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
Joseph F. Rock
Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Aug 1915
Joseph F. Rock in Hawaiʻi Island, July – August 191545 specimens · 3 stops · 32 days
I. Engilis
New Britain · 5–9 Nov 2015
I. Engilis in New Britain, 5–9 November 201571 specimens · 2 stops · 5 days
Steven Perlman
Kauaʻi · 19–26 Jan 2018
Steven Perlman in Kauaʻi, 19–26 January 201863 specimens · 3 stops · 8 days
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Frank A. Parrish
4 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1990
Frank A. Parrish across 4 islands of the United States, June – July 199091 specimens · 3 stops · 13 days · 978 km
Fosberg F. Raymond
Kauaʻi · 25–30 Dec 1933
Fosberg F. Raymond in Kauaʻi, 25–30 December 193369 specimens · 2 stops · 6 days · 35 km
K.W. Duker
Oʻahu · Jan – Feb 1933
K.W. Duker in Oʻahu, January – February 193346 specimens · 3 stops · 24 days · 253 km
H.G. Barnacle
1–28 Sep 1882
H.G. Barnacle, 1–28 September 188244 specimens · 3 stops · 28 days
Joseph Swift Emerson
1–28 Sep 1882
Joseph Swift Emerson, 1–28 September 188244 specimens · 3 stops · 28 days
Mike Gawel
3 islands · May – Jun 1981
Mike Gawel in Negros Island, Cebu and Luzon, May – June 198186 specimens · 4 stops · 11 days · 913 km
Walter M. Giffard
1–15 Dec 1911
Walter M. Giffard, 1–15 December 191168 specimens · 6 stops · 15 days
C.T. Imada
Hawaiʻi Island · 1–11 Feb 1987
C.T. Imada in Hawaiʻi Island, 1–11 February 198742 specimens · 5 stops · 11 days
Y. Doi
New Caledonia · Feb – Mar 1992
Y. Doi in New Caledonia, February – March 199252 specimens · 8 stops · 25 days
Romero
Luzon · 1–15 Jul 1994
Romero in Luzon, 1–15 July 199462 specimens · 2 stops · 15 days · 93 km
P.A. Cox
Savaii · Jun – Jul 1986
P.A. Cox in Savaii, June – July 198641 specimens · 10 stops · 26 days
B.M. Waterhouse
7 islands of Palau · 4–19 Dec 2002
B.M. Waterhouse across 7 islands of Palau, 4–19 December 200250 specimens · 6 stops · 16 days · 19,441 km
M.L. Lohman
Oʻahu · Jan – Mar 1950
M.L. Lohman in Oʻahu, January – March 195041 specimens · 9 stops · 41 days · 462 km
de Vogel
New Britain · 5–9 Nov 2015
de Vogel in New Britain, 5–9 November 201570 specimens · 2 stops · 5 days
station
10 islands · Apr – Jun 1971
station, April – June 197146 specimens · 10 stops · 57 days · 5,591 km
V Townsend Cromwell cruise 53
10 islands · Apr – Jun 1971
V Townsend Cromwell cruise 53, April – June 197146 specimens · 10 stops · 57 days · 5,591 km
E. Soepadmo
Selangor and Malaya · 4–20 Apr 1968
E. Soepadmo in Selangor and Malaya, 4–20 April 196847 specimens · 3 stops · 17 days
Crew of R
9 islands of French Polynesia · Sep – Oct 1967
Crew of R, September – October 196745 specimens · 11 stops · 50 days · 6,143 km
V. Pele
9 islands of French Polynesia · Sep – Oct 1967
V. Pele across 9 islands of French Polynesia, September – October 196745 specimens · 11 stops · 50 days · 6,143 km
D. Paquin
Oʻahu · Jul – Aug 1988
D. Paquin in Oʻahu, July – August 198842 specimens · 3 stops · 36 days
Richard L. Pyle
4 islands of Papua New Guinea · 3–16 Dec 1995
Richard L. Pyle across 4 islands of Papua New Guinea, 3–16 December 199563 specimens · 7 stops · 14 days · 200 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.