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.L. Stemmermann
Oʻahu and Maui · Oct – Nov 1976
R.L. Stemmermann in Oʻahu and Maui, October – November 197697 specimens · 6 stops · 28 days · 176 km
R.L. Stemmermann
Maui and Hawaiʻi Island · 1–21 Aug 1977
R.L. Stemmermann in Maui and Hawaiʻi Island, 1–21 August 1977119 specimens · 5 stops · 21 days · 161 km
G. Clarke
3 islands of the United States · 9–25 Apr 1980
G. Clarke in Kahoʻolawe, Kauaʻi and Maui, 9–25 April 1980125 specimens · 4 stops · 17 days · 403 km
Elwood Curtin Zimmerman
Maui · Apr – May 1945
Elwood Curtin Zimmerman in Maui, April – May 1945146 specimens · 7 stops · 15 days · 43 km
Kenneth R. Wood
4 islands · Jan – Feb 2003
Kenneth R. Wood across 4 islands, January – February 2003108 specimens · 16 stops · 30 days · 11,438 km
Arthur Greenwell
Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · Jun – Sep 1950
Arthur Greenwell in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, June – September 195061 specimens · 14 stops · 82 days · 230 km
P. Welton
Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · May – Jul 1990
P. Welton in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, May – July 199061 specimens · 17 stops · 51 days · 459 km
A.A. Beetle
the United States · Mar – Jul 1941
A.A. Beetle in the United States, March – July 194188 specimens · 30 stops · 120 days
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo
Oʻahu · Oct – Dec 1960
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo in Oʻahu, October – December 196086 specimens · 6 stops · 55 days · 298 km
Charles N. Forbes
Oʻahu and Kauaʻi · Nov 1909 – Jan 1910
Charles N. Forbes in Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, November 1909 – January 191061 specimens · 15 stops · 61 days · 1,270 km
Dale H. Vitt
3 islands of the United States · 6–22 Dec 1975
Dale H. Vitt in Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, 6–22 December 197574 specimens · 14 stops · 17 days · 232 km
Edward Yataro Hosaka
3 islands of the United States · 4–26 Apr 1939
Edward Yataro Hosaka in Maui, Hawaiʻi Island and Lānaʻi, 4–26 April 193969 specimens · 14 stops · 23 days · 337 km
G.J. Spence
6 islands · Jan – Mar 1977
G.J. Spence across 6 islands, January – March 197788 specimens · 14 stops · 63 days · 10,053 km
C. Corn
Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island · Jun – Jul 1977
C. Corn in Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island, June – July 197796 specimens · 6 stops · 31 days · 815 km
Arthur Greenwell
Hawaiʻi Island and Maui · Aug – Sep 1949
Arthur Greenwell in Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, August – September 194984 specimens · 10 stops · 17 days · 49 km
Arthur Greenwell
Kauaʻi · 4–19 Jan 1952
Arthur Greenwell in Kauaʻi, 4–19 January 195281 specimens · 11 stops · 16 days
Benjamin C. Stone
4 islands · Nov 1959 – Jan 1960
Benjamin C. Stone across 4 islands, November 1959 – January 196069 specimens · 11 stops · 48 days · 4,760 km
E. Gibney
Oʻahu · Dec 1997 – Apr 1998
E. Gibney in Oʻahu, December 1997 – April 199843 specimens · 32 stops · 103 days · 755 km
Harold St.John
Lānaʻi and Oʻahu · Mar – May 1947
Harold St.John in Lānaʻi and Oʻahu, March – May 194777 specimens · 8 stops · 56 days · 365 km
R. Okano
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · Apr – May 2001
R. Okano in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, April – May 2001106 specimens · 5 stops · 21 days · 230 km
Otto Herman Swezey
Maui and Oʻahu · Aug – Sep 1929
Otto Herman Swezey in Maui and Oʻahu, August – September 1929163 specimens · 8 stops · 20 days · 223 km
Warren L. Wagner Jr.
3 islands of the United States · May – Jun 1985
Warren L. Wagner Jr. in Hawaiʻi Island, Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, May – June 198590 specimens · 6 stops · 32 days · 484 km
T.F. Stuessy
Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · 20–30 May 1982
T.F. Stuessy in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, 20–30 May 1982111 specimens · 5 stops · 11 days · 467 km
Harold St.John
the United States · Jul – Sep 1924
Harold St.John in the United States, July – September 1924102 specimens · 13 stops · 50 days
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.