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.S. Helfman
5 islands · 16–22 Apr 1970
E.S. Helfman across 5 islands, 16–22 April 1970108 specimens · 5 stops · 7 days · 10 km
W.A. Gosline
7 islands · May – Jul 1950
W.A. Gosline across 7 islands, May – July 195066 specimens · 8 stops · 60 days · 6,000 km
F. Raymond Fosberg
Kwajalein Atoll and Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Sep 1966
F. Raymond Fosberg in Kwajalein Atoll and Hawaiʻi Island, July – September 196644 specimens · 8 stops · 53 days · 8,276 km
F. Raymond Fosberg
8 islands · 14–31 Mar 1975
F. Raymond Fosberg across 8 islands, 14–31 March 197544 specimens · 8 stops · 18 days · 136 km
George F. Arnemann
Guadalcanal Island · 10–16 Feb 1966
George F. Arnemann in Guadalcanal Island, 10–16 February 196660 specimens · 4 stops · 7 days · 78 km
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C.S. Dole
Kauaʻi · 1–19 Jul 1909
C.S. Dole in Kauaʻi, 1–19 July 190963 specimens · 3 stops · 19 days · 110 km
Derral R. Herbst
3 islands of the United States · 7–13 Dec 1980
Derral R. Herbst in Maui, Oʻahu and Pearl and Hermes Atoll, 7–13 December 198088 specimens · 6 stops · 7 days · 2,159 km
Johnson Randall
Enewetak Atoll and Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Aug 1983
Johnson Randall in Enewetak Atoll and Hawaiʻi Island, July – August 198367 specimens · 9 stops · 35 days · 4,844 km
Steven Perlman
5 islands · Jun – Aug 2005
Steven Perlman across 5 islands, June – August 200548 specimens · 11 stops · 40 days · 12,795 km
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
Oʻahu · 1–21 Apr 1929
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Oʻahu, 1–21 April 192952 specimens · 5 stops · 21 days · 429 km
Rokuro Yamaguchi
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · Aug – Sep 1940
Rokuro Yamaguchi in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, August – September 194075 specimens · 2 stops · 21 days · 319 km
Gunder E. Olson
Maui · Oct – Dec 1936
Gunder E. Olson in Maui, October – December 193654 specimens · 3 stops · 54 days · 37 km
J. Nishioka
the United States · Jul – Sep 1977
J. Nishioka in the United States, July – September 197755 specimens · 13 stops · 55 days
K. Sugimura
6 islands of the Solomon Islands · Jul – Aug 2009
K. Sugimura across 6 islands of the Solomon Islands, July – August 200951 specimens · 8 stops · 31 days · 1,011 km
K.E. Mshigeni
Mbudya · Oct – Nov 1969
K.E. Mshigeni in Mbudya, October – November 196941 specimens · 8 stops · 31 days
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo
Oʻahu and Aguijan · Jan – Feb 1952
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo in Oʻahu and Aguijan, January – February 195243 specimens · 5 stops · 34 days · 6,123 km
Garcia
Negros and Luzon · May – Jun 1991
Garcia in Negros and Luzon, May – June 199149 specimens · 6 stops · 26 days
Maxwell S. Doty
3 islands of the United States · Dec 1959 – Jan 1960
Maxwell S. Doty in Hawaiʻi Island, Palmyra Atoll and Oʻahu, December 1959 – January 196046 specimens · 9 stops · 24 days · 3,977 km
B. Goldman
Lord Howe · 5–26 Feb 1973
B. Goldman in Lord Howe, 5–26 February 197368 specimens · 10 stops · 22 days
A.L. Young
Pearl and Hermes Atoll and Lisianski · 1–22 Aug 1964
A.L. Young in Pearl and Hermes Atoll and Lisianski, 1–22 August 196447 specimens · 5 stops · 22 days · 271 km
S. Satini
3 islands of Tonga · 12–20 Mar 2001
S. Satini in Tongatapu Island, 'Eua Island and 'Euaiki Island, 12–20 March 200171 specimens · 8 stops · 9 days
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
Molokaʻi · 18–23 Dec 1925
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Molokaʻi, 18–23 December 192594 specimens · 3 stops · 6 days · 2 km
Timothy J. Gallaher
Oʻahu and Kauaʻi · 3–30 Sep 2010
Timothy J. Gallaher in Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, 3–30 September 201049 specimens · 4 stops · 28 days · 14,170 km
W.H. Hatheway
Hawaiʻi Island · Dec 1949 – Jan 1950
W.H. Hatheway in Hawaiʻi Island, December 1949 – January 195051 specimens · 5 stops · 11 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.