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. 386 journeys so far, 1879 to 2025, 77,946 specimens between them.
181 collectors and expeditions7,426 days in the field917,728 km between stops56,956 photographed specimens
386 journeys match
R.L. Stemmermann
Hawaiʻi Island and Maui · 7–28 Apr 1984
R.L. Stemmermann in Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, 7–28 April 198491 specimens · 4 stops · 22 days
David Palmer
Kauaʻi and Maui · Jun – Jul 1992
David Palmer in Kauaʻi and Maui, June – July 199262 specimens · 8 stops · 47 days · 338 km
M.G. Iltis
3 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 1967
M.G. Iltis in Maui, Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, July – August 196786 specimens · 5 stops · 12 days · 141 km
L.M. Hodgson
Maui and Oʻahu · Mar – Apr 1994
L.M. Hodgson in Maui and Oʻahu, March – April 199464 specimens · 7 stops · 34 days · 287 km
E.J. Judziewicz
Maui · Feb – Mar 2023
E.J. Judziewicz in Maui, February – March 2023151 specimens · 4 stops · 32 days
E.S.C. Handy
4 islands of the United States · Jul – Sep 1931
E.S.C. Handy across 4 islands of the United States, July – September 193171 specimens · 5 stops · 43 days · 1,582 km
A.Y. Yoshinaga
4 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 1967
A.Y. Yoshinaga across 4 islands of the United States, July – August 196764 specimens · 8 stops · 43 days · 555 km
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss
Maui · Jun – Oct 1929
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss in Maui, June – October 192974 specimens · 18 stops · 121 days
Steven Perlman
4 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 2007
Steven Perlman across 4 islands of the United States, June – July 200753 specimens · 10 stops · 37 days · 644 km
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
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H.F. Clay
Maui and Oʻahu · Dec 1948 – Jan 1949
H.F. Clay in Maui and Oʻahu, December 1948 – January 194949 specimens · 13 stops · 40 days · 311 km
Isabelle Abbott
Maui · Aug – Sep 1976
Isabelle Abbott in Maui, August – September 197685 specimens · 5 stops · 9 days · 204 km
Seymour H. Sohmer
3 islands of the United States · Dec 1969 – Jan 1970
Seymour H. Sohmer in Hawaiʻi Island, Maui and Oʻahu, December 1969 – January 197067 specimens · 8 stops · 13 days · 136 km
Otto Herman Swezey
Maui and Oʻahu · Mar – May 1924
Otto Herman Swezey in Maui and Oʻahu, March – May 192464 specimens · 6 stops · 65 days · 228 km
C.A. Russell
Maui · Feb – Mar 1984
C.A. Russell in Maui, February – March 198482 specimens · 6 stops · 16 days · 16 km
Paul J. Struhsaker
3 islands of the United States · Nov – Dec 1968
Paul J. Struhsaker in Oʻahu, Molokaʻi and Maui, November – December 1968105 specimens · 9 stops · 41 days · 573 km
L.M. Hodgson
Oʻahu and Maui · Oct – Nov 2000
L.M. Hodgson in Oʻahu and Maui, October – November 200057 specimens · 8 stops · 35 days · 711 km
Charles N. Forbes
Oʻahu and Maui · Feb – May 1919
Charles N. Forbes in Oʻahu and Maui, February – May 191944 specimens · 14 stops · 101 days · 191 km
Warren L. Wagner Jr.
3 islands of the United States · Oct – Dec 1984
Warren L. Wagner Jr. in Maui, Oʻahu and Molokaʻi, October – December 198455 specimens · 7 stops · 57 days · 194 km
Otto Degener
Oʻahu and Maui · Oct – Dec 1926
Otto Degener in Oʻahu and Maui, October – December 192641 specimens · 14 stops · 66 days · 610 km
Betsy H. Gagne
Maui and Kauaʻi · Apr – May 1991
Betsy H. Gagne in Maui and Kauaʻi, April – May 199148 specimens · 10 stops · 43 days · 706 km
K. Shultz
Maui and Kauaʻi · Jan – Feb 2001
K. Shultz in Maui and Kauaʻi, January – February 2001189 specimens · 2 stops · 23 days · 338 km
Ted E. should Be D. Dranga
3 islands · 1–6 Apr 1927
Ted E. should Be D. Dranga in Pearl and Hermes Atoll, Nihoa and Maui, 1–6 April 1927147 specimens · 2 stops · 6 days · 1,490 km
N.H. Higgins
Oʻahu and Maui · Oct 1955 – Jan 1956
N.H. Higgins in Oʻahu and Maui, October 1955 – January 195650 specimens · 7 stops · 92 days · 191 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.