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
Hank L. Oppenheimer
Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi · Mar – Jun 2007
Hank L. Oppenheimer in Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi, March – June 200748 specimens · 10 stops · 81 days · 160 km
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H.F. Clay
Maui and Oʻahu · Dec 1948 – Jan 1949
H.F. Clay in Maui and Oʻahu, December 1948 – January 194949 specimens · 13 stops · 40 days · 311 km
K. Faccenda
Lānaʻi · 19–23 Jun 2023
K. Faccenda in Lānaʻi, 19–23 June 202393 specimens · 5 stops · 5 days
Isabelle Abbott
Maui · Aug – Sep 1976
Isabelle Abbott in Maui, August – September 197685 specimens · 5 stops · 9 days · 204 km
Seymour H. Sohmer
3 islands of the United States · Dec 1969 – Jan 1970
Seymour H. Sohmer in Hawaiʻi Island, Maui and Oʻahu, December 1969 – January 197067 specimens · 8 stops · 13 days · 136 km
Marie Catherine Neal
Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Aug 1927
Marie Catherine Neal in Hawaiʻi Island, July – August 192756 specimens · 9 stops · 32 days · 77 km
W.P. Cottam
Plummer`S · May – Aug 1938
W.P. Cottam in Plummer`S, May – August 193867 specimens · 24 stops · 98 days
Otto Herman Swezey
Maui and Oʻahu · Mar – May 1924
Otto Herman Swezey in Maui and Oʻahu, March – May 192464 specimens · 6 stops · 65 days · 228 km
R.L. Stemmermann
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · Jun – Sep 1987
R.L. Stemmermann in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, June – September 198746 specimens · 13 stops · 78 days · 170 km
H.J. Fortner
4 islands of the United States · Oct – Nov 1984
H.J. Fortner across 4 islands of the United States, October – November 198451 specimens · 10 stops · 53 days · 29,869 km
C.A. Russell
Maui · Feb – Mar 1984
C.A. Russell in Maui, February – March 198482 specimens · 6 stops · 16 days · 16 km
Paul J. Struhsaker
3 islands of the United States · Nov – Dec 1968
Paul J. Struhsaker in Oʻahu, Molokaʻi and Maui, November – December 1968105 specimens · 9 stops · 41 days · 573 km
W.Z. Ma
Kauaʻi · 17–24 Feb 2016
W.Z. Ma in Kauaʻi, 17–24 February 2016103 specimens · 7 stops · 8 days
L.M. Hodgson
Oʻahu and Maui · Oct – Nov 2000
L.M. Hodgson in Oʻahu and Maui, October – November 200057 specimens · 8 stops · 35 days · 711 km
V Townsend Cromwell cruise 36
Oʻahu and Molokaʻi · Apr – May 1968
V Townsend Cromwell cruise 36, April – May 1968181 specimens · 4 stops · 10 days · 280 km
Harold St.John
Oʻahu · 4–30 May 1925
Harold St.John in Oʻahu, 4–30 May 192594 specimens · 10 stops · 27 days
Seymour H. Sohmer
6 islands · 6–27 Nov 1983
Seymour H. Sohmer across 6 islands, 6–27 November 198368 specimens · 6 stops · 22 days
Erling Christophersen
Oʻahu · May – Jun 1930
Erling Christophersen in Oʻahu, May – June 193070 specimens · 5 stops · 37 days · 125 km
Charles N. Forbes
Oʻahu and Maui · Feb – May 1919
Charles N. Forbes in Oʻahu and Maui, February – May 191944 specimens · 14 stops · 101 days · 191 km
Harold St.John
3 islands of the United States · Jan – Mar 1939
Harold St.John in Kauaʻi, Oʻahu and Molokaʻi, January – March 193958 specimens · 8 stops · 34 days · 540 km
L.M. Crago
Oʻahu · Oct – Dec 2005
L.M. Crago in Oʻahu, October – December 200555 specimens · 7 stops · 56 days · 511 km
Stephen L. Coles
3 islands · May – Jun 2000
Stephen L. Coles in Johnston Island, Sand Island and Molokaʻi, May – June 2000219 specimens · 2 stops · 23 days · 3,552 km
K. Faccenda
Kauaʻi · 2–6 Mar 2026
K. Faccenda in Kauaʻi, 2–6 March 2026126 specimens · 5 stops · 5 days
C.T. Imada
Kauaʻi · 6–12 Apr 1988
C.T. Imada in Kauaʻi, 6–12 April 198876 specimens · 7 stops · 7 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.