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


Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
Oʻahu and Maui · Sep 1919 – Jan 1920
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Oʻahu and Maui, September 1919 – January 1920201 specimens · 28 stops · 133 days · 556 km



H.A. Pilsbry
4 islands of the United States · Jan – Mar 1913
H.A. Pilsbry across 4 islands of the United States, January – March 1913189 specimens · 13 stops · 56 days · 1,191 km



H.B. Baker
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · Aug – Sep 1935
H.B. Baker in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, August – September 1935316 specimens · 4 stops · 28 days · 429 km



Rokuro Yamaguchi
Oʻahu · Jan – Feb 1936
Rokuro Yamaguchi in Oʻahu, January – February 1936354 specimens · 3 stops · 36 days · 291 km

Walter M. Giffard
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · Jun – Jul 1928
Walter M. Giffard in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, June – July 1928299 specimens · 4 stops · 31 days · 87 km
F. Raymond Fosberg
Oʻahu · Dec 1934 – Mar 1935
F. Raymond Fosberg in Oʻahu, December 1934 – March 1935148 specimens · 16 stops · 95 days · 731 km


Kazue Ozaki
Oʻahu · Oct – Dec 1963
Kazue Ozaki in Oʻahu, October – December 1963347 specimens · 9 stops · 75 days · 292 km



J.G. McAllister
Oʻahu · Jun – Aug 1930
J.G. McAllister in Oʻahu, June – August 1930169 specimens · 9 stops · 79 days · 599 km



Clarence C.Y. Wong
Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · May – Aug 1951
Clarence C.Y. Wong in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, May – August 1951141 specimens · 13 stops · 114 days · 926 km



T. Cora
Oʻahu · Jun – Aug 1930
T. Cora in Oʻahu, June – August 1930168 specimens · 9 stops · 79 days · 599 km



McAllister
Oʻahu · Jun – Aug 1930
McAllister in Oʻahu, June – August 1930168 specimens · 9 stops · 79 days · 599 km

Harold St.John
5 islands · Jun – Aug 1947
Harold St.John across 5 islands, June – August 1947162 specimens · 13 stops · 63 days · 23,782 km



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



Edmund J. Meadows
Oʻahu · Mar – Apr 1938
Edmund J. Meadows in Oʻahu, March – April 1938314 specimens · 3 stops · 20 days · 307 km

Erling Christophersen
3 islands · Oct 1924 – Jan 1925
Erling Christophersen in Oʻahu, Tutuila and Hawaiʻi Island, October 1924 – January 1925126 specimens · 16 stops · 85 days · 17,725 km



Joseph E. Alicata
Oʻahu · Nov 1935 – Mar 1936
Joseph E. Alicata in Oʻahu, November 1935 – March 193697 specimens · 29 stops · 106 days · 1,315 km
F. Raymond Fosberg
Oʻahu and Molokaʻi · Feb – Apr 1948
F. Raymond Fosberg in Oʻahu and Molokaʻi, February – April 1948132 specimens · 15 stops · 71 days · 524 km
Charles N. Forbes
Oʻahu · Jan – May 1917
Charles N. Forbes in Oʻahu, January – May 1917140 specimens · 12 stops · 95 days · 453 km

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



Donald Anderson
Oʻahu and Molokaʻi · May – Jul 1933
Donald Anderson in Oʻahu and Molokaʻi, May – July 1933238 specimens · 3 stops · 54 days · 137 km



Yoshio KondoKay Kondo
Oʻahu · Mar – Apr 1948
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo in Oʻahu, March – April 1948164 specimens · 7 stops · 37 days · 934 km



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



Donald Anderson
Oʻahu · Jul – Sep 1940
Donald Anderson in Oʻahu, July – September 1940225 specimens · 3 stops · 64 days · 160 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.
