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
Townsend-Cromwell Survey TC
the United States · 14–21 Jun 2000
Townsend-Cromwell Survey TC, 14–21 June 200077 specimens · 5 stops · 8 days · 1,217 km
K.E. Carpenter
3 islands · May – Jul 1981
K.E. Carpenter in Cebu, Philippines and Negros Island, May – July 198151 specimens · 8 stops · 36 days · 185 km
Alex B. Anderson
3 islands of French Polynesia · 8–26 Aug 1934
Alex B. Anderson in Tubuai, Rurutu and Raivavae, 8–26 August 193440 specimens · 5 stops · 19 days · 411 km
L. Frederick
Hawaiʻi Island · Dec 1946 – Jan 1947
L. Frederick in Hawaiʻi Island, December 1946 – January 194746 specimens · 4 stops · 6 days
F. Tokelau
3 islands of Tonga · 20–29 Sep 2001
F. Tokelau in Vava'U, Nuapapu Island and Tongatapu Island, 20–29 September 200149 specimens · 7 stops · 10 days
P.S. Vroom
Maro Reef and Mokumanamana · 3–9 Sep 2006
P.S. Vroom in Maro Reef and Mokumanamana, 3–9 September 200644 specimens · 4 stops · 7 days · 655 km
William Hashimoto
4 islands · Oct – Nov 1968
William Hashimoto across 4 islands, October – November 196858 specimens · 6 stops · 33 days · 5,091 km
A.J. Stark
Guam · 21–30 Jun 1968
A.J. Stark in Guam, 21–30 June 196874 specimens · 5 stops · 10 days
E.J. Funk
Hawaiʻi Island · 1–12 Nov 1991
E.J. Funk in Hawaiʻi Island, 1–12 November 199147 specimens · 3 stops · 12 days
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss
3 islands · Feb – Apr 1985
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss in Guadalcanal, Viti Levu and Ghizo, February – April 198550 specimens · 4 stops · 50 days · 1,277 km
de Lappe
Kauaʻi · Mar – Apr 1987
de Lappe in Kauaʻi, March – April 198743 specimens · 3 stops · 22 days
S. Victor
Babeldaob Island · Mar – Apr 1996
S. Victor in Babeldaob Island, March – April 199655 specimens · 7 stops · 8 days
T. Miyata
Honshu and Japan · 1–20 Nov 1977
T. Miyata in Honshu and Japan, 1–20 November 197754 specimens · 2 stops · 20 days
K. Shultz
Hawaiʻi Island and Maui · 13–28 Sep 2000
K. Shultz in Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, 13–28 September 200083 specimens · 3 stops · 16 days · 352 km
Johnson Randall
Enewetak Atoll and Kwajalein Atoll · Apr – May 1978
Johnson Randall in Enewetak Atoll and Kwajalein Atoll, April – May 197855 specimens · 8 stops · 17 days · 901 km
Y. Sagawa
Guam and Yap · Mar – Apr 1981
Y. Sagawa in Guam and Yap, March – April 198144 specimens · 8 stops · 19 days · 17,396 km
R.W. Clegern
4 islands of Kiribati · 1–19 Sep 1973
R.W. Clegern across 4 islands of Kiribati, 1–19 September 197383 specimens · 2 stops · 19 days
Walter M. Giffard
Nov – Dec 1912
Walter M. Giffard, November – December 191267 specimens · 5 stops · 17 days
W.A. Gosline
Wake Island and Hawaiʻi Island · 7–19 Jun 1953
W.A. Gosline in Wake Island and Hawaiʻi Island, 7–19 June 195364 specimens · 6 stops · 13 days · 8,708 km
C.S. English Jr.
the United States · 2–15 Aug 1925
C.S. English Jr. in the United States, 2–15 August 192543 specimens · 8 stops · 14 days
C.T. Imada
Kauaʻi and Maui · 2–11 Aug 2005
C.T. Imada in Kauaʻi and Maui, 2–11 August 200547 specimens · 3 stops · 10 days · 371 km
S. Satini
3 islands of Tonga · 20–29 Sep 2001
S. Satini in Vava'U, Nuapapu Island and Tongatapu Island, 20–29 September 200148 specimens · 7 stops · 10 days
W.R. Sykes
Tanna and Efate · 12–22 Jul 2003
W.R. Sykes in Tanna and Efate, 12–22 July 200349 specimens · 10 stops · 11 days · 234 km
H.L. Oppebnheinmer
Maui · 11–15 Mar 2024
H.L. Oppebnheinmer in Maui, 11–15 March 202444 specimens · 4 stops · 5 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.