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
G.J. Spence
Hawaiʻi Island · 15–19 Jul 1975
G.J. Spence in Hawaiʻi Island, 15–19 July 197541 specimens · 5 stops · 5 days
B. Hocking
the United States · May – Jun 1969
B. Hocking in the United States, May – June 196949 specimens · 8 stops · 36 days
C.F. Puttock
3 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 2000
C.F. Puttock in Molokaʻi, Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, July – August 200082 specimens · 3 stops · 11 days · 592 km
John P. Hoover
4 islands of Oman · 1–24 Feb 1993
John P. Hoover across 4 islands of Oman, 1–24 February 199358 specimens · 6 stops · 24 days · 73 km
Grace Burgess Grace Burgess
Hawaiʻi Island · 1–19 Jun 1945
Grace Burgess Grace Burgess in Hawaiʻi Island, 1–19 June 194571 specimens · 2 stops · 19 days · 285 km
Otto Herman Swezey
Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · May – Jun 1919
Otto Herman Swezey in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, May – June 191953 specimens · 6 stops · 31 days · 232 km
C.H. Lamoureux
3 islands · 12–17 Aug 1964
C.H. Lamoureux in Kure Atoll, Midway Atoll and Laysan, 12–17 August 196445 specimens · 4 stops · 6 days · 111 km
Dan A. Polhemus
Apr – Jun 1995
Dan A. Polhemus, April – June 199542 specimens · 11 stops · 43 days
C. Squair
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · Nov – Dec 2005
C. Squair in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, November – December 200557 specimens · 2 stops · 11 days · 31 km
Timothy Flynn
Hawaiʻi Island and Maui · 24–28 Jul 1983
Timothy Flynn in Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, 24–28 July 198344 specimens · 4 stops · 5 days
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Kenneth Pike Emory
3 islands · 14–28 Apr 1925
Kenneth Pike Emory in Raiatea, Tahiti and Taha'A, 14–28 April 192543 specimens · 3 stops · 15 days · 269 km
A. Haywood
4 islands · Apr – May 1971
A. Haywood across 4 islands, April – May 197160 specimens · 5 stops · 32 days · 1,709 km
Brian D. Greene
8 islands · 9–27 Apr 2007
Brian D. Greene across 8 islands, 9–27 April 200749 specimens · 9 stops · 19 days · 2,074 km
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5 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 1972
station, July – August 197245 specimens · 9 stops · 42 days · 4,512 km
W. Law
Pohnpei · Apr – May 2007
W. Law in Pohnpei, April – May 200756 specimens · 4 stops · 16 days · 386 km
D. Brokaw
Maui · 11–15 Mar 2024
D. Brokaw in Maui, 11–15 March 202443 specimens · 4 stops · 5 days
J. Garnic
the United States · 12–18 Aug 1947
J. Garnic in the United States, 12–18 August 194764 specimens · 2 stops · 7 days
John L. Earle
Kiritimati Atoll · 21–30 Jul 2005
John L. Earle in Kiritimati Atoll, 21–30 July 200564 specimens · 6 stops · 10 days · 182 km
A.J. Bernatowicz
Great Britain · May – Jun 1962
A.J. Bernatowicz in Great Britain, May – June 196251 specimens · 3 stops · 5 days
C.L. Pollard
Cuba · Jan – Feb 1902
C.L. Pollard in Cuba, January – February 190242 specimens · 8 stops · 39 days
A. Sadili
New Guinea · Oct – Nov 1998
A. Sadili in New Guinea, October – November 199843 specimens · 3 stops · 30 days · 1,594 km
J.D. Rogers
4 islands of the United States · 4–16 Jan 1996
J.D. Rogers across 4 islands of the United States, 4–16 January 199648 specimens · 11 stops · 13 days · 788 km
Hitoshi Ida
Ani-Jima and Chichi-Jima · 21–26 Jul 1991
Hitoshi Ida in Ani-Jima and Chichi-Jima, 21–26 July 199174 specimens · 5 stops · 6 days
William Hashimoto
Enewetak Atoll · 24–29 Nov 1967
William Hashimoto in Enewetak Atoll, 24–29 November 196795 specimens · 3 stops · 6 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.