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
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
Charles N. Forbes
Oʻahu and Maui · Jan – Feb 1920
Charles N. Forbes in Oʻahu and Maui, January – February 192048 specimens · 3 stops · 28 days · 96 km
J.D. Rogers
4 islands of the United States · 4–16 Jan 2000
J.D. Rogers across 4 islands of the United States, 4–16 January 200053 specimens · 11 stops · 13 days · 475 km
Walker
Maui · Jun – Jul 1919
Walker in Maui, June – July 191945 specimens · 3 stops · 39 days
Timothy Flynn
Maui and Molokaʻi · 14–19 Jan 2020
Timothy Flynn in Maui and Molokaʻi, 14–19 January 202053 specimens · 5 stops · 6 days · 102 km
J.C. Game
Maui and Molokaʻi · 14–19 Jan 2020
J.C. Game in Maui and Molokaʻi, 14–19 January 202053 specimens · 5 stops · 6 days · 102 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
K. Shultz
Hawaiʻi Island and Maui · 13–28 Sep 2000
K. Shultz in Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, 13–28 September 200083 specimens · 3 stops · 16 days · 352 km
C.T. Imada
Kauaʻi and Maui · 2–11 Aug 2005
C.T. Imada in Kauaʻi and Maui, 2–11 August 200547 specimens · 3 stops · 10 days · 371 km
H.L. Oppebnheinmer
Maui · 11–15 Mar 2024
H.L. Oppebnheinmer in Maui, 11–15 March 202444 specimens · 4 stops · 5 days
Timothy Flynn
Hawaiʻi Island and Maui · 24–28 Jul 1983
Timothy Flynn in Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, 24–28 July 198344 specimens · 4 stops · 5 days
station
5 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 1972
station, July – August 197245 specimens · 9 stops · 42 days · 4,512 km
D. Brokaw
Maui · 11–15 Mar 2024
D. Brokaw in Maui, 11–15 March 202443 specimens · 4 stops · 5 days
J.D. Rogers
4 islands of the United States · 4–16 Jan 1996
J.D. Rogers across 4 islands of the United States, 4–16 January 199648 specimens · 11 stops · 13 days · 788 km
G.J. Hollenberg
5 islands of the United States · Apr – May 1965
G.J. Hollenberg across 5 islands of the United States, April – May 196551 specimens · 5 stops · 16 days · 192 km
V Townsend Cromwell cruise 59
5 islands of the United States · 12–27 Jul 1972
V Townsend Cromwell cruise 59, 12–27 July 197250 specimens · 8 stops · 16 days · 895 km
E.S.C. Handy
Maui and Molokaʻi · 4–18 Jun 1931
E.S.C. Handy in Maui and Molokaʻi, 4–18 June 193150 specimens · 2 stops · 15 days · 108 km
R.B. Sylva
Maui · 3–12 Jul 1978
R.B. Sylva in Maui, 3–12 July 197841 specimens · 3 stops · 10 days · 64 km
Timothy Flynn
3 islands · Oct – Nov 1989
Timothy Flynn in Upolu, Savaii and Maui, October – November 198943 specimens · 7 stops · 13 days · 4,300 km
Alice T. Cooke
Maui · 25–29 May 1915
Alice T. Cooke in Maui, 25–29 May 191555 specimens · 2 stops · 5 days · 38 km
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Steven L. Montgomery
Maui · Sep – Oct 1979
Steven L. Montgomery in Maui, September – October 197950 specimens · 5 stops · 13 days
Dustin S. Smith
Oʻahu and Maui · 4–18 Apr 2005
Dustin S. Smith in Oʻahu and Maui, 4–18 April 200542 specimens · 2 stops · 15 days · 96 km
Betsy H. Gagne
Maui · Feb – Mar 1984
Betsy H. Gagne in Maui, February – March 198463 specimens · 3 stops · 13 days
K. Morrison
Maui · 2–11 May 2023
K. Morrison in Maui, 2–11 May 202344 specimens · 2 stops · 10 days
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.