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
K. Faccenda
Kauaʻi · May – Jun 2022
K. Faccenda in Kauaʻi, May – June 202274 specimens · 6 stops · 7 days
Pakki A. Reath
Hawaiʻi Island · 23–28 Jun 2003
Pakki A. Reath in Hawaiʻi Island, 23–28 June 2003258 specimens · 2 stops · 6 days
Michael Martinez
Oʻahu · Mar – Apr 1936
Michael Martinez in Oʻahu, March – April 193650 specimens · 9 stops · 39 days · 294 km
Paul K. Higashino
Oʻahu and Kahoʻolawe · Oct – Nov 1976
Paul K. Higashino in Oʻahu and Kahoʻolawe, October – November 197667 specimens · 5 stops · 28 days · 151 km
J.C. Lindsay
Kauaʻi · Dec 1930 – Jan 1931
J.C. Lindsay in Kauaʻi, December 1930 – January 193159 specimens · 8 stops · 15 days
R. Masuhara
Kauaʻi · Dec 1930 – Jan 1931
R. Masuhara in Kauaʻi, December 1930 – January 193159 specimens · 8 stops · 15 days
W. Wong
Kauaʻi · Dec 1930 – Jan 1931
W. Wong in Kauaʻi, December 1930 – January 193159 specimens · 8 stops · 15 days
Paul K. Higashino
Maui · Dec 1975 – Jan 1976
Paul K. Higashino in Maui, December 1975 – January 197684 specimens · 4 stops · 10 days · 58 km
Harry G. Lee
4 islands of the United States · Oct – Dec 1925
Harry G. Lee across 4 islands of the United States, October – December 192548 specimens · 9 stops · 62 days · 1,105 km
John W. Gillespie
Oʻahu · 1–8 Jul 1927
John W. Gillespie in Oʻahu, 1–8 July 192786 specimens · 4 stops · 8 days
K.E. Schlech
Oʻahu and Kauaʻi · Jan – May 1980
K.E. Schlech in Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, January – May 198044 specimens · 10 stops · 131 days · 432 km
R.L. Stemmermann
Oʻahu · Mar – May 1973
R.L. Stemmermann in Oʻahu, March – May 197365 specimens · 16 stops · 49 days
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss
5 islands · Feb – Apr 1964
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss across 5 islands, February – April 196452 specimens · 8 stops · 81 days · 17,676 km
Keith D.P. Wilson
3 islands of the United States · May – Jun 1994
Keith D.P. Wilson in Hawaiʻi Island, Molokaʻi and Maui, May – June 199455 specimens · 7 stops · 32 days · 459 km
S.W. Mill
Hawaiʻi Island · Jan – Feb 1984
S.W. Mill in Hawaiʻi Island, January – February 198461 specimens · 5 stops · 45 days
M. Nishimoto
Oʻahu · Mar – May 1945
M. Nishimoto in Oʻahu, March – May 194545 specimens · 9 stops · 71 days
Isa Degener
Oʻahu · Mar – May 1962
Isa Degener in Oʻahu, March – May 196246 specimens · 10 stops · 50 days · 319 km
M. Kato
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · 16–29 Oct 1997
M. Kato in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, 16–29 October 199752 specimens · 10 stops · 14 days · 254 km
C. Alevizos
Kauaʻi · 2–6 Mar 2026
C. Alevizos in Kauaʻi, 2–6 March 2026117 specimens · 5 stops · 5 days
C. Corn
Kauaʻi · 1–19 Jun 1987
C. Corn in Kauaʻi, 1–19 June 198786 specimens · 3 stops · 19 days
Robert Hobdy
Kauaʻi · 6–19 Jun 1991
Robert Hobdy in Kauaʻi, 6–19 June 199194 specimens · 3 stops · 14 days
Donald P. Abbott
Maui · Aug – Sep 1976
Donald P. Abbott in Maui, August – September 197670 specimens · 5 stops · 15 days · 369 km
Maxwell S. Doty
the United States · 2–9 Jul 1944
Maxwell S. Doty in the United States, 2–9 July 194471 specimens · 8 stops · 8 days
J. Sand
Oʻahu · Nov – Dec 2014
J. Sand in Oʻahu, November – December 201456 specimens · 6 stops · 36 days · 528 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.