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
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Steven L. Montgomery
Hawaiʻi Island and Lānaʻi · Jun – Aug 1971
Steven L. Montgomery in Hawaiʻi Island and Lānaʻi, June – August 197163 specimens · 16 stops · 77 days · 235 km
M.L. Lohman
Molokaʻi and Oʻahu · Oct – Dec 1948
M.L. Lohman in Molokaʻi and Oʻahu, October – December 1948117 specimens · 15 stops · 75 days · 164 km
Gunder E. Olson
Maui · Jun – Aug 1937
Gunder E. Olson in Maui, June – August 193770 specimens · 12 stops · 66 days · 148 km
Pakki A. Reath
Kauaʻi · 11–16 Nov 2002
Pakki A. Reath in Kauaʻi, 11–16 November 2002294 specimens · 4 stops · 6 days · 170 km
W.C. Fleming
Maui and Molokaʻi · Mar – Apr 1959
W.C. Fleming in Maui and Molokaʻi, March – April 1959104 specimens · 8 stops · 11 days · 379 km
Otto Herman Swezey
3 islands of the United States · Mar – Jul 1920
Otto Herman Swezey in Oʻahu, Maui and Kauaʻi, March – July 1920103 specimens · 19 stops · 129 days · 191 km
Edward Yataro Hosaka
Maui and Molokaʻi · 8–24 Apr 1937
Edward Yataro Hosaka in Maui and Molokaʻi, 8–24 April 193793 specimens · 9 stops · 17 days · 286 km
Warren L. Wagner Jr.
3 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 1983
Warren L. Wagner Jr. in Hawaiʻi Island, Molokaʻi and Maui, July – August 1983102 specimens · 8 stops · 10 days · 224 km
Derral R. Herbst
Oʻahu · Dec 1989 – Mar 1990
Derral R. Herbst in Oʻahu, December 1989 – March 199067 specimens · 13 stops · 78 days · 253 km
Kenneth M. Nagata
4 islands of the United States · May – Jul 1979
Kenneth M. Nagata across 4 islands of the United States, May – July 197980 specimens · 12 stops · 44 days · 1,220 km
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Wayne N. Takeuchi
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · Sep – Dec 1982
Wayne N. Takeuchi in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, September – December 198279 specimens · 8 stops · 68 days · 254 km
R.L. Stemmermann
4 islands · Feb – Apr 1977
R.L. Stemmermann across 4 islands, February – April 197785 specimens · 13 stops · 62 days · 5,427 km
Maxwell S. Doty
3 islands · 1–28 Aug 1955
Maxwell S. Doty in Maui, Hawaiʻi Island and Yoron Island, 1–28 August 195594 specimens · 8 stops · 28 days · 397 km
Warren L. Wagner Jr.
Kauaʻi · 26–31 Aug 1983
Warren L. Wagner Jr. in Kauaʻi, 26–31 August 1983131 specimens · 5 stops · 6 days
V Hugh M. Smith cruise 30
9 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 1955
V Hugh M. Smith cruise 30, July – August 195599 specimens · 35 stops · 43 days · 13,037 km
Otto Degener
Lānaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island · Jan – Mar 1964
Otto Degener in Lānaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island, January – March 196488 specimens · 6 stops · 59 days · 85 km
M. Kiehn
5 islands of the United States · Jul – Sep 1990
M. Kiehn across 5 islands of the United States, July – September 199060 specimens · 16 stops · 65 days · 1,646 km
W.H. Hatheway
Hawaiʻi Island and Maui · Oct – Nov 1950
W.H. Hatheway in Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, October – November 195069 specimens · 15 stops · 33 days · 226 km
F. Raymond Fosberg
4 islands · Aug – Sep 1961
F. Raymond Fosberg across 4 islands, August – September 196170 specimens · 13 stops · 34 days · 462 km
R. Gustafson
3 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 1983
R. Gustafson in Hawaiʻi Island, Molokaʻi and Maui, July – August 198398 specimens · 8 stops · 10 days · 223 km
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
Kahoʻolawe and Maui · 1–19 Feb 1931
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Kahoʻolawe and Maui, 1–19 February 1931102 specimens · 9 stops · 19 days · 26 km
L. Cuddihy Pratt
Molokaʻi · 19–31 May 1982
L. Cuddihy Pratt in Molokaʻi, 19–31 May 198289 specimens · 9 stops · 13 days
Isa Degener
Lānaʻi and Oʻahu · Jul – Aug 1957
Isa Degener in Lānaʻi and Oʻahu, July – August 195795 specimens · 7 stops · 26 days · 398 km
P.H. McEldowney
Molokaʻi · Jun – Jul 1979
P.H. McEldowney in Molokaʻi, June – July 197983 specimens · 9 stops · 34 days · 31 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.