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
Edward Yataro Hosaka
5 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 1931
Edward Yataro Hosaka across 5 islands of the United States, July – August 193182 specimens · 6 stops · 24 days · 1,149 km
J.H. Maysilles
Molokaʻi · 19–29 Dec 1948
J.H. Maysilles in Molokaʻi, 19–29 December 1948103 specimens · 5 stops · 11 days · 61 km
Ralph C. DeFelice
Oʻahu and Midway Atoll · Aug – Nov 1997
Ralph C. DeFelice in Oʻahu and Midway Atoll, August – November 1997180 specimens · 3 stops · 78 days · 4,219 km
Amy Suehiro
Oʻahu · Sep – Nov 1932
Amy Suehiro in Oʻahu, September – November 193281 specimens · 5 stops · 46 days
Edward Yataro Hosaka
Hawaiʻi Island · 11–19 Jun 1941
Edward Yataro Hosaka in Hawaiʻi Island, 11–19 June 1941127 specimens · 3 stops · 9 days · 165 km
M.A. Vaccarino
Oʻahu and Kauaʻi · 20–30 Jul 2009
M.A. Vaccarino in Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, 20–30 July 2009135 specimens · 9 stops · 11 days · 653 km
Liloa Dunn
Oʻahu and Kauaʻi · Jan – Apr 2000
Liloa Dunn in Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, January – April 200047 specimens · 16 stops · 71 days · 509 km
station
4 islands of the United States · Oct – Nov 1958
station, October – November 1958111 specimens · 13 stops · 32 days · 5,167 km
V Hugh M. Smith cruise 47
4 islands of the United States · Oct – Nov 1958
V Hugh M. Smith cruise 47, October – November 1958111 specimens · 13 stops · 32 days · 5,167 km
Thomas G. Lammers
4 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1985
Thomas G. Lammers across 4 islands of the United States, June – July 198563 specimens · 12 stops · 18 days · 636 km
Warren L. Wagner Jr.
Hawaiʻi Island · 16–21 Nov 1982
Warren L. Wagner Jr. in Hawaiʻi Island, 16–21 November 1982104 specimens · 5 stops · 6 days · 16 km
H.J. Fortner
6 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1984
H.J. Fortner across 6 islands of the United States, June – July 198467 specimens · 8 stops · 35 days · 2,689 km
A.R.H. Lamberton
Hawaiʻi Island · Aug – Sep 1952
A.R.H. Lamberton in Hawaiʻi Island, August – September 195280 specimens · 8 stops · 12 days · 5 km
R.C. Gardner
6 islands · Jan – Mar 1975
R.C. Gardner across 6 islands, January – March 197549 specimens · 15 stops · 54 days · 18,774 km
Derral R. Herbst
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · 11–18 Jan 1975
Derral R. Herbst in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, 11–18 January 197592 specimens · 6 stops · 8 days · 302 km
Seymour H. Sohmer
Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · Aug – Sep 1969
Seymour H. Sohmer in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, August – September 196975 specimens · 6 stops · 41 days
G.J. Spence
Lānaʻi and Oʻahu · Sep – Oct 1973
G.J. Spence in Lānaʻi and Oʻahu, September – October 197387 specimens · 4 stops · 49 days · 77 km
C.H. Lamoureux
4 islands · 6–17 Dec 1962
C.H. Lamoureux across 4 islands, 6–17 December 196293 specimens · 6 stops · 12 days
Philip Hunter Timberlake
Oʻahu · Apr – Aug 1916
Philip Hunter Timberlake in Oʻahu, April – August 191690 specimens · 14 stops · 127 days
H.A. Miller
3 islands of the United States · Nov 1952 – Feb 1953
H.A. Miller in Kauaʻi, Oʻahu and Molokaʻi, November 1952 – February 195356 specimens · 15 stops · 82 days · 608 km
Isa Degener
4 islands · Jan – Feb 1958
Isa Degener across 4 islands, January – February 195879 specimens · 20 stops · 41 days · 13,268 km
Isa Degener
14 islands · May – Aug 1982
Isa Degener across 14 islands, May – August 198266 specimens · 25 stops · 81 days · 26,529 km
J.R. Johansen
Oʻahu and Kauaʻi · 20–30 Jul 2009
J.R. Johansen in Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, 20–30 July 2009131 specimens · 9 stops · 11 days · 653 km
K. Shultz
Oʻahu and Kauaʻi · 4–27 Apr 2001
K. Shultz in Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, 4–27 April 2001201 specimens · 3 stops · 24 days · 184 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.