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. 1,980 journeys so far, 1874 to 2026, 356,126 specimens between them.
839 collectors and expeditions34,820 days in the field7,426,317 km between stops244,553 photographed specimens
1,980 journeys match
I.E. Lane
Molokaʻi and Oʻahu · Dec 1948 – Jan 1949
I.E. Lane in Molokaʻi and Oʻahu, December 1948 – January 194987 specimens · 6 stops · 27 days · 150 km
Donald Mitchell
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · Nov 1930 – Jan 1931
Donald Mitchell in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, November 1930 – January 193164 specimens · 10 stops · 36 days · 254 km
J.R. Shevock
Kauaʻi · 24–29 Jan 2018
J.R. Shevock in Kauaʻi, 24–29 January 2018121 specimens · 6 stops · 6 days
B.G. Decker
5 islands of French Polynesia · Jan – Apr 1960
B.G. Decker across 5 islands of French Polynesia, January – April 196069 specimens · 12 stops · 67 days · 865 km
J. Vandenberg
6 islands of Papua New Guinea · May – Jun 1969
J. Vandenberg across 6 islands of Papua New Guinea, May – June 196985 specimens · 6 stops · 25 days · 913 km
George F. Arnemann
Oʻahu and Lānaʻi · Mar – Apr 1961
George F. Arnemann in Oʻahu and Lānaʻi, March – April 196183 specimens · 5 stops · 39 days · 265 km
Isabelle Abbott
St. Croix · Dec 1974 – Jan 1975
Isabelle Abbott in St. Croix, December 1974 – January 197563 specimens · 11 stops · 28 days
C. Tiu
Oʻahu · Feb – Apr 1975
C. Tiu in Oʻahu, February – April 197562 specimens · 9 stops · 54 days
Neil Snow
New Caledonia · Jul – Aug 2003
Neil Snow in New Caledonia, July – August 2003108 specimens · 10 stops · 18 days · 3,739 km
Timothy Flynn
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · Feb – Mar 1984
Timothy Flynn in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, February – March 198479 specimens · 6 stops · 30 days · 230 km
A.W. Stewart
8 islands of Ecuador · Jan – Apr 1905
A.W. Stewart across 8 islands of Ecuador, January – April 190556 specimens · 24 stops · 93 days
S. Chanel
Guadalcanal and New Guinea · 9–17 Sep 2015
S. Chanel in Guadalcanal and New Guinea, 9–17 September 201586 specimens · 7 stops · 9 days · 5,380 km
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C.E. Hartt
Maui and Hawaiʻi Island · 6–18 Aug 1933
C.E. Hartt in Maui and Hawaiʻi Island, 6–18 August 193393 specimens · 6 stops · 13 days · 136 km
I.J. Condit
Oʻahu · Apr – May 1959
I.J. Condit in Oʻahu, April – May 195948 specimens · 17 stops · 58 days · 259 km
Maxwell S. Doty
7 islands · May – Jun 1973
Maxwell S. Doty across 7 islands, May – June 197366 specimens · 9 stops · 60 days · 36,912 km
H.J. Fortner
Oʻahu · Jan – May 1974
H.J. Fortner in Oʻahu, January – May 197455 specimens · 11 stops · 103 days · 294 km
Edward Yataro Hosaka
5 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 1931
Edward Yataro Hosaka across 5 islands of the United States, July – August 193182 specimens · 6 stops · 24 days · 1,149 km
J.H. Maysilles
Molokaʻi · 19–29 Dec 1948
J.H. Maysilles in Molokaʻi, 19–29 December 1948103 specimens · 5 stops · 11 days · 61 km
Ralph C. DeFelice
Oʻahu and Midway Atoll · Aug – Nov 1997
Ralph C. DeFelice in Oʻahu and Midway Atoll, August – November 1997180 specimens · 3 stops · 78 days · 4,219 km
Amy Suehiro
Oʻahu · Sep – Nov 1932
Amy Suehiro in Oʻahu, September – November 193281 specimens · 5 stops · 46 days
E.J. Reynoso
Bohol and Cebu · Mar – Apr 1993
E.J. Reynoso in Bohol and Cebu, March – April 1993157 specimens · 2 stops · 14 days · 77 km
E.J. Reynoso
3 islands of the Philippines · May – Jun 1992
E.J. Reynoso in Sibuyan, Luzon and Mindanao, May – June 199273 specimens · 7 stops · 32 days · 1,568 km
Edward Yataro Hosaka
Hawaiʻi Island · 11–19 Jun 1941
Edward Yataro Hosaka in Hawaiʻi Island, 11–19 June 1941127 specimens · 3 stops · 9 days · 165 km
M.A. Vaccarino
Oʻahu and Kauaʻi · 20–30 Jul 2009
M.A. Vaccarino in Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, 20–30 July 2009135 specimens · 9 stops · 11 days · 653 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.