days · 585 km
B. Sneddon
New Caledonia · 8–16 Aug 2003
B. Sneddon in New Caledonia, 8–16 August 200377 specimens · 8 stops · 9 days · 3,507 km
Johnson Randall
Red Sea and Jeddah · 1–17 May 1982
Johnson Randall in Red Sea and Jeddah, 1–17 May 198275 specimens · 9 stops · 17 days
W.A. Whistler
Upolu · Dec 1974 – Jan 1975
W.A. Whistler in Upolu, December 1974 – January 197561 specimens · 9 stops · 17 days
K.E. Carpenter
3 islands of the Philippines · Jul – Aug 1978
K.E. Carpenter in Luzon, Philippines and Negros Island, July – August 197888 specimens · 6 stops · 18 days · 1,577 km
Vander Velde
4 islands of the Marshall Islands · 11–17 Apr 2006
Vander Velde across 4 islands of the Marshall Islands, 11–17 April 200647 specimens · 7 stops · 7 days
George F. Arnemann
Kauaʻi and Maui · Jul – Aug 1946
George F. Arnemann in Kauaʻi and Maui, July – August 194659 specimens · 3 stops · 25 days · 422 km
F.J.M. Gaerlan
Luzon and Mindanao · Apr – May 1991
F.J.M. Gaerlan in Luzon and Mindanao, April – May 199157 specimens · 5 stops · 33 days · 1,945 km
J.C. Game
Kauaʻi · 17–23 Feb 2016
J.C. Game in Kauaʻi, 17–23 February 201672 specimens · 6 stops · 7 days
Romero
Mindanao · 1–10 May 1993
Romero in Mindanao, 1–10 May 199393 specimens · 2 stops · 10 days
Cranwell Smith
Hawaiʻi Island · 3–16 Jul 1982
Cranwell Smith in Hawaiʻi Island, 3–16 July 198291 specimens · 5 stops · 14 days
F. Tokelau
3 islands of Tonga · 12–20 Mar 2001
F. Tokelau in Tongatapu Island, 'Eua Island and 'Euaiki Island, 12–20 March 200172 specimens · 8 stops · 9 days
Edward Y. Hosaka
Aug – Sep 1936
Edward Y. Hosaka, August – September 1936116 specimens · 4 stops · 9 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.