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
F. Raymond Fosberg
3 islands of the United States · 2–15 Apr 1971
F. Raymond Fosberg in Hawaiʻi Island, Kauaʻi and Maui, 2–15 April 197141 specimens · 8 stops · 14 days · 585 km
George F. Arnemann
Kauaʻi and Maui · Jul – Aug 1946
George F. Arnemann in Kauaʻi and Maui, July – August 194659 specimens · 3 stops · 25 days · 422 km
F. Raymond Fosberg
8 islands · 14–31 Mar 1975
F. Raymond Fosberg across 8 islands, 14–31 March 197544 specimens · 8 stops · 18 days · 136 km
Derral R. Herbst
3 islands of the United States · 7–13 Dec 1980
Derral R. Herbst in Maui, Oʻahu and Pearl and Hermes Atoll, 7–13 December 198088 specimens · 6 stops · 7 days · 2,159 km
Gunder E. Olson
Maui · Oct – Dec 1936
Gunder E. Olson in Maui, October – December 193654 specimens · 3 stops · 54 days · 37 km
Wayne C. Gagne
Hawaiʻi Island and Maui · Jun – Aug 1980
Wayne C. Gagne in Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, June – August 198051 specimens · 14 stops · 65 days · 122 km
Betsy H. Gagne
Maui · Jun – Aug 1973
Betsy H. Gagne in Maui, June – August 197348 specimens · 6 stops · 53 days · 42 km
C. Tousley
Maui and Molokaʻi · 1–15 Mar 1952
C. Tousley in Maui and Molokaʻi, 1–15 March 195279 specimens · 2 stops · 15 days · 101 km
William J. Hoe
Maui and Molokaʻi · 25–29 Jan 1965
William J. Hoe in Maui and Molokaʻi, 25–29 January 196553 specimens · 5 stops · 5 days · 122 km
Steven Perlman
Maui and Kauaʻi · Aug – Sep 2022
Steven Perlman in Maui and Kauaʻi, August – September 202250 specimens · 5 stops · 27 days · 338 km
S. Ishikawa
Maui · Nov – Dec 1973
S. Ishikawa in Maui, November – December 197353 specimens · 5 stops · 5 days · 53 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
M.L. Lohman
Oʻahu and Maui · Sep – Oct 1949
M.L. Lohman in Oʻahu and Maui, September – October 194943 specimens · 7 stops · 39 days · 226 km
L.M. Crago
3 islands of the United States · 2–11 Aug 2005
L.M. Crago in Kauaʻi, Maui and Oʻahu, 2–11 August 200552 specimens · 4 stops · 10 days · 371 km
Keith D.P. Wilson
Kauaʻi and Maui · Dec 1952 – Jan 1953
Keith D.P. Wilson in Kauaʻi and Maui, December 1952 – January 195345 specimens · 7 stops · 11 days · 997 km
Warren L. Wagner Jr.
Maui and Oʻahu · 14–22 Jan 1983
Warren L. Wagner Jr. in Maui and Oʻahu, 14–22 January 198361 specimens · 3 stops · 9 days · 129 km
Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr.
Oʻahu and Maui · Sep – Oct 1982
Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr. in Oʻahu and Maui, September – October 198279 specimens · 3 stops · 47 days · 313 km
David Palmer
3 islands of the United States · May – Jun 1994
David Palmer in Hawaiʻi Island, Molokaʻi and Maui, May – June 199451 specimens · 4 stops · 9 days · 357 km
Wayne C. Gagne
Maui · Nov 1980 – Jan 1981
Wayne C. Gagne in Maui, November 1980 – January 198145 specimens · 13 stops · 69 days
de Wreede
Oʻahu and Maui · 6–10 Aug 1967
de Wreede in Oʻahu and Maui, 6–10 August 196755 specimens · 4 stops · 5 days · 124 km
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W.H. Magruder
Kauaʻi and Maui · Dec 1988 – Jan 1989
W.H. Magruder in Kauaʻi and Maui, December 1988 – January 1989105 specimens · 3 stops · 13 days · 350 km
Leila Morrison
Maui · 2–11 May 2023
Leila Morrison in Maui, 2–11 May 202361 specimens · 3 stops · 10 days
L.A. Thurston L.A. ThurstonL.A. Thurston
Kingman Reef and Maui · Jun – Jul 1926
L.A. Thurston L.A. ThurstonL.A. Thurston in Kingman Reef and Maui, June – July 192643 specimens · 3 stops · 49 days · 3,448 km
Donald P. Abbott
Maui and Espiritu Santo · 7–25 Sep 1971
Donald P. Abbott in Maui and Espiritu Santo, 7–25 September 197142 specimens · 4 stops · 19 days · 4,794 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.