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
R.L. Stemmermann
5 islands · Nov – Dec 1979
R.L. Stemmermann across 5 islands, November – December 197978 specimens · 10 stops · 34 days · 5,655 km
Warren L. Wagner Jr.
3 islands of the United States · Oct – Dec 1984
Warren L. Wagner Jr. in Maui, Oʻahu and Molokaʻi, October – December 198455 specimens · 7 stops · 57 days · 194 km
Derral R. Herbst
3 islands of the United States · Dec 1969 – Feb 1970
Derral R. Herbst in Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi Island and Kauaʻi, December 1969 – February 197040 specimens · 15 stops · 84 days · 1,198 km
Maxwell S. Doty
3 islands · Feb – Jul 1982
Maxwell S. Doty in Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi Island and Mwand Peidak, February – July 198274 specimens · 9 stops · 147 days · 780 km
F. Raymond Fosberg
4 islands · Nov – Dec 1963
F. Raymond Fosberg across 4 islands, November – December 196357 specimens · 9 stops · 20 days
Otto Degener
Oʻahu and Maui · Oct – Dec 1926
Otto Degener in Oʻahu and Maui, October – December 192641 specimens · 14 stops · 66 days · 610 km
H. Van Sickle
Oʻahu · Jan – Mar 1997
H. Van Sickle in Oʻahu, January – March 199752 specimens · 8 stops · 69 days · 717 km
A.M. Octavio
Oʻahu · Nov 1929 – Jan 1930
A.M. Octavio in Oʻahu, November 1929 – January 193041 specimens · 13 stops · 72 days · 720 km
Betsy H. Gagne
Maui and Kauaʻi · Apr – May 1991
Betsy H. Gagne in Maui and Kauaʻi, April – May 199148 specimens · 10 stops · 43 days · 706 km
J.R. Shevock
Kauaʻi · 17–24 Feb 2016
J.R. Shevock in Kauaʻi, 17–24 February 201699 specimens · 7 stops · 8 days
F. Raymond Fosberg
3 islands · Oct – Nov 1985
F. Raymond Fosberg in Bikini Atoll, Oʻahu and Kwajalein Atoll, October – November 198562 specimens · 13 stops · 24 days · 4,617 km
K. Shultz
Maui and Kauaʻi · Jan – Feb 2001
K. Shultz in Maui and Kauaʻi, January – February 2001189 specimens · 2 stops · 23 days · 338 km
Donald Anderson
6 islands · Aug – Nov 1969
Donald Anderson across 6 islands, August – November 196942 specimens · 15 stops · 94 days · 36,629 km
N.H. Higgins
Oʻahu and Maui · Oct 1955 – Jan 1956
N.H. Higgins in Oʻahu and Maui, October 1955 – January 195650 specimens · 7 stops · 92 days · 191 km
Marie Catherine Neal
Hawaiʻi Island · 1–9 Apr 1924
Marie Catherine Neal in Hawaiʻi Island, 1–9 April 192473 specimens · 6 stops · 9 days · 150 km
M.E. Kerr
Hawaiʻi Island and Maui · Aug – Sep 1949
M.E. Kerr in Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, August – September 194962 specimens · 9 stops · 12 days · 21 km
Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr.
4 islands · Aug – Sep 2000
Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr. across 4 islands, August – September 2000123 specimens · 5 stops · 29 days · 844 km
E. Ordonez
Oʻahu · Mar – Jun 1939
E. Ordonez in Oʻahu, March – June 193941 specimens · 12 stops · 90 days · 315 km
J.B. Pollock
6 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 1923
J.B. Pollock across 6 islands of the United States, July – August 192378 specimens · 10 stops · 35 days · 23,475 km
Koichi Nitta
Oʻahu · Oct 1929 – Jan 1930
Koichi Nitta in Oʻahu, October 1929 – January 193041 specimens · 11 stops · 92 days · 268 km
Otto Degener
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · Dec 1939 – Jan 1940
Otto Degener in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, December 1939 – January 194046 specimens · 12 stops · 36 days · 254 km
J.K. Small
the United States · Jun – Aug 1893
J.K. Small in the United States, June – August 189347 specimens · 9 stops · 59 days
L.M. Giuseffi
Molokaʻi and Oʻahu · Aug – Sep 2007
L.M. Giuseffi in Molokaʻi and Oʻahu, August – September 2007169 specimens · 2 stops · 22 days · 92 km
V.O. Fosberg
Oʻahu · Mar – May 1937
V.O. Fosberg in Oʻahu, March – May 193749 specimens · 8 stops · 71 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.