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
S. Carlquist
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · 1–27 Aug 1961
S. Carlquist in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, 1–27 August 196165 specimens · 7 stops · 27 days · 392 km
E.K. Yoshinaga
Oʻahu · Nov 1929 – Jan 1930
E.K. Yoshinaga in Oʻahu, November 1929 – January 193053 specimens · 9 stops · 64 days · 252 km
John W. Beardsley
Oʻahu · Jun – Sep 1965
John W. Beardsley in Oʻahu, June – September 196581 specimens · 16 stops · 99 days
Otto Herman Swezey
Molokaʻi · 1–23 Dec 1925
Otto Herman Swezey in Molokaʻi, 1–23 December 1925122 specimens · 4 stops · 23 days · 4 km
L.M. Hodgson
Maui and Oʻahu · Mar – Apr 1994
L.M. Hodgson in Maui and Oʻahu, March – April 199464 specimens · 7 stops · 34 days · 287 km
F.R. Warshauer
Lānaʻi · 2–9 Apr 1979
F.R. Warshauer in Lānaʻi, 2–9 April 197983 specimens · 7 stops · 8 days
Yoshio Miyashiro
Oʻahu · Dec 1957 – Apr 1958
Yoshio Miyashiro in Oʻahu, December 1957 – April 195847 specimens · 10 stops · 118 days · 262 km
E.J. Judziewicz
Maui · Feb – Mar 2023
E.J. Judziewicz in Maui, February – March 2023151 specimens · 4 stops · 32 days
E.S.C. Handy
4 islands of the United States · Jul – Sep 1931
E.S.C. Handy across 4 islands of the United States, July – September 193171 specimens · 5 stops · 43 days · 1,582 km
A.Y. Yoshinaga
4 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 1967
A.Y. Yoshinaga across 4 islands of the United States, July – August 196764 specimens · 8 stops · 43 days · 555 km
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss
Maui · Jun – Oct 1929
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss in Maui, June – October 192974 specimens · 18 stops · 121 days
Steven Perlman
4 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 2007
Steven Perlman across 4 islands of the United States, June – July 200753 specimens · 10 stops · 37 days · 644 km
John W. Beardsley
the United States · Jun – Sep 1956
John W. Beardsley in the United States, June – September 1956108 specimens · 8 stops · 64 days
M.L. Lohman
3 islands of the United States · Feb – Jun 1948
M.L. Lohman in Oʻahu, Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island, February – June 194867 specimens · 21 stops · 125 days · 682 km
R. Burkhart
the United States · Jun – Jul 1975
R. Burkhart in the United States, June – July 1975100 specimens · 12 stops · 34 days
K.W. Duker
Oʻahu · Oct – Dec 1932
K.W. Duker in Oʻahu, October – December 193248 specimens · 11 stops · 72 days
H. Morley
Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Aug 1934
H. Morley in Hawaiʻi Island, July – August 193462 specimens · 7 stops · 33 days · 35 km
P.H. McEldowney
Kauaʻi and Molokaʻi · May – Jun 1981
P.H. McEldowney in Kauaʻi and Molokaʻi, May – June 198152 specimens · 13 stops · 44 days · 236 km
G.W. Gillett
6 islands of the United States · May – Jul 1966
G.W. Gillett across 6 islands of the United States, May – July 196646 specimens · 12 stops · 66 days · 1,081 km
B. Tate
Oʻahu · Oct – Nov 1984
B. Tate in Oʻahu, October – November 198454 specimens · 8 stops · 55 days
Maxwell S. Doty
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · Aug – Dec 1956
Maxwell S. Doty in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, August – December 195664 specimens · 9 stops · 118 days · 1,647 km
Tim Bennett
Oʻahu · Feb – Apr 1982
Tim Bennett in Oʻahu, February – April 198257 specimens · 8 stops · 40 days · 629 km
W.Z. Ma
Kauaʻi · 24–29 Jan 2018
W.Z. Ma in Kauaʻi, 24–29 January 201899 specimens · 6 stops · 6 days
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
Kauaʻi · Jul – Aug 1940
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Kauaʻi, July – August 194074 specimens · 8 stops · 11 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.