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
Walter M. Giffard
1–15 Dec 1911
Walter M. Giffard, 1–15 December 191168 specimens · 6 stops · 15 days
J.C.E. Riotte
Kauaʻi · Jun – Jul 1981
J.C.E. Riotte in Kauaʻi, June – July 198155 specimens · 6 stops · 42 days
Walter M. Giffard
Nov – Dec 1912
Walter M. Giffard, November – December 191267 specimens · 5 stops · 17 days
B. Hocking
the United States · May – Jun 1969
B. Hocking in the United States, May – June 196949 specimens · 8 stops · 36 days
Otto Herman Swezey
Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · May – Jun 1919
Otto Herman Swezey in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, May – June 191953 specimens · 6 stops · 31 days · 232 km
Dan A. Polhemus
Apr – Jun 1995
Dan A. Polhemus, April – June 199542 specimens · 11 stops · 43 days
Gordon M. Nishida
Oʻahu · Jun – Aug 1977
Gordon M. Nishida in Oʻahu, June – August 197748 specimens · 6 stops · 75 days
John W. Beardsley
Molokaʻi · Oct – Nov 1995
John W. Beardsley in Molokaʻi, October – November 199575 specimens · 3 stops · 21 days
Walter M. Giffard
the United States · Sep – Oct 1907
Walter M. Giffard in the United States, September – October 190744 specimens · 7 stops · 49 days
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
Hawaiʻi Island · 23–28 Nov 1932
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Hawaiʻi Island, 23–28 November 193245 specimens · 6 stops · 6 days
George F. Arnemann
Kauaʻi · 2–22 May 1948
George F. Arnemann in Kauaʻi, 2–22 May 194843 specimens · 2 stops · 21 days
Judson Linsley Gressitt
the United States · Jun – Aug 1954
Judson Linsley Gressitt in the United States, June – August 195452 specimens · 4 stops · 47 days
.png?width=480)
Steven L. Montgomery
Maui · Sep – Oct 1979
Steven L. Montgomery in Maui, September – October 197950 specimens · 5 stops · 13 days
Elwood Curtin Zimmerman
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · Jan – Feb 1935
Elwood Curtin Zimmerman in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, January – February 193542 specimens · 4 stops · 21 days · 179 km
Elwood Curtin Zimmerman
Oʻahu · 9–28 May 1943
Elwood Curtin Zimmerman in Oʻahu, 9–28 May 194374 specimens · 2 stops · 20 days
Judson Linsley Gressitt
the United States · 1–7 Dec 1956
Judson Linsley Gressitt in the United States, 1–7 December 195664 specimens · 4 stops · 7 days
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
the United States · Jul – Aug 1926
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in the United States, July – August 192640 specimens · 6 stops · 48 days
P.D. Ashlock
22–30 Jun 1966
P.D. Ashlock, 22–30 June 196650 specimens · 6 stops · 9 days
Elwood Curtin Zimmerman
Oʻahu · 11–20 Nov 1934
Elwood Curtin Zimmerman in Oʻahu, 11–20 November 193463 specimens · 3 stops · 10 days
Betsy H. Gagne
Maui · Feb – Mar 1984
Betsy H. Gagne in Maui, February – March 198463 specimens · 3 stops · 13 days
John Strazanac
Nihoa · 20–28 Jun 1990
John Strazanac in Nihoa, 20–28 June 199047 specimens · 6 stops · 9 days
P.D. Ashlock
Jun – Jul 1968
P.D. Ashlock, June – July 196846 specimens · 4 stops · 29 days
W.P. Mull
11–22 Dec 1976
W.P. Mull, 11–22 December 197651 specimens · 4 stops · 12 days
W.P. Mull
5–25 Sep 1976
W.P. Mull, 5–25 September 197646 specimens · 4 stops · 21 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.