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
M. Merello
Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Aug 1992
M. Merello in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, July – August 1992152 specimens · 7 stops · 11 days · 502 km
C.H. Lamoureux
Maui and Oʻahu · 6–16 Aug 1967
C.H. Lamoureux in Maui and Oʻahu, 6–16 August 1967193 specimens · 4 stops · 11 days · 45 km
G.A. Pearsall
Maui · 1–31 Dec 1955
G.A. Pearsall in Maui, 1–31 December 1955125 specimens · 9 stops · 31 days · 79 km
Isa Degener
3 islands of the United States · Mar – May 1959
Isa Degener in Maui, Molokaʻi and Oʻahu, March – May 1959108 specimens · 11 stops · 39 days · 864 km
L.M. Hodgson
3 islands · Oct – Nov 1994
L.M. Hodgson in Ant Atoll, Maui and Pohnpei, October – November 1994134 specimens · 7 stops · 37 days · 5,292 km
F. Raymond Fosberg
4 islands of the United States · 9–27 Mar 1961
F. Raymond Fosberg across 4 islands of the United States, 9–27 March 1961105 specimens · 15 stops · 19 days · 925 km
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo
Oʻahu · Mar – Jun 1946
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo in Oʻahu, March – June 1946124 specimens · 6 stops · 65 days · 506 km
Earl T. Ozaki
Maui and Hawaiʻi Island · 7–25 Jun 1953
Earl T. Ozaki in Maui and Hawaiʻi Island, 7–25 June 1953109 specimens · 15 stops · 19 days · 136 km
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
Oʻahu · May – Jun 1932
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Oʻahu, May – June 1932171 specimens · 4 stops · 31 days
G.W. Gillett
4 islands · Jul – Sep 1970
G.W. Gillett across 4 islands, July – September 197094 specimens · 13 stops · 74 days · 5,743 km
R.E. DeWreede
Maui · 1–22 Aug 1967
R.E. DeWreede in Maui, 1–22 August 1967169 specimens · 4 stops · 22 days · 45 km
E.Y. Hashimoto
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · Dec 1931 – Jan 1932
E.Y. Hashimoto in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, December 1931 – January 1932114 specimens · 10 stops · 21 days · 230 km
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Wayne N. Takeuchi
Hawaiʻi Island · Apr – May 1989
Wayne N. Takeuchi in Hawaiʻi Island, April – May 1989164 specimens · 5 stops · 22 days · 122 km
Steven Perlman
10 islands · Dec 2007 – Feb 2008
Steven Perlman across 10 islands, December 2007 – February 200883 specimens · 18 stops · 53 days · 7,666 km
C.F. Puttock
Maui and Hawaiʻi Island · Jan – Feb 2001
C.F. Puttock in Maui and Hawaiʻi Island, January – February 2001267 specimens · 5 stops · 16 days · 508 km
Donald Anderson
Oʻahu · Apr – May 1959
Donald Anderson in Oʻahu, April – May 195979 specimens · 18 stops · 59 days · 252 km
Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr.
Maui and Hawaiʻi Island · Jan – Feb 2001
Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr. in Maui and Hawaiʻi Island, January – February 2001263 specimens · 5 stops · 16 days · 508 km
Otto Degener
Lānaʻi and Oʻahu · Jul – Aug 1957
Otto Degener in Lānaʻi and Oʻahu, July – August 1957107 specimens · 9 stops · 52 days · 554 km
Joseph F. Rock
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · 1–24 Oct 1911
Joseph F. Rock in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, 1–24 October 1911148 specimens · 5 stops · 24 days
C.R. Annable
4 islands of the United States · Jan – Mar 1998
C.R. Annable across 4 islands of the United States, January – March 199897 specimens · 10 stops · 53 days · 1,111 km
Derral R. Herbst
6 islands of the United States · Jul – Sep 1978
Derral R. Herbst across 6 islands of the United States, July – September 197897 specimens · 10 stops · 65 days · 2,116 km
J.R. Conway
4 islands · Jun – Aug 1967
J.R. Conway across 4 islands, June – August 196783 specimens · 17 stops · 68 days
Otto Degener
Oʻahu · Mar – Jun 1939
Otto Degener in Oʻahu, March – June 193977 specimens · 15 stops · 106 days · 315 km
S.W. Mill
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · 5–31 Aug 1983
S.W. Mill in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, 5–31 August 1983126 specimens · 6 stops · 27 days · 254 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.