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
Benjamin C. Stone
3 islands · Mar – May 1956
Benjamin C. Stone in Oʻahu, Utirik Atoll and Pohnpei, March – May 195670 specimens · 9 stops · 71 days · 10,487 km
K. Faccenda
Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island · Jun – Jul 2024
K. Faccenda in Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island, June – July 2024107 specimens · 8 stops · 24 days · 450 km
John Colburn Bridwell
Maui and Oʻahu · Aug – Sep 1918
John Colburn Bridwell in Maui and Oʻahu, August – September 1918124 specimens · 6 stops · 32 days · 69 km
W. Teraoka
3 islands · May – Aug 1980
W. Teraoka in Oʻahu, Savaii and Upolu, May – August 198066 specimens · 17 stops · 85 days · 4,343 km
W.C. Martin
3 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 1983
W.C. Martin in Hawaiʻi Island, Molokaʻi and Maui, July – August 198392 specimens · 8 stops · 10 days · 223 km
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George W. Staples III
Hawaiʻi Island · Jan – Feb 2007
George W. Staples III in Hawaiʻi Island, January – February 200770 specimens · 10 stops · 38 days · 495 km
A. Nether
Oʻahu · Dec 1989 – Jan 1990
A. Nether in Oʻahu, December 1989 – January 1990136 specimens · 7 stops · 44 days
G.J. Spence
4 islands of the United States · Oct – Dec 1972
G.J. Spence across 4 islands of the United States, October – December 197255 specimens · 15 stops · 75 days · 1,315 km
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Steven L. Montgomery
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · May – Sep 1970
Steven L. Montgomery in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, May – September 197052 specimens · 23 stops · 107 days · 763 km
C. Corn
Molokaʻi and Kauaʻi · Apr – May 1982
C. Corn in Molokaʻi and Kauaʻi, April – May 1982103 specimens · 5 stops · 24 days · 293 km
Harold St.John
Oʻahu · Mar – Jun 1941
Harold St.John in Oʻahu, March – June 194163 specimens · 11 stops · 71 days
Edward Leonard Caum
7 islands · 1–28 Apr 1923
Edward Leonard Caum across 7 islands, 1–28 April 192378 specimens · 10 stops · 28 days · 2,863 km
Nengah Wirawan
Oʻahu · 12–23 Aug 1972
Nengah Wirawan in Oʻahu, 12–23 August 197283 specimens · 9 stops · 12 days
G.W. Gillett
the United States · Jul – Aug 1957
G.W. Gillett in the United States, July – August 195788 specimens · 5 stops · 51 days
van Balgooy
Oʻahu and Kauaʻi · May – Jun 1982
van Balgooy in Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, May – June 198291 specimens · 7 stops · 13 days · 509 km
Y. Iwasaki
Hawaiʻi Island · Jan – Apr 1930
Y. Iwasaki in Hawaiʻi Island, January – April 193053 specimens · 16 stops · 103 days · 99 km
F. Raymond Fosberg
3 islands · Jan – Feb 1983
F. Raymond Fosberg in North Island, South Island and Hawaiʻi Island, January – February 198360 specimens · 15 stops · 36 days · 19,213 km
Isa Degener
Lānaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island · Jan – Feb 1964
Isa Degener in Lānaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island, January – February 196477 specimens · 8 stops · 27 days · 247 km
Otto Degener
Oʻahu · Jan – May 1938
Otto Degener in Oʻahu, January – May 193855 specimens · 14 stops · 109 days
H.L. Lyon
Hawaiʻi Island · Jan – Mar 1908
H.L. Lyon in Hawaiʻi Island, January – March 190863 specimens · 11 stops · 71 days · 222 km
Fred W. Ball
11 islands of the United States · 5–25 Jul 1977
Fred W. Ball across 11 islands of the United States, 5–25 July 197773 specimens · 10 stops · 21 days · 1,615 km
Maxwell S. Doty
6 islands · Nov 1975 – Mar 1976
Maxwell S. Doty across 6 islands, November 1975 – March 197661 specimens · 13 stops · 131 days · 16,972 km
K.L. Marr
3 islands of the United States · Apr – Aug 1988
K.L. Marr in Oʻahu, Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island, April – August 198850 specimens · 16 stops · 107 days · 1,706 km
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3 islands of the United States · Jun – Sep 1967
station, June – September 1967116 specimens · 11 stops · 90 days · 907 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.