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
M.E. Kerr
Hawaiʻi Island and Maui · Aug – Sep 1949
M.E. Kerr in Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, August – September 194962 specimens · 9 stops · 12 days · 21 km
Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr.
4 islands · Aug – Sep 2000
Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr. across 4 islands, August – September 2000123 specimens · 5 stops · 29 days · 844 km
Paul K. Higashino
Maui · Dec 1975 – Jan 1976
Paul K. Higashino in Maui, December 1975 – January 197684 specimens · 4 stops · 10 days · 58 km
Harry G. Lee
4 islands of the United States · Oct – Dec 1925
Harry G. Lee across 4 islands of the United States, October – December 192548 specimens · 9 stops · 62 days · 1,105 km
Keith D.P. Wilson
3 islands of the United States · May – Jun 1994
Keith D.P. Wilson in Hawaiʻi Island, Molokaʻi and Maui, May – June 199455 specimens · 7 stops · 32 days · 459 km
Donald P. Abbott
Maui · Aug – Sep 1976
Donald P. Abbott in Maui, August – September 197670 specimens · 5 stops · 15 days · 369 km
L.M. Hodgson
3 islands of the United States · Jan – Mar 2000
L.M. Hodgson in Oʻahu, Maui and Midway Atoll, January – March 200042 specimens · 10 stops · 64 days · 2,463 km
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss
7 islands · Jan – Mar 1960
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss across 7 islands, January – March 196057 specimens · 7 stops · 58 days · 16,910 km
M.L. Lohman
Maui and Oʻahu · 1–30 Dec 1951
M.L. Lohman in Maui and Oʻahu, 1–30 December 195161 specimens · 13 stops · 30 days · 298 km
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss
5 islands · Jan – Feb 1961
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss across 5 islands, January – February 196149 specimens · 14 stops · 40 days · 5,401 km
station
3 islands of the United States · Oct – Nov 1967
station, October – November 196795 specimens · 10 stops · 20 days · 397 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
Seymour H. Sohmer
Maui and Oʻahu · Aug – Sep 1970
Seymour H. Sohmer in Maui and Oʻahu, August – September 197059 specimens · 7 stops · 21 days · 135 km
A.V. Freire
Maui · Feb – Mar 2023
A.V. Freire in Maui, February – March 2023150 specimens · 3 stops · 23 days
David Palmer
Hawaiʻi Island and Maui · Jun – Jul 1991
David Palmer in Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, June – July 199145 specimens · 9 stops · 42 days · 376 km
Luther E. Bishop
Maui · 23–29 Aug 1971
Luther E. Bishop in Maui, 23–29 August 197168 specimens · 6 stops · 7 days
Charles S. Judd Sr.
Maui · Jul – Aug 1928
Charles S. Judd Sr. in Maui, July – August 192858 specimens · 5 stops · 23 days · 134 km
Hammond
Lānaʻi and Maui · Jul – Aug 1910
Hammond in Lānaʻi and Maui, July – August 191042 specimens · 12 stops · 36 days · 442 km
V.J. Krajina
3 islands of the United States · 11–21 Jun 1962
V.J. Krajina in Molokaʻi, Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, 11–21 June 1962114 specimens · 2 stops · 11 days · 269 km
H. Oppenheinmer
Maui · 11–15 Mar 2024
H. Oppenheinmer in Maui, 11–15 March 202478 specimens · 4 stops · 5 days
E. Ordonez
Maui · Jul – Aug 1939
E. Ordonez in Maui, July – August 193942 specimens · 9 stops · 34 days · 195 km
William J. Hoe
Kauaʻi and Maui · 5–13 Aug 1974
William J. Hoe in Kauaʻi and Maui, 5–13 August 197466 specimens · 6 stops · 9 days
R.W. Krauss
Maui and Oʻahu · Aug – Sep 1948
R.W. Krauss in Maui and Oʻahu, August – September 194845 specimens · 8 stops · 38 days · 351 km
Isabelle Abbott
Maui · 1–27 Jul 1984
Isabelle Abbott in Maui, 1–27 July 198451 specimens · 6 stops · 27 days · 315 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.