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. 342 journeys so far, 1879 to 2025, 69,351 specimens between them.
156 collectors and expeditions6,884 days in the field831,051 km between stops51,513 photographed specimens
342 journeys match
Charles N. Forbes
5 islands of the United States · Feb – Apr 1913
Charles N. Forbes across 5 islands of the United States, February – April 1913309 specimens · 8 stops · 60 days · 556 km
R.J. Catto
Maui and Oʻahu · Nov 1936 – Jan 1937
R.J. Catto in Maui and Oʻahu, November 1936 – January 1937293 specimens · 10 stops · 35 days · 106 km
R. Okano
4 islands of the United States · Apr – Jul 2003
R. Okano across 4 islands of the United States, April – July 2003276 specimens · 11 stops · 64 days · 2,513 km
Derral R. Herbst
5 islands · Aug – Dec 1974
Derral R. Herbst across 5 islands, August – December 1974178 specimens · 27 stops · 126 days · 1,297 km
William J. Hoe
Maui · May – Jun 1976
William J. Hoe in Maui, May – June 1976257 specimens · 13 stops · 38 days · 162 km
H.L. Lyon
Maui · Nov 1908 – Jan 1909
H.L. Lyon in Maui, November 1908 – January 1909176 specimens · 31 stops · 82 days
William J. Hoe
Maui and Hawaiʻi Island · Aug – Sep 1967
William J. Hoe in Maui and Hawaiʻi Island, August – September 1967295 specimens · 9 stops · 32 days · 151 km
Derral R. Herbst
4 islands of the United States · Feb – May 1973
Derral R. Herbst across 4 islands of the United States, February – May 1973186 specimens · 22 stops · 93 days · 1,628 km
Harold St.John
7 islands · Nov – Dec 1953
Harold St.John across 7 islands, November – December 1953254 specimens · 14 stops · 33 days · 9,010 km
F.G. Smith
4 islands of the United States · Jan – May 1929
F.G. Smith across 4 islands of the United States, January – May 1929185 specimens · 19 stops · 110 days · 1,335 km
Harold St.John
4 islands of the United States · Nov 1954 – Feb 1955
Harold St.John across 4 islands of the United States, November 1954 – February 1955193 specimens · 22 stops · 97 days · 1,375 km
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
Oʻahu and Maui · Dec 1928 – Feb 1929
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Oʻahu and Maui, December 1928 – February 1929244 specimens · 12 stops · 88 days · 650 km
Paul K. Higashino
Maui · Jun – Aug 1976
Paul K. Higashino in Maui, June – August 1976229 specimens · 12 stops · 68 days · 162 km
A.R.H. Lamberton
4 islands of the United States · May – Jul 1953
A.R.H. Lamberton across 4 islands of the United States, May – July 1953292 specimens · 31 stops · 36 days · 445 km
Kenneth R. Wood
4 islands of the United States · Mar – May 2005
Kenneth R. Wood across 4 islands of the United States, March – May 2005202 specimens · 17 stops · 58 days · 2,044 km
H.U. Stauffer
10 islands · Dec 1963 – Apr 1964
H.U. Stauffer across 10 islands, December 1963 – April 1964165 specimens · 43 stops · 140 days · 17,939 km
M.L. Lohman
3 islands of the United States · Jun – Sep 1948
M.L. Lohman in Maui, Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, June – September 1948245 specimens · 33 stops · 83 days · 1,064 km
Charles N. Forbes
5 islands of the United States · Jun – Sep 1910
Charles N. Forbes across 5 islands of the United States, June – September 1910246 specimens · 9 stops · 65 days · 763 km
Steven Perlman
5 islands of the United States · Sep 2012 – Mar 2013
Steven Perlman across 5 islands of the United States, September 2012 – March 2013132 specimens · 40 stops · 170 days · 3,709 km
Wayne C. Gagne
4 islands of the United States · Jan – Nov 1970
Wayne C. Gagne across 4 islands of the United States, January – November 1970150 specimens · 60 stops · 305 days · 3,577 km
Joseph F. Rock
5 islands of the United States · Aug – Nov 1916
Joseph F. Rock across 5 islands of the United States, August – November 1916205 specimens · 13 stops · 77 days · 1,762 km
H.A. Woolford
Maui · 1–31 Dec 1955
H.A. Woolford in Maui, 1–31 December 1955229 specimens · 14 stops · 31 days · 42 km
Grady L. Webster
3 islands of the United States · May – Jul 1948
Grady L. Webster in Maui, Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, May – July 1948193 specimens · 17 stops · 44 days · 594 km
L.M. Hodgson
4 islands of the United States · Feb – May 2001
L.M. Hodgson across 4 islands of the United States, February – May 2001164 specimens · 23 stops · 108 days · 1,950 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.