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
K.Q. Damas
4 islands of Papua New Guinea · 1–29 Mar 1979
K.Q. Damas across 4 islands of Papua New Guinea, 1–29 March 197950 specimens · 4 stops · 29 days · 258 km
Harold Yuen
3 islands · Oct – Nov 1961
Harold Yuen in Rangiroa Atoll, Tahiti and Makemo Atoll, October – November 196196 specimens · 4 stops · 21 days · 332 km
Grace Burgess Grace Burgess
Johnston Atoll · Jan – Mar 1964
Grace Burgess Grace Burgess in Johnston Atoll, January – March 196445 specimens · 17 stops · 68 days · 5,031 km
Francis G. Howarth
Dec 1980 – Jan 1981
Francis G. Howarth, December 1980 – January 198161 specimens · 9 stops · 43 days
M. Kramer
Australia · 6–16 Sep 1986
M. Kramer in Australia, 6–16 September 198641 specimens · 7 stops · 11 days
Steven Perlman
Maui and Kauaʻi · Aug – Sep 2022
Steven Perlman in Maui and Kauaʻi, August – September 202250 specimens · 5 stops · 27 days · 338 km
O.G. Gideon
New Ireland and Lihir Island · Oct – Nov 1984
O.G. Gideon in New Ireland and Lihir Island, October – November 198443 specimens · 5 stops · 27 days · 388 km
Charles N. Forbes
the United States · Aug – Nov 1907
Charles N. Forbes in the United States, August – November 190748 specimens · 13 stops · 99 days
S. Ishikawa
Maui · Nov – Dec 1973
S. Ishikawa in Maui, November – December 197353 specimens · 5 stops · 5 days · 53 km
Jacques Florence
Makatea and Rurutu · Jan – Mar 1988
Jacques Florence in Makatea and Rurutu, January – March 198863 specimens · 4 stops · 61 days · 1,038 km
C.T. Imada
3 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 2002
C.T. Imada in Maui, Lānaʻi and Kauaʻi, July – August 200255 specimens · 3 stops · 33 days · 420 km
H. Kennedy
3 islands · Aug – Sep 1979
H. Kennedy in Tahiti, Hawaiʻi Island and Upolu, August – September 197942 specimens · 11 stops · 33 days · 6,642 km
Roush
Oʻahu · Dec 1988 – Feb 1989
Roush in Oʻahu, December 1988 – February 198980 specimens · 4 stops · 60 days · 104 km
T. Khalkausar
Borneo and Sabah · 4–13 Apr 1994
T. Khalkausar in Borneo and Sabah, 4–13 April 199445 specimens · 6 stops · 10 days
Vander Velde
3 islands of the Marshall Islands · 20–27 Oct 2009
Vander Velde in Namdrik Island, Madmad Island and Near Madmad, 20–27 October 200942 specimens · 7 stops · 8 days
Donald Anderson
Oʻahu · 23–31 Jan 1937
Donald Anderson in Oʻahu, 23–31 January 193778 specimens · 2 stops · 9 days · 125 km
V Townsend Cromwell cruise 43
8–29 May 1969
V Townsend Cromwell cruise 43, 8–29 May 196959 specimens · 12 stops · 22 days · 1,677 km
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8–29 May 1969
station, 8–29 May 196959 specimens · 12 stops · 22 days · 1,677 km
Seymour H. Sohmer
Tubuai · Jun – Jul 1971
Seymour H. Sohmer in Tubuai, June – July 197169 specimens · 6 stops · 23 days
Johnson Randall
4 islands · Nov – Dec 1966
Johnson Randall across 4 islands, November – December 196664 specimens · 9 stops · 26 days · 43 km
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Wayne N. Takeuchi
Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · Nov – Dec 1983
Wayne N. Takeuchi in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, November – December 198355 specimens · 3 stops · 23 days · 518 km
M.L. Lohman
Oʻahu and Maui · Sep – Oct 1949
M.L. Lohman in Oʻahu and Maui, September – October 194943 specimens · 7 stops · 39 days · 226 km
David H. Lorence
Kosrae and Pohnpei · 1–20 Dec 1996
David H. Lorence in Kosrae and Pohnpei, 1–20 December 199666 specimens · 7 stops · 20 days · 39,978 km
Timothy Flynn
Kosrae and Pohnpei · 1–20 Dec 1996
Timothy Flynn in Kosrae and Pohnpei, 1–20 December 199665 specimens · 7 stops · 20 days · 39,978 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.