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
Donald Anderson
Oʻahu · 1–15 Apr 1938
Donald Anderson in Oʻahu, 1–15 April 1938318 specimens · 2 stops · 15 days · 153 km
A.J. Bernatowicz
4 islands · May – Sep 1950
A.J. Bernatowicz across 4 islands, May – September 195082 specimens · 32 stops · 103 days
Thomas G. Lammers
3 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1984
Thomas G. Lammers in Maui, Molokaʻi and Oʻahu, June – July 1984115 specimens · 14 stops · 36 days · 403 km
Benjamin C. Stone
11 islands · Dec 1964 – Feb 1965
Benjamin C. Stone across 11 islands, December 1964 – February 1965145 specimens · 14 stops · 51 days · 64,561 km
Joseph F. Rock
3 islands of the United States · Jul – Sep 1918
Joseph F. Rock in Maui, Hawaiʻi Island and Molokaʻi, July – September 1918168 specimens · 8 stops · 67 days · 409 km
A.J. Eames
Lānaʻi and Oʻahu · Apr – May 1938
A.J. Eames in Lānaʻi and Oʻahu, April – May 1938150 specimens · 7 stops · 31 days · 188 km
J.E.R. Tilden
3 islands of the United States · May – Jul 1900
J.E.R. Tilden in Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi Island and Kauaʻi, May – July 1900103 specimens · 18 stops · 90 days · 2,500 km
V.J. Krajina
Hawaiʻi Island · 25–31 Dec 1961
V.J. Krajina in Hawaiʻi Island, 25–31 December 1961203 specimens · 7 stops · 7 days · 204 km
Steven Perlman
7 islands · Jun – Oct 1997
Steven Perlman across 7 islands, June – October 1997111 specimens · 23 stops · 117 days · 9,650 km
Harold St.John
3 islands · Oct 1951 – Jan 1952
Harold St.John in Maui, Oʻahu and Maug, October 1951 – January 1952115 specimens · 15 stops · 85 days · 313 km
Harold St.John
Kauaʻi · Jun – Aug 1925
Harold St.John in Kauaʻi, June – August 1925162 specimens · 18 stops · 58 days
Charles N. Forbes
Oʻahu · Feb – May 1911
Charles N. Forbes in Oʻahu, February – May 1911101 specimens · 17 stops · 92 days · 602 km
Mrs Hughes
7 islands of the United States · Sep – Oct 2002
Mrs Hughes across 7 islands of the United States, September – October 2002122 specimens · 13 stops · 27 days · 2,889 km
Marie Catherine Neal
4 islands · Jul – Aug 1933
Marie Catherine Neal across 4 islands, July – August 1933137 specimens · 9 stops · 33 days · 17,135 km
M.D. Hoyle
6 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 1968
M.D. Hoyle across 6 islands of the United States, July – August 196891 specimens · 22 stops · 46 days
Edward Yataro Hosaka
Maui and Hawaiʻi Island · Jan – Feb 1937
Edward Yataro Hosaka in Maui and Hawaiʻi Island, January – February 1937114 specimens · 14 stops · 28 days · 447 km
Steven Perlman
Kauaʻi · Jan – Apr 2015
Steven Perlman in Kauaʻi, January – April 201591 specimens · 17 stops · 94 days · 13,385 km
Ruth D. Svihla
Maui and Oʻahu · Jun – Aug 1935
Ruth D. Svihla in Maui and Oʻahu, June – August 1935176 specimens · 15 stops · 69 days · 191 km
David F. Grether
5 islands · Jul – Aug 1946
David F. Grether across 5 islands, July – August 1946121 specimens · 10 stops · 38 days · 37,731 km
Edward Yataro Hosaka
Hawaiʻi Island · Dec 1931 – Jan 1932
Edward Yataro Hosaka in Hawaiʻi Island, December 1931 – January 1932154 specimens · 8 stops · 14 days · 67 km
T.R. Herat
Oʻahu · 11–29 Aug 1972
T.R. Herat in Oʻahu, 11–29 August 1972120 specimens · 13 stops · 19 days · 268 km
W. Law
4 islands · Feb – Apr 2009
W. Law across 4 islands, February – April 2009112 specimens · 14 stops · 44 days · 9,392 km
Seymour H. Sohmer
3 islands of the United States · May – Jul 1970
Seymour H. Sohmer in Kauaʻi, Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, May – July 1970111 specimens · 13 stops · 60 days · 1,246 km
R.C. Gardner
6 islands of the United States · Jan – Feb 1974
R.C. Gardner across 6 islands of the United States, January – February 197489 specimens · 24 stops · 54 days · 1,081 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.