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
98 journeys match
G.W. Gillett
6 islands of the United States · May – Jul 1966
G.W. Gillett across 6 islands of the United States, May – July 196646 specimens · 12 stops · 66 days · 1,081 km
Hank L. Oppenheimer
Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi · Mar – Jun 2007
Hank L. Oppenheimer in Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi, March – June 200748 specimens · 10 stops · 81 days · 160 km
K. Faccenda
Lānaʻi · 19–23 Jun 2023
K. Faccenda in Lānaʻi, 19–23 June 202393 specimens · 5 stops · 5 days
Robert Hobdy
Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi · Mar – Apr 1985
Robert Hobdy in Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi, March – April 198548 specimens · 8 stops · 36 days · 215 km
V Townsend Cromwell cruise 33
3 islands of the United States · Oct – Nov 1967
V Townsend Cromwell cruise 33, October – November 196795 specimens · 10 stops · 20 days · 397 km
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3 islands of the United States · Oct – Nov 1967
station, October – November 196795 specimens · 10 stops · 20 days · 397 km
Gerald R. Allen
4 islands of the United States · May – Aug 1967
Gerald R. Allen across 4 islands of the United States, May – August 196776 specimens · 11 stops · 84 days · 1,310 km
G.J. Spence
3 islands of the United States · Jun – Aug 1973
G.J. Spence in Kauaʻi, Oʻahu and Lānaʻi, June – August 197347 specimens · 8 stops · 48 days · 704 km
R. Okano
3 islands of the United States · 3–13 Aug 2006
R. Okano in Niʻihau, Kauaʻi and Lānaʻi, 3–13 August 200676 specimens · 5 stops · 11 days · 568 km
Robert Hobdy
Kauaʻi and Lānaʻi · Jun – Jul 1969
Robert Hobdy in Kauaʻi and Lānaʻi, June – July 196945 specimens · 8 stops · 49 days · 592 km
Hammond
Lānaʻi and Maui · Jul – Aug 1910
Hammond in Lānaʻi and Maui, July – August 191042 specimens · 12 stops · 36 days · 442 km
Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr.
Lānaʻi · 5–11 Feb 2003
Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr. in Lānaʻi, 5–11 February 2003153 specimens · 3 stops · 7 days · 157 km
Otto Degener
4 islands of the United States · Nov 1959 – Feb 1960
Otto Degener across 4 islands of the United States, November 1959 – February 196044 specimens · 6 stops · 85 days · 321 km
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Alfred F. Judd Jr
3 islands · Feb – Mar 1926
Alfred F. Judd Jr in Tutuila, Lānaʻi and Ofu, February – March 192643 specimens · 6 stops · 46 days · 4,276 km
Wayne C. Gagne
3 islands of the United States · May – Aug 1971
Wayne C. Gagne in Lānaʻi, Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, May – August 197149 specimens · 12 stops · 85 days · 509 km
G.J. Spence
3 islands of the United States · Apr – May 1975
G.J. Spence in Hawaiʻi Island, Oʻahu and Lānaʻi, April – May 197540 specimens · 7 stops · 31 days · 391 km
Hank L. Oppenheimer
Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi · Nov 2006 – Jan 2007
Hank L. Oppenheimer in Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi, November 2006 – January 200753 specimens · 3 stops · 40 days · 47 km
C.T. Imada
3 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 2002
C.T. Imada in Maui, Lānaʻi and Kauaʻi, July – August 200255 specimens · 3 stops · 33 days · 420 km
Robert Hobdy
3 islands of the United States · 11–20 Feb 1984
Robert Hobdy in Kahoʻolawe, Lānaʻi and Molokaʻi, 11–20 February 198443 specimens · 6 stops · 10 days · 249 km
Derral R. Herbst
Lānaʻi and Oʻahu · May – Jun 1974
Derral R. Herbst in Lānaʻi and Oʻahu, May – June 197440 specimens · 5 stops · 28 days · 113 km
C.F. Puttock
3 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 2002
C.F. Puttock in Maui, Lānaʻi and Oʻahu, July – August 200240 specimens · 4 stops · 29 days · 210 km
G.M.N. Wong
4 islands of the United States · Dec 1984 – Jan 1985
G.M.N. Wong across 4 islands of the United States, December 1984 – January 198555 specimens · 8 stops · 21 days · 417 km
A.D. Tribollet
Lānaʻi and Niʻihau · 4–12 Aug 2006
A.D. Tribollet in Lānaʻi and Niʻihau, 4–12 August 200640 specimens · 4 stops · 9 days · 372 km
M. LeGrande
3 islands of the United States · Feb – Mar 2003
M. LeGrande in Niʻihau, Lānaʻi and Kahoʻolawe, February – March 200349 specimens · 3 stops · 32 days · 441 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.