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. 160 journeys so far, 1892 to 1993, 38,185 specimens between them.
53 collectors and expeditions2,872 days in the field286,019 km between stops18,041 photographed specimens
160 journeys match
John W. Beardsley
Hawaiʻi Island · 13–30 Jun 1966
John W. Beardsley in Hawaiʻi Island, 13–30 June 1966715 specimens · 12 stops · 18 days
Walter M. Giffard
Hawaiʻi Island · Jun – Aug 1927
Walter M. Giffard in Hawaiʻi Island, June – August 1927248 specimens · 25 stops · 60 days · 184 km
Robert L. Usinger
Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · Jun – Nov 1935
Robert L. Usinger in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, June – November 1935378 specimens · 27 stops · 135 days · 641 km
John W. Beardsley
the United States · Aug – Oct 1964
John W. Beardsley in the United States, August – October 1964636 specimens · 10 stops · 38 days
Robert Cyril Layton Perkins
the United States · May – Oct 1893
Robert Cyril Layton Perkins in the United States, May – October 1893344 specimens · 23 stops · 154 days
Walter M. Giffard
Hawaiʻi Island · Feb – Aug 1911
Walter M. Giffard in Hawaiʻi Island, February – August 1911344 specimens · 19 stops · 170 days
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
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
Oʻahu and Maui · Dec 1928 – Feb 1929
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Oʻahu and Maui, December 1928 – February 1929244 specimens · 12 stops · 88 days · 650 km
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Alfred F. Judd Jr
Molokaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Aug 1925
Alfred F. Judd Jr in Molokaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island, July – August 1925242 specimens · 11 stops · 60 days · 237 km
Donald Anderson
Oʻahu · May – Jul 1937
Donald Anderson in Oʻahu, May – July 1937404 specimens · 3 stops · 67 days · 90 km
Walter M. Giffard
the United States · Nov 1907 – May 1908
Walter M. Giffard in the United States, November 1907 – May 1908338 specimens · 17 stops · 175 days
Wayne C. Gagne
4 islands of the United States · Jan – Nov 1970
Wayne C. Gagne across 4 islands of the United States, January – November 1970150 specimens · 60 stops · 305 days · 3,577 km
Clarence H. Cooke Jr.
3 islands of the United States · 1–19 Jun 1923
Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Nihoa, Mokumanamana and Kauaʻi, 1–19 June 1923307 specimens · 8 stops · 19 days · 786 km
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
Oʻahu and Maui · Sep 1919 – Jan 1920
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Oʻahu and Maui, September 1919 – January 1920201 specimens · 28 stops · 133 days · 556 km
Otto Herman Swezey
Maui · Jul – Nov 1918
Otto Herman Swezey in Maui, July – November 1918300 specimens · 17 stops · 120 days
John August Kusche
Kauaʻi · Apr – Jun 1920
John August Kusche in Kauaʻi, April – June 1920360 specimens · 10 stops · 68 days · 63 km
Walter M. Giffard
Hawaiʻi Island · Jan – Jun 1912
Walter M. Giffard in Hawaiʻi Island, January – June 1912272 specimens · 19 stops · 145 days
Robert Cyril Layton Perkins
Hawaiʻi Island · Jun – Sep 1892
Robert Cyril Layton Perkins in Hawaiʻi Island, June – September 1892367 specimens · 10 stops · 76 days
Philip Hunter Timberlake
Maui and Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Aug 1919
Philip Hunter Timberlake in Maui and Hawaiʻi Island, July – August 1919229 specimens · 22 stops · 51 days · 448 km
Robert L. Usinger
Lānaʻi and Kauaʻi · Nov 1935 – Jan 1936
Robert L. Usinger in Lānaʻi and Kauaʻi, November 1935 – January 1936221 specimens · 10 stops · 53 days · 259 km
Edward Yataro Hosaka
Hawaiʻi Island and Maui · May – Jun 1938
Edward Yataro Hosaka in Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, May – June 1938174 specimens · 15 stops · 26 days · 58 km
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
4 islands of the United States · Jul – Sep 1927
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. across 4 islands of the United States, July – September 1927243 specimens · 11 stops · 55 days · 849 km
Walter M. Giffard
Oʻahu · Jan – Feb 1916
Walter M. Giffard in Oʻahu, January – February 1916478 specimens · 4 stops · 45 days
Otto Herman Swezey
Hawaiʻi Island · Aug – Sep 1919
Otto Herman Swezey in Hawaiʻi Island, August – September 1919289 specimens · 13 stops · 36 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.