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
Otto Herman Swezey
the United States · Oct – Dec 1922
Otto Herman Swezey in the United States, October – December 192254 specimens · 8 stops · 62 days
F. Girdler
Oʻahu · Mar – Apr 1917
F. Girdler in Oʻahu, March – April 191762 specimens · 2 stops · 21 days · 141 km
Johnson Randall
4 islands · Nov – Dec 1996
Johnson Randall across 4 islands, November – December 199658 specimens · 10 stops · 18 days · 1,947 km
Arthur Greenwell
Hawaiʻi Island · 15–19 Feb 1952
Arthur Greenwell in Hawaiʻi Island, 15–19 February 195262 specimens · 3 stops · 5 days
Heinar Streimann
Manus Island and Los Negros · 17–25 Jun 1971
Heinar Streimann in Manus Island and Los Negros, 17–25 June 197155 specimens · 3 stops · 9 days · 80 km
M.D. Hoyle
the United States · 6–19 Aug 1971
M.D. Hoyle in the United States, 6–19 August 197154 specimens · 3 stops · 14 days
D. Paquin
Kauaʻi · Oct – Nov 1982
D. Paquin in Kauaʻi, October – November 198240 specimens · 4 stops · 36 days
S. Slappy
Babeldaob Island and Babeldaob · Mar – Apr 1996
S. Slappy in Babeldaob Island and Babeldaob, March – April 199658 specimens · 7 stops · 8 days
Johnson Randall
4 islands · Oct – Nov 1991
Johnson Randall across 4 islands, October – November 199162 specimens · 8 stops · 19 days
Malacology Staff
Oʻahu · Mar – Apr 1939
Malacology Staff, March – April 193960 specimens · 2 stops · 24 days · 125 km
Derral R. Herbst
3 islands · Feb – Apr 1992
Derral R. Herbst in Palmyra Atoll, Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, February – April 199247 specimens · 6 stops · 41 days · 1,763 km
Walter Hambuechen
3 islands of French Polynesia · 1–5 Dec 1960
Walter Hambuechen in Rurutu, Tubuai and Raivavae, 1–5 December 196083 specimens · 3 stops · 5 days
E.Y. Dawson
Palmyra Atoll · 1–20 Oct 1958
E.Y. Dawson in Palmyra Atoll, 1–20 October 195853 specimens · 5 stops · 20 days
J. Viatme
New Britain · 11–18 May 2011
J. Viatme in New Britain, 11–18 May 201170 specimens · 2 stops · 8 days · 42 km
L.A. Thurston L.A. ThurstonL.A. Thurston
Kingman Reef and Maui · Jun – Jul 1926
L.A. Thurston L.A. ThurstonL.A. Thurston in Kingman Reef and Maui, June – July 192643 specimens · 3 stops · 49 days · 3,448 km
Masatomi Suzuki
4 islands of Tonga · 20–29 Sep 2001
Masatomi Suzuki across 4 islands of Tonga, 20–29 September 200151 specimens · 8 stops · 10 days
M. Sundue
New Britain · 5–9 Nov 2015
M. Sundue in New Britain, 5–9 November 201574 specimens · 2 stops · 5 days
A. Hitch
New Britain · 5–9 Nov 2015
A. Hitch in New Britain, 5–9 November 201574 specimens · 2 stops · 5 days
N. Semard
New Britain · 5–9 Nov 2015
N. Semard in New Britain, 5–9 November 201574 specimens · 2 stops · 5 days
J. Trochet
New Britain · 5–9 Nov 2015
J. Trochet in New Britain, 5–9 November 201574 specimens · 2 stops · 5 days
H. Maraia
New Britain · 5–9 Nov 2015
H. Maraia in New Britain, 5–9 November 201574 specimens · 2 stops · 5 days
Y. Singeo
Babeldaob Island and Babeldaob · Mar – Apr 1996
Y. Singeo in Babeldaob Island and Babeldaob, March – April 199651 specimens · 8 stops · 8 days
B.K. Kirchoff
Oʻahu · 7–20 Jun 1991
B.K. Kirchoff in Oʻahu, 7–20 June 199154 specimens · 3 stops · 14 days
E.B. Barbon
Luzon and Leyte · Oct – Nov 1992
E.B. Barbon in Luzon and Leyte, October – November 199241 specimens · 5 stops · 35 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.