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. 1,124 journeys so far, 1879 to 2026, 203,983 specimens between them.
426 collectors and expeditions18,585 days in the field3,965,525 km between stops134,517 photographed specimens
1,124 journeys match
R.S. Cowan
Kauaʻi · Dec 1947 – Jan 1948
R.S. Cowan in Kauaʻi, December 1947 – January 1948203 specimens · 12 stops · 20 days
F. Raymond Fosberg
Oʻahu · Dec 1934 – Mar 1935
F. Raymond Fosberg in Oʻahu, December 1934 – March 1935148 specimens · 16 stops · 95 days · 731 km
C. Squair
Molokaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Aug 2005
C. Squair in Molokaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island, July – August 2005350 specimens · 3 stops · 26 days · 451 km
Peter E. Russell
Oʻahu · Jun – Aug 1932
Peter E. Russell in Oʻahu, June – August 1932149 specimens · 20 stops · 42 days · 129 km
Benjamin C. Stone
14 islands · Jun – Sep 1956
Benjamin C. Stone across 14 islands, June – September 1956168 specimens · 36 stops · 116 days · 49,852 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
D. Afualo
Oʻahu · Feb – Apr 1975
D. Afualo in Oʻahu, February – April 1975141 specimens · 19 stops · 60 days · 312 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
Jan Newhouse
6 islands · Dec 1968 – Feb 1969
Jan Newhouse across 6 islands, December 1968 – February 1969162 specimens · 13 stops · 62 days · 4,798 km
Harold St.John
Kauaʻi · Mar – Jun 1926
Harold St.John in Kauaʻi, March – June 1926270 specimens · 15 stops · 91 days
Benjamin C. Stone
Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · Jan – May 1959
Benjamin C. Stone in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, January – May 1959126 specimens · 20 stops · 120 days · 470 km
R. Inafuku
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · Dec 1930 – May 1931
R. Inafuku in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, December 1930 – May 1931116 specimens · 26 stops · 147 days · 509 km
station
4 islands of the United States · Mar – May 1968
station, March – May 1968346 specimens · 11 stops · 41 days · 932 km
B. Tate
Oʻahu · Jun – Sep 1985
B. Tate in Oʻahu, June – September 1985141 specimens · 18 stops · 99 days
Alvin K. Chock
Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Sep 1953
Alvin K. Chock in Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island, July – September 1953163 specimens · 14 stops · 46 days
A. Meebold
3 islands · Jun – Jul 1932
A. Meebold in Viti Levu, Oʻahu and Tutuila, June – July 1932336 specimens · 4 stops · 31 days · 5,857 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
Edwin B. Bartram
4 islands of the United States · Jan – Feb 1930
Edwin B. Bartram across 4 islands of the United States, January – February 1930135 specimens · 23 stops · 47 days · 800 km
Townsend-Cromwell Survey TC
4 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1991
Townsend-Cromwell Survey TC, June – July 1991483 specimens · 6 stops · 17 days · 2,239 km
Harold St.John
3 islands of the United States · Dec 1948 – Jan 1949
Harold St.John in Molokaʻi, Niʻihau and Oʻahu, December 1948 – January 1949219 specimens · 8 stops · 25 days · 490 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
Derral R. Herbst
5 islands · Feb – Apr 1988
Derral R. Herbst across 5 islands, February – April 1988201 specimens · 16 stops · 49 days · 7,903 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.