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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. 98 journeys so far, 1910 to 2025, 19,630 specimens between them.

54 collectors and expeditions2,028 days in the field193,131 km between stops15,760 photographed specimens

Natalia Tangalin

4 islands · Mar – May 2007

Natalia Tangalin across 4 islands, March – May 2007

106 specimens · 13 stops · 50 days · 5,955 km

E.J. Judziewicz

Lānaʻi and Kauaʻi · Mar – Apr 2022

E.J. Judziewicz in Lānaʻi and Kauaʻi, March – April 2022

237 specimens · 5 stops · 14 days · 291 km

A.V. Freire

Lānaʻi and Kauaʻi · Mar – Apr 2022

A.V. Freire in Lānaʻi and Kauaʻi, March – April 2022

237 specimens · 5 stops · 14 days · 291 km

Yoshio KondoKay Kondo

4 islands · May – Aug 1962

Yoshio KondoKay Kondo across 4 islands, May – August 1962

76 specimens · 12 stops · 89 days · 12,838 km

F. Fagerlind

6 islands of the United States · Jan – Apr 1948

F. Fagerlind across 6 islands of the United States, January – April 1948

70 specimens · 24 stops · 78 days · 1,702 km

Steven L. Montgomery

Hawaiʻi Island and Lānaʻi · Jun – Aug 1971

Steven L. Montgomery in Hawaiʻi Island and Lānaʻi, June – August 1971

63 specimens · 16 stops · 77 days · 235 km

Otto Degener

Lānaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island · Jan – Mar 1964

Otto Degener in Lānaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island, January – March 1964

88 specimens · 6 stops · 59 days · 85 km

Isa Degener

Lānaʻi and Oʻahu · Jul – Aug 1957

Isa Degener in Lānaʻi and Oʻahu, July – August 1957

95 specimens · 7 stops · 26 days · 398 km

Edward Yataro Hosaka

3 islands of the United States · 4–26 Apr 1939

Edward Yataro Hosaka in Maui, Hawaiʻi Island and Lānaʻi, 4–26 April 1939

69 specimens · 14 stops · 23 days · 337 km

Harold St.John

Lānaʻi and Oʻahu · Mar – May 1947

Harold St.John in Lānaʻi and Oʻahu, March – May 1947

77 specimens · 8 stops · 56 days · 365 km

Isa Degener

Lānaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island · Jan – Feb 1964

Isa Degener in Lānaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island, January – February 1964

77 specimens · 8 stops · 27 days · 247 km

station

3 islands of the United States · Jun – Sep 1967

station, June – September 1967

116 specimens · 11 stops · 90 days · 907 km

G.J. Spence

Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi · Mar – Apr 1976

G.J. Spence in Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi, March – April 1976

97 specimens · 5 stops · 25 days · 166 km

S.G. Weller

3 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1985

S.G. Weller in Hawaiʻi Island, Lānaʻi and Maui, June – July 1985

74 specimens · 10 stops · 14 days · 289 km

V Townsend Cromwell cruise 32

3 islands of the United States · Jul – Sep 1967

V Townsend Cromwell cruise 32, July – September 1967

114 specimens · 10 stops · 74 days · 738 km

George F. Arnemann

Oʻahu and Lānaʻi · Mar – Apr 1961

George F. Arnemann in Oʻahu and Lānaʻi, March – April 1961

83 specimens · 5 stops · 39 days · 265 km

Edward Yataro Hosaka

5 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 1931

Edward Yataro Hosaka across 5 islands of the United States, July – August 1931

82 specimens · 6 stops · 24 days · 1,149 km

Thomas G. Lammers

4 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1985

Thomas G. Lammers across 4 islands of the United States, June – July 1985

63 specimens · 12 stops · 18 days · 636 km

R.C. Gardner

6 islands · Jan – Mar 1975

R.C. Gardner across 6 islands, January – March 1975

49 specimens · 15 stops · 54 days · 18,774 km

G.J. Spence

Lānaʻi and Oʻahu · Sep – Oct 1973

G.J. Spence in Lānaʻi and Oʻahu, September – October 1973

87 specimens · 4 stops · 49 days · 77 km

Steven Perlman

4 islands of the United States · Apr – Jul 2012

Steven Perlman across 4 islands of the United States, April – July 2012

47 specimens · 14 stops · 84 days · 1,122 km

A.K. Sakai

3 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1985

A.K. Sakai in Hawaiʻi Island, Lānaʻi and Maui, June – July 1985

70 specimens · 9 stops · 14 days · 289 km

Steven Perlman

4 islands · Mar – May 2007

Steven Perlman across 4 islands, March – May 2007

77 specimens · 9 stops · 50 days · 5,611 km

F.R. Warshauer

Lānaʻi · 2–9 Apr 1979

F.R. Warshauer in Lānaʻi, 2–9 April 1979

83 specimens · 7 stops · 8 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.