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
A. Dores
Pohnpei · Aug – Nov 2003
A. Dores in Pohnpei, August – November 200395 specimens · 4 stops · 98 days · 474 km
M.L. Lohman
Maui and Oʻahu · 1–30 Dec 1951
M.L. Lohman in Maui and Oʻahu, 1–30 December 195161 specimens · 13 stops · 30 days · 298 km
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss
5 islands · Jan – Feb 1961
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss across 5 islands, January – February 196149 specimens · 14 stops · 40 days · 5,401 km
Templeton Crocker Expedition
9 islands · May – Jul 1933
Templeton Crocker Expedition, May – July 193353 specimens · 10 stops · 64 days · 1,704 km
Robert Hobdy
Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi · Mar – Apr 1985
Robert Hobdy in Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi, March – April 198548 specimens · 8 stops · 36 days · 215 km
S.P. Carper
Oʻahu · 11–16 May 1988
S.P. Carper in Oʻahu, 11–16 May 1988136 specimens · 2 stops · 6 days
H.G. Gheo
China · Jul – Oct 1928
H.G. Gheo in China, July – October 192842 specimens · 9 stops · 77 days
Maxwell S. Doty
the United States · Dec 1941 – Mar 1942
Maxwell S. Doty in the United States, December 1941 – March 194253 specimens · 11 stops · 76 days
F. Salucop
Oʻahu · Feb – Apr 1937
F. Salucop in Oʻahu, February – April 193747 specimens · 8 stops · 52 days
Seymour H. Sohmer
Maui and Oʻahu · Aug – Sep 1970
Seymour H. Sohmer in Maui and Oʻahu, August – September 197059 specimens · 7 stops · 21 days · 135 km
A.V. Freire
Maui · Feb – Mar 2023
A.V. Freire in Maui, February – March 2023150 specimens · 3 stops · 23 days
David Palmer
Hawaiʻi Island and Maui · Jun – Jul 1991
David Palmer in Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, June – July 199145 specimens · 9 stops · 42 days · 376 km
C. Cartier
Moorea and Motu Ahi · 19–25 Jun 1991
C. Cartier in Moorea and Motu Ahi, 19–25 June 1991113 specimens · 5 stops · 7 days
Harold St.John
Hawaiʻi Island and Kauaʻi · Dec 1949 – Jan 1950
Harold St.John in Hawaiʻi Island and Kauaʻi, December 1949 – January 195063 specimens · 6 stops · 13 days · 450 km
Forest Starr
Oʻahu and Kahoʻolawe · 8–25 Feb 2005
Forest Starr in Oʻahu and Kahoʻolawe, 8–25 February 200571 specimens · 4 stops · 18 days · 75 km
Kim Starr
Oʻahu and Kahoʻolawe · 8–25 Feb 2005
Kim Starr in Oʻahu and Kahoʻolawe, 8–25 February 200571 specimens · 4 stops · 18 days · 75 km
L.A. Thurston L.A. ThurstonL.A. Thurston
Hawaiʻi Island · 1–7 Jul 1915
L.A. Thurston L.A. ThurstonL.A. Thurston in Hawaiʻi Island, 1–7 July 1915119 specimens · 2 stops · 7 days · 34 km
Stanley Ball
5 islands of the United States · Mar – May 1923
Stanley Ball across 5 islands of the United States, March – May 192372 specimens · 12 stops · 60 days · 3,896 km
J.W. Grear Jr.
Brazil · Feb – Jul 1966
J.W. Grear Jr. in Brazil, February – July 196646 specimens · 36 stops · 164 days · 396 km
H.H. Bartlett
Hispaniola · May – Jun 1941
H.H. Bartlett in Hispaniola, May – June 194157 specimens · 6 stops · 32 days
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss
6 islands · Nov 1978 – Jan 1979
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss across 6 islands, November 1978 – January 197957 specimens · 17 stops · 90 days · 2,398 km
L. Wester
Thailand · Oct – Nov 1993
L. Wester in Thailand, October – November 199344 specimens · 10 stops · 30 days
M. Teikiteetini
4 islands of French Polynesia · Jul – Aug 1988
M. Teikiteetini across 4 islands of French Polynesia, July – August 1988102 specimens · 3 stops · 30 days · 195 km
Otto Herman Swezey
Oʻahu · Dec 1918 – Mar 1919
Otto Herman Swezey in Oʻahu, December 1918 – March 191985 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.