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
John Colburn Bridwell
Maui and Oʻahu · Aug – Sep 1918
John Colburn Bridwell in Maui and Oʻahu, August – September 1918124 specimens · 6 stops · 32 days · 69 km
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Steven L. Montgomery
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · May – Sep 1970
Steven L. Montgomery in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, May – September 197052 specimens · 23 stops · 107 days · 763 km
Carl Masaru Yoshimoto
the United States · Sep – Oct 1965
Carl Masaru Yoshimoto in the United States, September – October 1965173 specimens · 6 stops · 25 days
Clarence H. Cooke Jr.
Molokaʻi and Kauaʻi · Mar – Apr 1914
Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Molokaʻi and Kauaʻi, March – April 1914105 specimens · 4 stops · 25 days · 343 km
Otto Herman Swezey
3 islands of the United States · May – Jul 1932
Otto Herman Swezey in Kauaʻi, Oʻahu and Molokaʻi, May – July 193269 specimens · 23 stops · 54 days · 540 km
Walter M. Giffard
the United States · Feb – Mar 1909
Walter M. Giffard in the United States, February – March 1909170 specimens · 6 stops · 25 days
Robert Cyril Layton Perkins
the United States · Mar – May 1894
Robert Cyril Layton Perkins in the United States, March – May 1894227 specimens · 3 stops · 35 days
Philip Weber
Oʻahu · Oct 1947 – Jan 1948
Philip Weber in Oʻahu, October 1947 – January 194890 specimens · 14 stops · 96 days
Walter M. Giffard
Hawaiʻi Island · Aug – Sep 1919
Walter M. Giffard in Hawaiʻi Island, August – September 1919105 specimens · 14 stops · 44 days
R.R. Whitten
Maui · 1–27 Aug 1929
R.R. Whitten in Maui, 1–27 August 1929108 specimens · 7 stops · 27 days · 20 km
C.H. C. Hoyt
Oʻahu · Aug – Nov 1952
C.H. C. Hoyt in Oʻahu, August – November 195289 specimens · 12 stops · 81 days · 134 km
Carl Masaru Yoshimoto
the United States · Mar – Apr 1966
Carl Masaru Yoshimoto in the United States, March – April 1966157 specimens · 6 stops · 28 days
Philip Hunter Timberlake
Oʻahu · Apr – Aug 1916
Philip Hunter Timberlake in Oʻahu, April – August 191690 specimens · 14 stops · 127 days
David Timmins Fullaway
Laysan · 1–27 Apr 1923
David Timmins Fullaway in Laysan, 1–27 April 1923142 specimens · 6 stops · 27 days
Robert L. Usinger
Oʻahu · Feb – May 1936
Robert L. Usinger in Oʻahu, February – May 193662 specimens · 9 stops · 83 days · 6,521 km
John W. Beardsley
Oʻahu · Jun – Sep 1965
John W. Beardsley in Oʻahu, June – September 196581 specimens · 16 stops · 99 days
Otto Herman Swezey
Molokaʻi · 1–23 Dec 1925
Otto Herman Swezey in Molokaʻi, 1–23 December 1925122 specimens · 4 stops · 23 days · 4 km
A.Y. Yoshinaga
4 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 1967
A.Y. Yoshinaga across 4 islands of the United States, July – August 196764 specimens · 8 stops · 43 days · 555 km
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss
Maui · Jun – Oct 1929
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss in Maui, June – October 192974 specimens · 18 stops · 121 days
John W. Beardsley
the United States · Jun – Sep 1956
John W. Beardsley in the United States, June – September 1956108 specimens · 8 stops · 64 days
R. Burkhart
the United States · Jun – Jul 1975
R. Burkhart in the United States, June – July 1975100 specimens · 12 stops · 34 days
Philip Weber
Jun – Jul 1949
Philip Weber, June – July 1949126 specimens · 6 stops · 47 days
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
Kauaʻi · Jul – Aug 1940
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Kauaʻi, July – August 194074 specimens · 8 stops · 11 days
Otto Herman Swezey
Maui and Oʻahu · Mar – May 1924
Otto Herman Swezey in Maui and Oʻahu, March – May 192464 specimens · 6 stops · 65 days · 228 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.