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
U. Eliasson
3 islands of the United States · Jan – Apr 1988
U. Eliasson in Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, January – April 198853 specimens · 21 stops · 97 days · 690 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
P.D. Ashlock
Maui · Mar – Apr 1966
P.D. Ashlock in Maui, March – April 1966116 specimens · 4 stops · 27 days
David Dwight Baldwin
3 islands of the United States · 1–30 Aug 1879
David Dwight Baldwin in Maui, Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, 1–30 August 187940 specimens · 10 stops · 30 days · 1,487 km
David Timmins Fullaway
Maui · 12–18 May 1918
David Timmins Fullaway in Maui, 12–18 May 1918141 specimens · 4 stops · 7 days
Cranwell Smith
3 islands of the United States · May – Jul 1966
Cranwell Smith in Maui, Hawaiʻi Island and Kauaʻi, May – July 196647 specimens · 6 stops · 39 days · 476 km
Larry W. Quate
Hawaiʻi Island and Maui · Mar – Apr 1961
Larry W. Quate in Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, March – April 196161 specimens · 14 stops · 43 days · 11,144 km
Annie Montague Alexander
3 islands of the United States · Apr – May 1948
Annie Montague Alexander in Maui, Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island, April – May 194848 specimens · 6 stops · 31 days · 484 km
N. Ogden
Maui · 4–25 Aug 1978
N. Ogden in Maui, 4–25 August 197843 specimens · 8 stops · 22 days · 243 km
V Townsend Cromwell cruise 61
4 islands of the United States · Oct – Nov 1972
V Townsend Cromwell cruise 61, October – November 197278 specimens · 9 stops · 25 days · 700 km
station
4 islands of the United States · Oct – Nov 1972
station, October – November 197278 specimens · 9 stops · 25 days · 700 km
C.R. Annable
Maui · Jan – Feb 1999
C.R. Annable in Maui, January – February 199962 specimens · 3 stops · 39 days · 71 km
L. Kellogg
3 islands of the United States · Apr – May 1948
L. Kellogg in Maui, Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island, April – May 194847 specimens · 6 stops · 31 days · 484 km
E.S.C. Handy
Maui · Jun – Jul 1933
E.S.C. Handy in Maui, June – July 193341 specimens · 8 stops · 45 days · 136 km
A. O'Neill
Maui · 2–11 May 2023
A. O'Neill in Maui, 2–11 May 202368 specimens · 4 stops · 10 days
George F. Arnemann
Kauaʻi and Maui · May – Jun 1946
George F. Arnemann in Kauaʻi and Maui, May – June 194679 specimens · 2 stops · 27 days · 338 km
Isabelle Abbott
Maui and Espiritu Santo · Aug – Sep 1971
Isabelle Abbott in Maui and Espiritu Santo, August – September 197142 specimens · 6 stops · 45 days · 5,752 km
F. Raymond Fosberg
4 islands of the United States · 10–25 Apr 1974
F. Raymond Fosberg across 4 islands of the United States, 10–25 April 197443 specimens · 8 stops · 16 days · 886 km
R. Okano
Maui and Kahoʻolawe · 10–17 Aug 2000
R. Okano in Maui and Kahoʻolawe, 10–17 August 200099 specimens · 4 stops · 8 days · 97 km
R.L. Stemmermann
Maui · 1–13 Jun 1977
R.L. Stemmermann in Maui, 1–13 June 197758 specimens · 6 stops · 13 days
H.A. Woolford
Kauaʻi and Maui · 1–29 Dec 1956
H.A. Woolford in Kauaʻi and Maui, 1–29 December 195653 specimens · 4 stops · 29 days · 338 km
Arthur Greenwell
Maui and Hawaiʻi Island · 3–28 Nov 1950
Arthur Greenwell in Maui and Hawaiʻi Island, 3–28 November 195048 specimens · 5 stops · 26 days · 226 km
Maxwell S. Doty
4 islands of the United States · Dec 1954 – Jan 1955
Maxwell S. Doty across 4 islands of the United States, December 1954 – January 195554 specimens · 5 stops · 16 days · 464 km
K. Schultz
5 islands of the United States · Aug – Sep 2000
K. Schultz across 5 islands of the United States, August – September 200066 specimens · 5 stops · 38 days · 1,010 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.