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. 207 journeys so far, 1892 to 1995, 45,170 specimens between them.
63 collectors and expeditions3,387 days in the field312,272 km between stops19,870 photographed specimens
207 journeys match
Philip Hunter Timberlake
Maui and Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Aug 1919
Philip Hunter Timberlake in Maui and Hawaiʻi Island, July – August 1919229 specimens · 22 stops · 51 days · 448 km
Clarence H. Cooke Jr.
Kauaʻi · Sep – Oct 1922
Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Kauaʻi, September – October 1922348 specimens · 3 stops · 21 days · 35 km
Robert L. Usinger
Lānaʻi and Kauaʻi · Nov 1935 – Jan 1936
Robert L. Usinger in Lānaʻi and Kauaʻi, November 1935 – January 1936221 specimens · 10 stops · 53 days · 259 km
Edward Yataro Hosaka
Hawaiʻi Island and Maui · May – Jun 1938
Edward Yataro Hosaka in Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, May – June 1938174 specimens · 15 stops · 26 days · 58 km
Walter M. Giffard
Hawaiʻi Island · Jun – Sep 1908
Walter M. Giffard in Hawaiʻi Island, June – September 1908279 specimens · 14 stops · 104 days
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
4 islands of the United States · Jul – Sep 1927
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. across 4 islands of the United States, July – September 1927243 specimens · 11 stops · 55 days · 849 km
Walter M. Giffard
Oʻahu · Jan – Feb 1916
Walter M. Giffard in Oʻahu, January – February 1916478 specimens · 4 stops · 45 days
Otto Herman Swezey
Hawaiʻi Island · Aug – Sep 1919
Otto Herman Swezey in Hawaiʻi Island, August – September 1919289 specimens · 13 stops · 36 days
Charles N. Forbes
Oʻahu · Jan – May 1917
Charles N. Forbes in Oʻahu, January – May 1917140 specimens · 12 stops · 95 days · 453 km
Walter M. Giffard
Jul – Aug 1920
Walter M. Giffard, July – August 1920273 specimens · 11 stops · 50 days
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
Oʻahu · Sep – Nov 1934
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Oʻahu, September – November 1934152 specimens · 11 stops · 64 days · 289 km
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo
Lānaʻi and Oʻahu · Feb – Apr 1961
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo in Lānaʻi and Oʻahu, February – April 1961141 specimens · 11 stops · 50 days · 429 km
Robert Cyril Layton Perkins
the United States · May – Aug 1895
Robert Cyril Layton Perkins in the United States, May – August 1895306 specimens · 7 stops · 69 days
Owen Bryant
Maui · Feb – Apr 1932
Owen Bryant in Maui, February – April 1932216 specimens · 15 stops · 62 days
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
3 islands of the United States · Jun – Sep 1928
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Kauaʻi, Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, June – September 1928168 specimens · 15 stops · 81 days · 1,078 km
Otto Herman Swezey
Molokaʻi · May – Sep 1927
Otto Herman Swezey in Molokaʻi, May – September 1927201 specimens · 13 stops · 112 days · 30 km
Joseph F. Rock
3 islands of the United States · Jan – Mar 1912
Joseph F. Rock in Hawaiʻi Island, Maui and Oʻahu, January – March 1912133 specimens · 13 stops · 71 days · 136 km
Walter M. Giffard
Hawaiʻi Island · Aug – Sep 1917
Walter M. Giffard in Hawaiʻi Island, August – September 1917328 specimens · 8 stops · 19 days
Otto Herman Swezey
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · Aug – Sep 1925
Otto Herman Swezey in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, August – September 1925211 specimens · 21 stops · 38 days · 254 km
Philip Weber
Mar – Aug 1947
Philip Weber, March – August 1947172 specimens · 24 stops · 158 days
Otto Herman Swezey
4 islands of the United States · Jul – Oct 1921
Otto Herman Swezey across 4 islands of the United States, July – October 1921185 specimens · 22 stops · 99 days · 1,113 km
H. G
Nov 1916 – Feb 1917
H. G, November 1916 – February 1917317 specimens · 5 stops · 89 days
Clarence H. Cooke Jr.
Molokaʻi and Kiritimati · Jul – Aug 1924
Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Molokaʻi and Kiritimati, July – August 1924164 specimens · 6 stops · 35 days · 4,362 km
Joseph F. Rock
3 islands of the United States · Jul – Sep 1918
Joseph F. Rock in Maui, Hawaiʻi Island and Molokaʻi, July – September 1918168 specimens · 8 stops · 67 days · 409 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.