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
Judson Linsley Gressitt
New Caledonia · Jan – Mar 1972
Judson Linsley Gressitt in New Caledonia, January – March 197251 specimens · 14 stops · 81 days · 1,654 km
Robert Whitman
Oʻahu · 6–27 Apr 1935
Robert Whitman in Oʻahu, 6–27 April 193574 specimens · 2 stops · 22 days · 144 km
P. Tofu
3 islands of the Solomon Islands · 4–18 Oct 2008
P. Tofu in Santa Isabel, Choiseul and Kolombangara, 4–18 October 200844 specimens · 6 stops · 15 days · 349 km
R. Olisae
3 islands of the Solomon Islands · 4–18 Oct 2008
R. Olisae in Santa Isabel, Choiseul and Kolombangara, 4–18 October 200844 specimens · 6 stops · 15 days · 349 km
P. Kosui
3 islands of the Solomon Islands · 4–18 Oct 2008
P. Kosui in Santa Isabel, Choiseul and Kolombangara, 4–18 October 200844 specimens · 6 stops · 15 days · 349 km
Charles N. Forbes
Oʻahu · 1–17 Jul 1914
Charles N. Forbes in Oʻahu, 1–17 July 191478 specimens · 2 stops · 17 days · 20 km
C. Sewelu
New Britain · 10–18 May 2011
C. Sewelu in New Britain, 10–18 May 201184 specimens · 2 stops · 9 days · 42 km
Donald Anderson
Oʻahu · Dec 1938 – Jan 1939
Donald Anderson in Oʻahu, December 1938 – January 193984 specimens · 2 stops · 9 days
Walter M. Giffard
Oʻahu · 17–27 Sep 1935
Walter M. Giffard in Oʻahu, 17–27 September 193581 specimens · 2 stops · 11 days · 27 km
Wayne C. Gagne
Hawaiʻi Island and Maui · Jun – Aug 1980
Wayne C. Gagne in Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, June – August 198051 specimens · 14 stops · 65 days · 122 km
Philip Weber
Jan – Feb 1953
Philip Weber, January – February 195392 specimens · 4 stops · 43 days
D.F. Hoese
Lord Howe · 5–26 Feb 1973
D.F. Hoese in Lord Howe, 5–26 February 197365 specimens · 11 stops · 22 days
Diane Ragone
15 islands · Jun – Aug 1987
Diane Ragone across 15 islands, June – August 198746 specimens · 19 stops · 77 days · 29,774 km
R.C. Phillips
4 islands · Jun – Jul 1973
R.C. Phillips across 4 islands, June – July 197355 specimens · 4 stops · 26 days · 4,659 km
G.T. Higuchi
Oʻahu · Apr – May 1971
G.T. Higuchi in Oʻahu, April – May 197143 specimens · 5 stops · 31 days · 166 km
Betsy H. Gagne
Maui · Jun – Aug 1973
Betsy H. Gagne in Maui, June – August 197348 specimens · 6 stops · 53 days · 42 km
N. Inagaki
3 islands of Tonga · 12–20 Mar 2001
N. Inagaki in Tongatapu Island, 'Eua Island and 'Euaiki Island, 12–20 March 200170 specimens · 8 stops · 9 days
H.O. Whittier
Oʻahu and Kauaʻi · Feb – Mar 1964
H.O. Whittier in Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, February – March 196443 specimens · 5 stops · 36 days · 509 km
E.J. Funk
Hawaiʻi Island and Palau · Nov – Dec 1990
E.J. Funk in Hawaiʻi Island and Palau, November – December 199078 specimens · 2 stops · 20 days
Charles Montague Cooke Jr. 7 Others
Ovalau and Munia Island · Jul – Aug 1938
Charles Montague Cooke Jr. 7 Others in Ovalau and Munia Island, July – August 193874 specimens · 2 stops · 20 days · 248 km
B.J. Conn
3 islands of Papua New Guinea · Sep – Oct 1974
B.J. Conn in Umboi Island, New Guinea and Umboi, September – October 197445 specimens · 4 stops · 52 days · 516 km
Johnson Randall
7 islands of Indonesia · Sep – Oct 2000
Johnson Randall across 7 islands of Indonesia, September – October 200046 specimens · 21 stops · 55 days · 6,018 km
R.T. Hansen
Jul – Aug 1966
R.T. Hansen, July – August 1966106 specimens · 3 stops · 42 days
Various
3 islands · May – Jun 1952
Various in Aguijan, Rota and Tinian, May – June 195268 specimens · 2 stops · 36 days · 89 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.