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. 1,039 journeys so far, 1879 to 2026, 190,135 specimens between them.
396 collectors and expeditions17,317 days in the field3,803,657 km between stops132,409 photographed specimens
1,039 journeys match
Maxwell S. Doty
the United States · Jun – Aug 1943
Maxwell S. Doty in the United States, June – August 1943206 specimens · 28 stops · 70 days
Alvin Seale
3 islands · Mar – Jul 1900
Alvin Seale in Guam, Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, March – July 1900321 specimens · 26 stops · 129 days · 12,804 km
R. Herat
Hawaiʻi Island · Jun – Jul 1974
R. Herat in Hawaiʻi Island, June – July 1974247 specimens · 15 stops · 46 days · 75 km
Henry Wiebke
4 islands of the United States · Mar – Aug 1926
Henry Wiebke across 4 islands of the United States, March – August 1926150 specimens · 51 stops · 152 days · 2,253 km
R.J. Catto
Maui and Oʻahu · Nov 1936 – Jan 1937
R.J. Catto in Maui and Oʻahu, November 1936 – January 1937293 specimens · 10 stops · 35 days · 106 km
R. Okano
4 islands of the United States · Apr – Jul 2003
R. Okano across 4 islands of the United States, April – July 2003276 specimens · 11 stops · 64 days · 2,513 km
R.S. Cowan
3 islands · Dec 1946 – Jan 1947
R.S. Cowan in Hawaiʻi Island, Ebon Atoll and Kauaʻi, December 1946 – January 1947243 specimens · 15 stops · 44 days · 4,673 km
Derral R. Herbst
5 islands · Aug – Dec 1974
Derral R. Herbst across 5 islands, August – December 1974178 specimens · 27 stops · 126 days · 1,297 km
J. Polloi
8 islands of the United States · Sep – Oct 2002
J. Polloi across 8 islands of the United States, September – October 2002301 specimens · 13 stops · 32 days · 5,304 km
William J. Hoe
Maui · May – Jun 1976
William J. Hoe in Maui, May – June 1976257 specimens · 13 stops · 38 days · 162 km
Charles N. Forbes
4 islands of the United States · Jan – Jun 1916
Charles N. Forbes across 4 islands of the United States, January – June 1916175 specimens · 26 stops · 156 days · 2,894 km
L.E. Hair
25 islands · Jun – Aug 1966
L.E. Hair across 25 islands, June – August 1966263 specimens · 10 stops · 73 days · 5,300 km
Otto Degener
6 islands · Apr – Sep 1964
Otto Degener across 6 islands, April – September 1964168 specimens · 57 stops · 146 days · 10,662 km
H.L. Lyon
Maui · Nov 1908 – Jan 1909
H.L. Lyon in Maui, November 1908 – January 1909176 specimens · 31 stops · 82 days
Walter M. Giffard
Hawaiʻi Island · Feb – Aug 1911
Walter M. Giffard in Hawaiʻi Island, February – August 1911344 specimens · 19 stops · 170 days
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R.J. Baker
3 islands of the United States · Sep 1932 – Jan 1933
R.J. Baker in Molokaʻi, Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, September 1932 – January 1933204 specimens · 16 stops · 115 days · 120 km
Jan Newhouse
5 islands · May – Sep 1954
Jan Newhouse across 5 islands, May – September 1954224 specimens · 51 stops · 114 days · 18,081 km
William J. Hoe
Maui and Hawaiʻi Island · Aug – Sep 1967
William J. Hoe in Maui and Hawaiʻi Island, August – September 1967295 specimens · 9 stops · 32 days · 151 km
Afrastini Ismail
3 islands · Jun – Aug 1994
Afrastini Ismail in Bali Timur, Bali and Oʻahu, June – August 1994196 specimens · 18 stops · 86 days · 105 km
Derral R. Herbst
4 islands of the United States · Feb – May 1973
Derral R. Herbst across 4 islands of the United States, February – May 1973186 specimens · 22 stops · 93 days · 1,628 km
Harold St.John
7 islands · Nov – Dec 1953
Harold St.John across 7 islands, November – December 1953254 specimens · 14 stops · 33 days · 9,010 km
F.G. Smith
4 islands of the United States · Jan – May 1929
F.G. Smith across 4 islands of the United States, January – May 1929185 specimens · 19 stops · 110 days · 1,335 km
William H. Meinecke
Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island · Jun – Aug 1925
William H. Meinecke in Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island, June – August 1925271 specimens · 8 stops · 60 days · 622 km
Harold St.John
4 islands of the United States · Nov 1954 – Feb 1955
Harold St.John across 4 islands of the United States, November 1954 – February 1955193 specimens · 22 stops · 97 days · 1,375 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.