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
Kenneth R. Wood
3 islands · Feb – Mar 2009
Kenneth R. Wood in Kosrae, Maui and Pohnpei, February – March 2009132 specimens · 15 stops · 37 days · 9,977 km
Paul K. Higashino
4 islands of the United States · Jan – May 1977
Paul K. Higashino across 4 islands of the United States, January – May 1977104 specimens · 19 stops · 118 days · 802 km
V Townsend Cromwell cruise 40
3 islands of the United States · Nov – Dec 1968
V Townsend Cromwell cruise 40, November – December 1968344 specimens · 7 stops · 28 days · 298 km
station
3 islands of the United States · Nov – Dec 1968
station, November – December 1968344 specimens · 7 stops · 28 days · 298 km
L.A. Thurston L.A. ThurstonL.A. Thurston
4 islands · 1–15 Dec 1925
L.A. Thurston L.A. ThurstonL.A. Thurston across 4 islands, 1–15 December 1925351 specimens · 2 stops · 15 days · 4,142 km
Owen Bryant
Maui · Feb – Apr 1932
Owen Bryant in Maui, February – April 1932216 specimens · 15 stops · 62 days
V.J. Krajina
Maui and Hawaiʻi Island · 14–22 Apr 1962
V.J. Krajina in Maui and Hawaiʻi Island, 14–22 April 1962201 specimens · 8 stops · 9 days · 494 km
Joseph F. Rock
3 islands of the United States · Jan – Mar 1912
Joseph F. Rock in Hawaiʻi Island, Maui and Oʻahu, January – March 1912133 specimens · 13 stops · 71 days · 136 km
C.F. Puttock
Maui and Hawaiʻi Island · 6–24 May 2001
C.F. Puttock in Maui and Hawaiʻi Island, 6–24 May 2001364 specimens · 5 stops · 19 days · 258 km
R. Okano
3 islands of the United States · Jan – Feb 2000
R. Okano in Molokaʻi, Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, January – February 2000355 specimens · 5 stops · 17 days · 223 km
Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr.
Maui and Hawaiʻi Island · 7–25 May 2001
Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr. in Maui and Hawaiʻi Island, 7–25 May 2001361 specimens · 5 stops · 19 days · 853 km
Otto Herman Swezey
4 islands of the United States · Jul – Oct 1921
Otto Herman Swezey across 4 islands of the United States, July – October 1921185 specimens · 22 stops · 99 days · 1,113 km
Otto Degener
Oʻahu and Maui · Jan – Jun 1937
Otto Degener in Oʻahu and Maui, January – June 193792 specimens · 21 stops · 132 days · 335 km
Keith D.P. Wilson
Maui and Oʻahu · Oct 1951 – Jan 1952
Keith D.P. Wilson in Maui and Oʻahu, October 1951 – January 1952111 specimens · 14 stops · 97 days · 495 km
Derral R. Herbst
3 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 1973
Derral R. Herbst in Maui, Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, July – August 1973122 specimens · 12 stops · 44 days · 1,166 km
Thomas G. Lammers
3 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1984
Thomas G. Lammers in Maui, Molokaʻi and Oʻahu, June – July 1984115 specimens · 14 stops · 36 days · 403 km
Joseph F. Rock
3 islands of the United States · Jul – Sep 1918
Joseph F. Rock in Maui, Hawaiʻi Island and Molokaʻi, July – September 1918168 specimens · 8 stops · 67 days · 409 km
Steven Perlman
7 islands · Jun – Oct 1997
Steven Perlman across 7 islands, June – October 1997111 specimens · 23 stops · 117 days · 9,650 km
Harold St.John
3 islands · Oct 1951 – Jan 1952
Harold St.John in Maui, Oʻahu and Maug, October 1951 – January 1952115 specimens · 15 stops · 85 days · 313 km
Marie Catherine Neal
4 islands · Jul – Aug 1933
Marie Catherine Neal across 4 islands, July – August 1933137 specimens · 9 stops · 33 days · 17,135 km
Edward Yataro Hosaka
Maui and Hawaiʻi Island · Jan – Feb 1937
Edward Yataro Hosaka in Maui and Hawaiʻi Island, January – February 1937114 specimens · 14 stops · 28 days · 447 km
Ruth D. Svihla
Maui and Oʻahu · Jun – Aug 1935
Ruth D. Svihla in Maui and Oʻahu, June – August 1935176 specimens · 15 stops · 69 days · 191 km
R.C. Gardner
6 islands of the United States · Jan – Feb 1974
R.C. Gardner across 6 islands of the United States, January – February 197489 specimens · 24 stops · 54 days · 1,081 km
Mrs. Fred E. Lewis
Oʻahu and Maui · Jan – Apr 1979
Mrs. Fred E. Lewis in Oʻahu and Maui, January – April 197980 specimens · 22 stops · 105 days · 89 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.