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. 357 journeys so far, 1879 to 2026, 75,110 specimens between them.
182 collectors and expeditions6,643 days in the field999,543 km between stops55,453 photographed specimens
357 journeys match
Steven Perlman
6 islands of the United States · Jan 1987 – Jan 1988
Steven Perlman across 6 islands of the United States, January 1987 – January 1988387 specimens · 89 stops · 373 days · 2,461 km
Ruth D. Svihla
4 islands of the United States · Dec 1955 – Mar 1956
Ruth D. Svihla across 4 islands of the United States, December 1955 – March 1956745 specimens · 28 stops · 82 days · 1,225 km
Benjamin C. Stone
20 islands · Sep 1957 – Feb 1958
Benjamin C. Stone across 20 islands, September 1957 – February 1958507 specimens · 64 stops · 154 days · 21,480 km
Harold St.John
4 islands of the United States · Sep 1931 – Mar 1932
Harold St.John across 4 islands of the United States, September 1931 – March 1932481 specimens · 30 stops · 167 days · 1,433 km
R.L. Wilbur
3 islands of the United States · Nov 1947 – Apr 1948
R.L. Wilbur in Kauaʻi, Molokaʻi and Oʻahu, November 1947 – April 1948420 specimens · 33 stops · 176 days · 1,115 km
Steven Perlman
7 islands · May – Aug 1988
Steven Perlman across 7 islands, May – August 1988739 specimens · 31 stops · 95 days · 11,103 km
Derral R. Herbst
5 islands of the United States · Feb – Oct 1975
Derral R. Herbst across 5 islands of the United States, February – October 1975345 specimens · 58 stops · 242 days · 4,870 km
Charles N. Forbes
5 islands of the United States · Sep – Dec 1916
Charles N. Forbes across 5 islands of the United States, September – December 1916451 specimens · 23 stops · 106 days · 1,301 km
Harold St.John
13 islands · Jul – Nov 1946
Harold St.John across 13 islands, July – November 1946590 specimens · 27 stops · 120 days · 9,900 km
Charles N. Forbes
5 islands of the United States · Jan – Jun 1912
Charles N. Forbes across 5 islands of the United States, January – June 1912459 specimens · 19 stops · 151 days · 981 km
Marshall R. Crosby
5 islands of the United States · Jun – Aug 1964
Marshall R. Crosby across 5 islands of the United States, June – August 1964461 specimens · 21 stops · 83 days · 2,429 km
John August Kusche
Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island · Jan – Jun 1919
John August Kusche in Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island, January – June 1919682 specimens · 35 stops · 142 days · 450 km
Charles N. Forbes
4 islands of the United States · Jun – Aug 1912
Charles N. Forbes across 4 islands of the United States, June – August 1912567 specimens · 12 stops · 44 days · 287 km
Truman George Yuncker
3 islands of the United States · Aug 1932 – Jan 1933
Truman George Yuncker in Molokaʻi, Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, August 1932 – January 1933335 specimens · 35 stops · 150 days · 463 km
Grady L. Webster
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · Nov 1947 – Apr 1948
Grady L. Webster in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, November 1947 – April 1948329 specimens · 34 stops · 176 days · 1,112 km
W.G. Anderson William G. Anderson Jr.
5 islands of the United States · Jun – Aug 1964
W.G. Anderson William G. Anderson Jr. across 5 islands of the United States, June – August 1964424 specimens · 20 stops · 65 days · 2,387 km
J.S. Henrickson
4 islands of the United States · Jun – Aug 1969
J.S. Henrickson across 4 islands of the United States, June – August 1969483 specimens · 15 stops · 55 days · 1,780 km
R. Okano
4 islands of the United States · May – Jul 2000
R. Okano across 4 islands of the United States, May – July 2000654 specimens · 14 stops · 67 days · 2,034 km
Derral R. Herbst
4 islands of the United States · Jun – Nov 1971
Derral R. Herbst across 4 islands of the United States, June – November 1971289 specimens · 38 stops · 153 days · 2,219 km
T. Murashige
6 islands of the United States · May – Sep 1949
T. Murashige across 6 islands of the United States, May – September 1949317 specimens · 39 stops · 99 days · 1,334 km
Donald Anderson
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · Nov 1933 – Jan 1934
Donald Anderson in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, November 1933 – January 1934483 specimens · 10 stops · 53 days · 825 km
C. Cory
Oʻahu and Kauaʻi · Jan – Jun 1986
C. Cory in Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, January – June 1986341 specimens · 19 stops · 159 days · 1,807 km
Elwood Curtin Zimmerman
Kauaʻi and Maui · Jun – Aug 1937
Elwood Curtin Zimmerman in Kauaʻi and Maui, June – August 1937575 specimens · 25 stops · 78 days · 481 km
Otto Degener
5 islands of the United States · Jun – Sep 1963
Otto Degener across 5 islands of the United States, June – September 1963301 specimens · 31 stops · 92 days · 1,016 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.