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
Derral R. Herbst
4 islands of the United States · Jun – Aug 1970
Derral R. Herbst across 4 islands of the United States, June – August 1970140 specimens · 25 stops · 72 days · 674 km
C.T. Imada
3 islands of the United States · 3–14 Mar 1988
C.T. Imada in Maui, Hawaiʻi Island and Kauaʻi, 3–14 March 1988221 specimens · 12 stops · 12 days · 211 km
Isa Degener
4 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1961
Isa Degener across 4 islands of the United States, June – July 1961147 specimens · 22 stops · 54 days · 560 km
Kenneth R. Wood
9 islands · Jun – Nov 1997
Kenneth R. Wood across 9 islands, June – November 1997164 specimens · 33 stops · 139 days · 49,817 km
W.J. Gilbert
5 islands of the United States · Feb – Jun 1959
W.J. Gilbert across 5 islands of the United States, February – June 1959116 specimens · 37 stops · 105 days · 3,345 km
C.F. Puttock
4 islands of the United States · May – Jun 2000
C.F. Puttock across 4 islands of the United States, May – June 2000361 specimens · 8 stops · 30 days · 843 km
T. Matsui
5 islands of the United States · Feb – Sep 1959
T. Matsui across 5 islands of the United States, February – September 1959149 specimens · 23 stops · 206 days · 3,203 km
Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr.
4 islands of the United States · May – Jun 2000
Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr. across 4 islands of the United States, May – June 2000357 specimens · 8 stops · 30 days · 843 km
Philip Hunter Timberlake
Maui and Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Aug 1919
Philip Hunter Timberlake in Maui and Hawaiʻi Island, July – August 1919229 specimens · 22 stops · 51 days · 448 km
Edward Yataro Hosaka
Hawaiʻi Island and Maui · May – Jun 1938
Edward Yataro Hosaka in Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, May – June 1938174 specimens · 15 stops · 26 days · 58 km
station
4 islands of the United States · Mar – May 1968
station, March – May 1968346 specimens · 11 stops · 41 days · 932 km
Edwin B. Bartram
4 islands of the United States · Jan – Feb 1930
Edwin B. Bartram across 4 islands of the United States, January – February 1930135 specimens · 23 stops · 47 days · 800 km
Harold St.John
5 islands · Jun – Aug 1947
Harold St.John across 5 islands, June – August 1947162 specimens · 13 stops · 63 days · 23,782 km
Paul K. Higashino
Maui and Hawaiʻi Island · Jun – Jul 1975
Paul K. Higashino in Maui and Hawaiʻi Island, June – July 1975158 specimens · 12 stops · 52 days · 377 km
Steven Perlman
9 islands · Sep – Dec 2008
Steven Perlman across 9 islands, September – December 2008122 specimens · 20 stops · 81 days · 10,371 km
G.W. Gillett
3 islands of the United States · Jan – May 1964
G.W. Gillett in Oʻahu, Kauaʻi and Maui, January – May 1964114 specimens · 22 stops · 121 days · 912 km
Otto Degener
3 islands of the United States · Oct 1948 – Apr 1949
Otto Degener in Maui, Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, October 1948 – April 1949115 specimens · 24 stops · 160 days · 1,125 km
Harold St.John
3 islands · 4–15 Apr 1938
Harold St.John in Lānaʻi, Maui and Rotuma, 4–15 April 1938248 specimens · 6 stops · 12 days · 4,846 km
R. Gankin
3 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1968
R. Gankin in Hawaiʻi Island, Maui and Oʻahu, June – July 1968143 specimens · 12 stops · 50 days · 1,198 km
William J. Hoe
Maui · 1–9 Jun 1977
William J. Hoe in Maui, 1–9 June 1977207 specimens · 9 stops · 9 days · 138 km
M.L. Lohman
3 islands of the United States · Aug – Sep 1952
M.L. Lohman in Hawaiʻi Island, Oʻahu and Maui, August – September 1952182 specimens · 14 stops · 22 days · 54 km
M.E. Leu
3 islands of the United States · Dec 1988 – Mar 1989
M.E. Leu in Oʻahu, Kauaʻi and Maui, December 1988 – March 1989235 specimens · 13 stops · 99 days · 1,105 km
J.E. Lewis
3 islands of the United States · Mar – May 1984
J.E. Lewis in Hawaiʻi Island, Oʻahu and Maui, March – May 1984129 specimens · 12 stops · 90 days · 948 km
Ted E. should Be D. Dranga
6 islands · 1–24 May 1923
Ted E. should Be D. Dranga across 6 islands, 1–24 May 1923157 specimens · 12 stops · 24 days · 3,034 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.