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. 173 journeys so far, 1903 to 2003, 63,883 specimens between them.
63 collectors and expeditions3,776 days in the field960,284 km between stops46,480 photographed specimens
173 journeys match
Glen W. Russ
Hawaiʻi Island and Lānaʻi · Jun – Oct 1927
Glen W. Russ in Hawaiʻi Island and Lānaʻi, June – October 1927140 specimens · 26 stops · 123 days · 55 km
H.A. Pilsbry
4 islands of the United States · Jan – Mar 1913
H.A. Pilsbry across 4 islands of the United States, January – March 1913189 specimens · 13 stops · 56 days · 1,191 km
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 and Oʻahu · Jun – Jul 1928
Walter M. Giffard in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, June – July 1928299 specimens · 4 stops · 31 days · 87 km
F. Raymond Fosberg
Oʻahu · Dec 1934 – Mar 1935
F. Raymond Fosberg in Oʻahu, December 1934 – March 1935148 specimens · 16 stops · 95 days · 731 km
Clarence H. Cooke Jr.
Molokaʻi · Feb – Mar 1915
Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Molokaʻi, February – March 1915275 specimens · 4 stops · 42 days · 51 km
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
Clarence C.Y. Wong
Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · May – Aug 1951
Clarence C.Y. Wong in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, May – August 1951141 specimens · 13 stops · 114 days · 926 km
Harold St.John
5 islands · Jun – Aug 1947
Harold St.John across 5 islands, June – August 1947162 specimens · 13 stops · 63 days · 23,782 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
Erling Christophersen
3 islands · Oct 1924 – Jan 1925
Erling Christophersen in Oʻahu, Tutuila and Hawaiʻi Island, October 1924 – January 1925126 specimens · 16 stops · 85 days · 17,725 km
F. Raymond Fosberg
Oʻahu and Molokaʻi · Feb – Apr 1948
F. Raymond Fosberg in Oʻahu and Molokaʻi, February – April 1948132 specimens · 15 stops · 71 days · 524 km
Charles N. Forbes
Oʻahu · Jan – May 1917
Charles N. Forbes in Oʻahu, January – May 1917140 specimens · 12 stops · 95 days · 453 km
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
Oʻahu · Sep – Nov 1934
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Oʻahu, September – November 1934152 specimens · 11 stops · 64 days · 289 km
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo
Lānaʻi and Oʻahu · Feb – Apr 1961
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo in Lānaʻi and Oʻahu, February – April 1961141 specimens · 11 stops · 50 days · 429 km
Owen Bryant
Maui · Feb – Apr 1932
Owen Bryant in Maui, February – April 1932216 specimens · 15 stops · 62 days
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo
Oʻahu · Mar – Apr 1948
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo in Oʻahu, March – April 1948164 specimens · 7 stops · 37 days · 934 km
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
3 islands of the United States · Jun – Sep 1928
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Kauaʻi, Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, June – September 1928168 specimens · 15 stops · 81 days · 1,078 km
Otto Herman Swezey
Molokaʻi · May – Sep 1927
Otto Herman Swezey in Molokaʻi, May – September 1927201 specimens · 13 stops · 112 days · 30 km
Glen W. Russ
Molokaʻi · 1–13 Dec 1932
Glen W. Russ in Molokaʻi, 1–13 December 1932236 specimens · 4 stops · 13 days · 35 km
Otto Herman Swezey
4 islands of the United States · Jul – Oct 1921
Otto Herman Swezey across 4 islands of the United States, July – October 1921185 specimens · 22 stops · 99 days · 1,113 km
Johnson Randall
8 islands · Jun – Sep 1986
Johnson Randall across 8 islands, June – September 1986167 specimens · 23 stops · 68 days · 75,616 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.