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.S. Kim
Maui and Oʻahu · Dec 2000 – Feb 2001
M.S. Kim in Maui and Oʻahu, December 2000 – February 2001152 specimens · 4 stops · 45 days · 68 km
Benjamin C. Stone
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · 1–13 Aug 1959
Benjamin C. Stone in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, 1–13 August 195976 specimens · 9 stops · 13 days · 35 km
R.R. Whitten
Maui · 1–27 Aug 1929
R.R. Whitten in Maui, 1–27 August 1929108 specimens · 7 stops · 27 days · 20 km
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S.G. Weller
3 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1985
S.G. Weller in Hawaiʻi Island, Lānaʻi and Maui, June – July 198574 specimens · 10 stops · 14 days · 289 km
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William Alanson Bryan
Oʻahu · Nov 1903 – Jan 1904
William Alanson Bryan in Oʻahu, November 1903 – January 190465 specimens · 8 stops · 59 days · 252 km
M. Tsuneshige
Oʻahu · Jan – May 2022
M. Tsuneshige in Oʻahu, January – May 202254 specimens · 13 stops · 112 days
Harold St.John
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · Dec 1956 – Jan 1957
Harold St.John in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, December 1956 – January 195784 specimens · 8 stops · 14 days
Steven Perlman
Kauaʻi · Jul – Sep 1979
Steven Perlman in Kauaʻi, July – September 197968 specimens · 10 stops · 78 days
William J. Hoe
Hawaiʻi Island · 11–17 Jun 1972
William J. Hoe in Hawaiʻi Island, 11–17 June 1972108 specimens · 5 stops · 7 days
Otto Degener
4 islands · Jan – Feb 1958
Otto Degener across 4 islands, January – February 195884 specimens · 20 stops · 41 days · 13,268 km
I.E. Lane
Molokaʻi and Oʻahu · Dec 1948 – Jan 1949
I.E. Lane in Molokaʻi and Oʻahu, December 1948 – January 194987 specimens · 6 stops · 27 days · 150 km
Donald Mitchell
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · Nov 1930 – Jan 1931
Donald Mitchell in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, November 1930 – January 193164 specimens · 10 stops · 36 days · 254 km
J.R. Shevock
Kauaʻi · 24–29 Jan 2018
J.R. Shevock in Kauaʻi, 24–29 January 2018121 specimens · 6 stops · 6 days
V Townsend Cromwell cruise 35
3 islands of the United States · Mar – Apr 1968
V Townsend Cromwell cruise 35, March – April 1968165 specimens · 7 stops · 13 days · 583 km
V Townsend Cromwell cruise 32
3 islands of the United States · Jul – Sep 1967
V Townsend Cromwell cruise 32, July – September 1967114 specimens · 10 stops · 74 days · 738 km
George F. Arnemann
Oʻahu and Lānaʻi · Mar – Apr 1961
George F. Arnemann in Oʻahu and Lānaʻi, March – April 196183 specimens · 5 stops · 39 days · 265 km
C. Tiu
Oʻahu · Feb – Apr 1975
C. Tiu in Oʻahu, February – April 197562 specimens · 9 stops · 54 days
C.H. C. Hoyt
Oʻahu · Aug – Nov 1952
C.H. C. Hoyt in Oʻahu, August – November 195289 specimens · 12 stops · 81 days · 134 km
Timothy Flynn
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · Feb – Mar 1984
Timothy Flynn in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, February – March 198479 specimens · 6 stops · 30 days · 230 km
Carl Masaru Yoshimoto
the United States · Mar – Apr 1966
Carl Masaru Yoshimoto in the United States, March – April 1966157 specimens · 6 stops · 28 days
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C.E. Hartt
Maui and Hawaiʻi Island · 6–18 Aug 1933
C.E. Hartt in Maui and Hawaiʻi Island, 6–18 August 193393 specimens · 6 stops · 13 days · 136 km
I.J. Condit
Oʻahu · Apr – May 1959
I.J. Condit in Oʻahu, April – May 195948 specimens · 17 stops · 58 days · 259 km
Maxwell S. Doty
7 islands · May – Jun 1973
Maxwell S. Doty across 7 islands, May – June 197366 specimens · 9 stops · 60 days · 36,912 km
H.J. Fortner
Oʻahu · Jan – May 1974
H.J. Fortner in Oʻahu, January – May 197455 specimens · 11 stops · 103 days · 294 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.