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. 200 journeys so far, 1909 to 2001, 73,789 specimens between them.
82 collectors and expeditions3,830 days in the field1,081,699 km between stops58,729 photographed specimens
200 journeys match
Pils
4 islands · Jan – Mar 1913
Pils across 4 islands, January – March 1913362 specimens · 13 stops · 54 days · 1,100 km
Charles N. Forbes
3 islands of the United States · Jan – Apr 1915
Charles N. Forbes in Molokaʻi, Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, January – April 1915353 specimens · 21 stops · 65 days · 233 km
Charles N. Forbes
Maui and Oʻahu · Nov – Dec 1919
Charles N. Forbes in Maui and Oʻahu, November – December 1919310 specimens · 20 stops · 39 days · 614 km
A. Gouveia A. Gouveia A. Gouveia v A. Gouveia
Oʻahu · Sep 1915 – Mar 1916
A. Gouveia A. Gouveia A. Gouveia v A. Gouveia in Oʻahu, September 1915 – March 1916337 specimens · 8 stops · 169 days · 663 km
Erling Christophersen
3 islands · May – Jul 1932
Erling Christophersen in Oʻahu, Kauaʻi and Tutuila, May – July 1932518 specimens · 4 stops · 57 days · 8,548 km
Charles N. Forbes
4 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1913
Charles N. Forbes across 4 islands of the United States, June – July 1913406 specimens · 8 stops · 38 days · 774 km
Robert H. Cowie
3 islands · Apr – Jul 1998
Robert H. Cowie in Tau, Oʻahu and Ofu, April – July 1998500 specimens · 20 stops · 97 days · 8,441 km
Robert L. Usinger
Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · Jun – Nov 1935
Robert L. Usinger in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, June – November 1935378 specimens · 27 stops · 135 days · 641 km
Donald Anderson
Oʻahu · Feb – Apr 1940
Donald Anderson in Oʻahu, February – April 1940392 specimens · 5 stops · 81 days · 410 km
Donald P. Rogers
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · Oct 1946 – Jan 1947
Donald P. Rogers in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, October 1946 – January 1947224 specimens · 21 stops · 87 days · 818 km
Charles N. Forbes
5 islands of the United States · Feb – Apr 1913
Charles N. Forbes across 5 islands of the United States, February – April 1913309 specimens · 8 stops · 60 days · 556 km
Henry Wiebke
4 islands of the United States · Mar – Aug 1926
Henry Wiebke across 4 islands of the United States, March – August 1926150 specimens · 51 stops · 152 days · 2,253 km
Charles N. Forbes
4 islands of the United States · Jan – Jun 1916
Charles N. Forbes across 4 islands of the United States, January – June 1916175 specimens · 26 stops · 156 days · 2,894 km
F.G. Smith
4 islands of the United States · Jan – May 1929
F.G. Smith across 4 islands of the United States, January – May 1929185 specimens · 19 stops · 110 days · 1,335 km
Welche
Oʻahu · Aug – Oct 1935
Welche in Oʻahu, August – October 1935298 specimens · 6 stops · 69 days · 257 km
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
Oʻahu and Maui · Dec 1928 – Feb 1929
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Oʻahu and Maui, December 1928 – February 1929244 specimens · 12 stops · 88 days · 650 km
C.F. Mant
Oʻahu · May – Jul 1918
C.F. Mant in Oʻahu, May – July 1918224 specimens · 12 stops · 58 days · 1,248 km
Donald Anderson
Oʻahu · May – Jul 1937
Donald Anderson in Oʻahu, May – July 1937404 specimens · 3 stops · 67 days · 90 km
Rachel Benson
Oʻahu · May – Aug 1930
Rachel Benson in Oʻahu, May – August 1930219 specimens · 10 stops · 100 days · 618 km
Ralph C. DeFelice
Oʻahu and Molokaʻi · 2–19 Nov 1999
Ralph C. DeFelice in Oʻahu and Molokaʻi, 2–19 November 1999722 specimens · 5 stops · 18 days · 118 km
Charles N. Forbes
5 islands of the United States · Jun – Sep 1910
Charles N. Forbes across 5 islands of the United States, June – September 1910246 specimens · 9 stops · 65 days · 763 km
F. Raymond Fosberg
Oʻahu · May – Jul 1935
F. Raymond Fosberg in Oʻahu, May – July 1935176 specimens · 19 stops · 77 days · 308 km
Donald Anderson
Molokaʻi and Oʻahu · 8–27 Aug 1933
Donald Anderson in Molokaʻi and Oʻahu, 8–27 August 1933377 specimens · 4 stops · 20 days · 170 km
Pele Expedition 1959
3 islands · Jul – Aug 1959
Pele Expedition 1959, July – August 1959286 specimens · 6 stops · 33 days · 617 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.