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
Otto Degener
6 islands · Jun 1950 – Jan 1951
Otto Degener across 6 islands, June 1950 – January 1951256 specimens · 41 stops · 236 days · 2,367 km
Alastair M. Adamson
Molokaʻi and Kauaʻi · May – Jul 1928
Alastair M. Adamson in Molokaʻi and Kauaʻi, May – July 1928468 specimens · 12 stops · 50 days · 321 km
Pele Expedition 1959
3 islands · Aug – Sep 1959
Pele Expedition 1959, August – September 1959572 specimens · 6 stops · 30 days · 770 km
Isa Degener
5 islands of the United States · Jun – Sep 1963
Isa Degener across 5 islands of the United States, June – September 1963281 specimens · 31 stops · 92 days · 1,019 km
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A.S. Hitchcock
6 islands of the United States · Jun – Oct 1916
A.S. Hitchcock across 6 islands of the United States, June – October 1916239 specimens · 51 stops · 142 days · 1,990 km
Warren L. Wagner Jr.
7 islands · Jun – Aug 1988
Warren L. Wagner Jr. across 7 islands, June – August 1988536 specimens · 19 stops · 59 days · 10,062 km
H.H. Iltis
4 islands of the United States · Jun – Aug 1967
H.H. Iltis across 4 islands of the United States, June – August 1967263 specimens · 40 stops · 74 days · 2,290 km
Derral R. Herbst
5 islands of the United States · Jan – May 1976
Derral R. Herbst across 5 islands of the United States, January – May 1976285 specimens · 26 stops · 108 days · 1,983 km
Harold St.John
4 islands of the United States · Sep 1952 – Feb 1953
Harold St.John across 4 islands of the United States, September 1952 – February 1953271 specimens · 28 stops · 151 days · 1,245 km
Warren L. Wagner Jr.
5 islands of the United States · Feb – Apr 1988
Warren L. Wagner Jr. across 5 islands of the United States, February – April 1988306 specimens · 22 stops · 64 days · 933 km
C.R. Long
24 islands · Apr – Jul 1964
C.R. Long across 24 islands, April – July 1964264 specimens · 39 stops · 91 days · 15,404 km
Benjamin C. Stone
4 islands of the United States · Feb – Jun 1960
Benjamin C. Stone across 4 islands of the United States, February – June 1960273 specimens · 22 stops · 115 days · 2,148 km
Harold St.John
5 islands · Sep 1947 – Jan 1948
Harold St.John across 5 islands, September 1947 – January 1948276 specimens · 21 stops · 126 days · 13,296 km
S. Carlquist
14 islands · Jun – Oct 1966
S. Carlquist across 14 islands, June – October 1966208 specimens · 55 stops · 112 days · 6,722 km
Steven Perlman
9 islands · Aug – Dec 1995
Steven Perlman across 9 islands, August – December 1995320 specimens · 39 stops · 137 days · 51,778 km
Joseph F. Rock
5 islands of the United States · Mar – May 1910
Joseph F. Rock across 5 islands of the United States, March – May 1910361 specimens · 11 stops · 68 days · 120 km
Edward Yataro Hosaka
4 islands · Jun – Sep 1936
Edward Yataro Hosaka across 4 islands, June – September 1936232 specimens · 37 stops · 84 days · 4 km
Elbert L. Little Jr.
6 islands of the United States · Aug – Sep 1976
Elbert L. Little Jr. across 6 islands of the United States, August – September 1976271 specimens · 23 stops · 52 days · 1,816 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
Harold St.John
7 islands · Dec 1946 – Feb 1947
Harold St.John across 7 islands, December 1946 – February 1947291 specimens · 17 stops · 67 days · 4,927 km
Warren L. Wagner Jr.
3 islands of the United States · Dec 1983 – Mar 1984
Warren L. Wagner Jr. in Kauaʻi, Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, December 1983 – March 1984262 specimens · 17 stops · 89 days · 1,887 km
Clarence H. Cooke Jr.
Kauaʻi · 13–20 Jul 1933
Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Kauaʻi, 13–20 July 1933490 specimens · 7 stops · 8 days · 178 km
H.A. Pilsbry
Kauaʻi · 13–20 Jul 1933
H.A. Pilsbry in Kauaʻi, 13–20 July 1933490 specimens · 7 stops · 8 days · 178 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.