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. 361 journeys so far, 1879 to 2025, 72,416 specimens between them.
168 collectors and expeditions7,126 days in the field852,575 km between stops51,600 photographed specimens
361 journeys match
Grady L. Webster
10 islands · Jun – Sep 1968
Grady L. Webster across 10 islands, June – September 1968510 specimens · 60 stops · 111 days · 38,525 km
F.R. Warshauer
Maui and Molokaʻi · May – Aug 1980
F.R. Warshauer in Maui and Molokaʻi, May – August 1980511 specimens · 33 stops · 119 days · 847 km
Derral R. Herbst
Oʻahu and Maui · Aug 1967 – Jan 1968
Derral R. Herbst in Oʻahu and Maui, August 1967 – January 1968373 specimens · 66 stops · 150 days · 1,963 km
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
Maui and Oʻahu · Feb – Jul 1920
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Maui and Oʻahu, February – July 1920658 specimens · 47 stops · 176 days · 1,222 km
Derral R. Herbst
5 islands of the United States · Feb – Oct 1975
Derral R. Herbst across 5 islands of the United States, February – October 1975345 specimens · 58 stops · 242 days · 4,870 km
Charles N. Forbes
3 islands of the United States · Jun – Aug 1911
Charles N. Forbes in Hawaiʻi Island, Oʻahu and Maui, June – August 1911448 specimens · 34 stops · 70 days · 919 km
Charles N. Forbes
3 islands of the United States · Feb – Jun 1910
Charles N. Forbes in Maui, Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, February – June 1910446 specimens · 29 stops · 120 days · 1,746 km
Charles N. Forbes
5 islands of the United States · Sep – Dec 1916
Charles N. Forbes across 5 islands of the United States, September – December 1916451 specimens · 23 stops · 106 days · 1,301 km
Charles N. Forbes
5 islands of the United States · Jan – Jun 1912
Charles N. Forbes across 5 islands of the United States, January – June 1912459 specimens · 19 stops · 151 days · 981 km
Marshall R. Crosby
5 islands of the United States · Jun – Aug 1964
Marshall R. Crosby across 5 islands of the United States, June – August 1964461 specimens · 21 stops · 83 days · 2,429 km
Charles N. Forbes
4 islands of the United States · Jun – Aug 1912
Charles N. Forbes across 4 islands of the United States, June – August 1912567 specimens · 12 stops · 44 days · 287 km
William J. Hoe
Maui · Jun – Jul 1975
William J. Hoe in Maui, June – July 1975534 specimens · 15 stops · 36 days · 351 km
Paul K. Higashino
4 islands of the United States · May – Aug 1980
Paul K. Higashino across 4 islands of the United States, May – August 1980421 specimens · 25 stops · 98 days · 946 km
W.G. Anderson William G. Anderson Jr.
5 islands of the United States · Jun – Aug 1964
W.G. Anderson William G. Anderson Jr. across 5 islands of the United States, June – August 1964424 specimens · 20 stops · 65 days · 2,387 km
J.S. Henrickson
4 islands of the United States · Jun – Aug 1969
J.S. Henrickson across 4 islands of the United States, June – August 1969483 specimens · 15 stops · 55 days · 1,780 km
William J. Hoe
3 islands · Jun – Sep 1966
William J. Hoe in Hawaiʻi Island, Maui and South Island, June – September 1966330 specimens · 50 stops · 79 days · 274 km
Harold St.John
11 islands · Oct 1957 – Feb 1958
Harold St.John across 11 islands, October 1957 – February 1958325 specimens · 61 stops · 125 days · 23,583 km
P.H. McEldowney
Maui and Molokaʻi · May – Aug 1980
P.H. McEldowney in Maui and Molokaʻi, May – August 1980394 specimens · 23 stops · 119 days · 780 km
R. Okano
4 islands of the United States · May – Jul 2000
R. Okano across 4 islands of the United States, May – July 2000654 specimens · 14 stops · 67 days · 2,034 km
Harold St.John
Maui and Oʻahu · Aug – Nov 1945
Harold St.John in Maui and Oʻahu, August – November 1945369 specimens · 21 stops · 107 days · 649 km
Derral R. Herbst
4 islands of the United States · Jun – Nov 1971
Derral R. Herbst across 4 islands of the United States, June – November 1971289 specimens · 38 stops · 153 days · 2,219 km
T. Murashige
6 islands of the United States · May – Sep 1949
T. Murashige across 6 islands of the United States, May – September 1949317 specimens · 39 stops · 99 days · 1,334 km
Walter M. Giffard
Maui and Hawaiʻi Island · May – Aug 1918
Walter M. Giffard in Maui and Hawaiʻi Island, May – August 1918593 specimens · 33 stops · 110 days · 136 km
Elwood Curtin Zimmerman
Kauaʻi and Maui · Jun – Aug 1937
Elwood Curtin Zimmerman in Kauaʻi and Maui, June – August 1937575 specimens · 25 stops · 78 days · 481 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.