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 Weber
Aug – Sep 1953
Philip Weber, August – September 1953106 specimens · 7 stops · 60 days
P.D. Ashlock
Jul – Sep 1965
P.D. Ashlock, July – September 196594 specimens · 9 stops · 52 days
Frederick Arthur Godfrey Muir
8–20 Jan 1917
Frederick Arthur Godfrey Muir, 8–20 January 1917118 specimens · 8 stops · 13 days
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss
5 islands · Feb – Apr 1964
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss across 5 islands, February – April 196452 specimens · 8 stops · 81 days · 17,676 km
Joseph F. Rock
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · 1–29 Dec 1955
Joseph F. Rock in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, 1–29 December 195557 specimens · 7 stops · 29 days · 459 km
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss
7 islands · Jan – Mar 1960
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss across 7 islands, January – March 196057 specimens · 7 stops · 58 days · 16,910 km
John W. Beardsley
Laysan and Nihoa · Jun – Jul 1962
John W. Beardsley in Laysan and Nihoa, June – July 1962105 specimens · 6 stops · 31 days · 1,046 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
Otto Herman Swezey
Oʻahu · Dec 1918 – Mar 1919
Otto Herman Swezey in Oʻahu, December 1918 – March 191985 specimens · 8 stops · 71 days
H.E. Milliron
4 islands · May – Oct 1958
H.E. Milliron across 4 islands, May – October 195841 specimens · 18 stops · 136 days · 10,829 km
J.F. Illingworth II
the United States · May – Jul 1922
J.F. Illingworth II in the United States, May – July 1922100 specimens · 6 stops · 38 days
Walter M. Giffard
the United States · Dec 1904 – Apr 1905
Walter M. Giffard in the United States, December 1904 – April 190594 specimens · 5 stops · 127 days
Francis Xavier Williams
Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Oct 1929
Francis Xavier Williams in Hawaiʻi Island, July – October 192949 specimens · 8 stops · 100 days · 90 km
Otto Herman Swezey
the United States · Aug – Sep 1920
Otto Herman Swezey in the United States, August – September 1920113 specimens · 7 stops · 8 days
Walter M. Giffard
Jul – Aug 1912
Walter M. Giffard, July – August 191273 specimens · 11 stops · 55 days
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
Hawaiʻi Island and Tutuila · Jul – Aug 1935
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Hawaiʻi Island and Tutuila, July – August 193563 specimens · 7 stops · 41 days · 4,120 km
Elwood Curtin Zimmerman
Oʻahu · Jan – Mar 1937
Elwood Curtin Zimmerman in Oʻahu, January – March 193759 specimens · 12 stops · 68 days
P.D. Ashlock
Maui · Mar – Apr 1966
P.D. Ashlock in Maui, March – April 1966116 specimens · 4 stops · 27 days
John W. Beardsley
the United States · 15–29 Jun 1976
John W. Beardsley in the United States, 15–29 June 197698 specimens · 7 stops · 15 days
David Timmins Fullaway
Maui · 12–18 May 1918
David Timmins Fullaway in Maui, 12–18 May 1918141 specimens · 4 stops · 7 days
Wayne C. Gagne
4 islands of the United States · Nov 1972 – Jan 1973
Wayne C. Gagne across 4 islands of the United States, November 1972 – January 197340 specimens · 11 stops · 63 days · 1,004 km
W.D. Perreira
Molokaʻi · Aug – Dec 1994
W.D. Perreira in Molokaʻi, August – December 199469 specimens · 9 stops · 105 days
Francis G. Howarth
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · May – Jul 1976
Francis G. Howarth in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, May – July 197667 specimens · 11 stops · 70 days · 230 km
Larry W. Quate
Hawaiʻi Island and Maui · Mar – Apr 1961
Larry W. Quate in Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, March – April 196161 specimens · 14 stops · 43 days · 11,144 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.