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
George Campbell Munro
Maui · Oct 1927 – Jan 1928
George Campbell Munro in Maui, October 1927 – January 192875 specimens · 12 stops · 80 days · 186 km
George Campbell Munro
Oʻahu · Jan – May 1950
George Campbell Munro in Oʻahu, January – May 195053 specimens · 27 stops · 113 days · 1,261 km
Paul K. Higashino
Hawaiʻi Island and Maui · Mar – Apr 1984
Paul K. Higashino in Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, March – April 1984112 specimens · 5 stops · 36 days · 132 km
W.J. Gilbert
6 islands · Jun – Aug 1963
W.J. Gilbert across 6 islands, June – August 196369 specimens · 15 stops · 62 days · 5,418 km
A. Meebold
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · Apr – May 1932
A. Meebold in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, April – May 1932147 specimens · 3 stops · 31 days · 230 km
M.S. Allen
Hawaiʻi Island and Maui · Mar – Apr 1984
M.S. Allen in Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, March – April 1984111 specimens · 5 stops · 36 days · 132 km
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
the United States · May – Jul 1922
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in the United States, May – July 1922131 specimens · 15 stops · 68 days
E.A. Bessey
Oʻahu · Sep 1939 – Mar 1940
E.A. Bessey in Oʻahu, September 1939 – March 194086 specimens · 33 stops · 202 days · 903 km
Donald Mitchell
Hawaiʻi Island · 21–31 Dec 1931
Donald Mitchell in Hawaiʻi Island, 21–31 December 1931105 specimens · 8 stops · 11 days
Harold St.John
Rapa · Jul – Aug 1921
Harold St.John in Rapa, July – August 1921128 specimens · 12 stops · 34 days
Walter M. Giffard
Hawaiʻi Island · Oct – Nov 1915
Walter M. Giffard in Hawaiʻi Island, October – November 1915333 specimens · 3 stops · 10 days
Otto Degener
Oʻahu · Feb – May 1962
Otto Degener in Oʻahu, February – May 196260 specimens · 18 stops · 103 days · 319 km
F. Fagerlind
6 islands of the United States · Jan – Apr 1948
F. Fagerlind across 6 islands of the United States, January – April 194870 specimens · 24 stops · 78 days · 1,702 km
Pakki A. Reath
Maui and Hawaiʻi Island · Mar – Apr 2003
Pakki A. Reath in Maui and Hawaiʻi Island, March – April 2003271 specimens · 5 stops · 6 days · 260 km
D. Paquin
Oʻahu · Nov – Dec 1986
D. Paquin in Oʻahu, November – December 198695 specimens · 7 stops · 49 days · 268 km
Paul K. Higashino
Hawaiʻi Island · Feb – Apr 1978
Paul K. Higashino in Hawaiʻi Island, February – April 197869 specimens · 15 stops · 69 days · 184 km
Charles N. Forbes
Oʻahu · Oct – Nov 1914
Charles N. Forbes in Oʻahu, October – November 1914109 specimens · 5 stops · 37 days
Ralph C. DeFelice
Oʻahu · 2–28 Jan 2000
Ralph C. DeFelice in Oʻahu, 2–28 January 2000286 specimens · 3 stops · 27 days · 241 km
C. Corn
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · Mar – May 1984
C. Corn in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, March – May 198482 specimens · 8 stops · 59 days · 1,148 km
Harold St.John
Oʻahu and Maui · Dec 1940 – Feb 1941
Harold St.John in Oʻahu and Maui, December 1940 – February 194189 specimens · 7 stops · 54 days · 96 km
Roy Tsuda
Laysan and Oʻahu · 4–9 Dec 1963
Roy Tsuda in Laysan and Oʻahu, 4–9 December 1963131 specimens · 6 stops · 6 days · 9 km
Alvin K. Chock
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · Aug – Sep 1952
Alvin K. Chock in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, August – September 195297 specimens · 9 stops · 21 days · 235 km
K. Faccenda
Maui · 21–30 Oct 2022
K. Faccenda in Maui, 21–30 October 202294 specimens · 10 stops · 10 days
Isa Degener
Maui and Oʻahu · May – Sep 1959
Isa Degener in Maui and Oʻahu, May – September 195969 specimens · 27 stops · 123 days · 591 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.