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
G.R. Ewart III
Maui and Oʻahu · Dec 1928 – Jan 1929
G.R. Ewart III in Maui and Oʻahu, December 1928 – January 1929136 specimens · 7 stops · 38 days · 247 km
M.A. Evans
3 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1990
M.A. Evans in Molokaʻi, Oʻahu and Maui, June – July 1990142 specimens · 8 stops · 35 days · 100 km
Otto Degener
Maui · Jul – Aug 1939
Otto Degener in Maui, July – August 193999 specimens · 16 stops · 38 days · 339 km
Steven Perlman
Kauaʻi and Maui · Apr – Sep 2014
Steven Perlman in Kauaʻi and Maui, April – September 201473 specimens · 22 stops · 161 days · 1,352 km
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss
4 islands of the United States · Oct – Dec 1947
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss across 4 islands of the United States, October – December 1947188 specimens · 15 stops · 40 days · 52 km
Steven Perlman
6 islands · Apr – Jul 2004
Steven Perlman across 6 islands, April – July 2004114 specimens · 22 stops · 110 days · 9,780 km
H.A. Woolford
4 islands of the United States · 1–31 Dec 1954
H.A. Woolford across 4 islands of the United States, 1–31 December 1954116 specimens · 10 stops · 31 days
C.H. Lamoureux
Maui and Oʻahu · 6–16 Aug 1967
C.H. Lamoureux in Maui and Oʻahu, 6–16 August 1967193 specimens · 4 stops · 11 days · 45 km
G.A. Pearsall
Maui · 1–31 Dec 1955
G.A. Pearsall in Maui, 1–31 December 1955125 specimens · 9 stops · 31 days · 79 km
Isa Degener
3 islands of the United States · Mar – May 1959
Isa Degener in Maui, Molokaʻi and Oʻahu, March – May 1959108 specimens · 11 stops · 39 days · 864 km
L.M. Hodgson
3 islands · Oct – Nov 1994
L.M. Hodgson in Ant Atoll, Maui and Pohnpei, October – November 1994134 specimens · 7 stops · 37 days · 5,292 km
F. Raymond Fosberg
4 islands of the United States · 9–27 Mar 1961
F. Raymond Fosberg across 4 islands of the United States, 9–27 March 1961105 specimens · 15 stops · 19 days · 925 km
Earl T. Ozaki
Maui and Hawaiʻi Island · 7–25 Jun 1953
Earl T. Ozaki in Maui and Hawaiʻi Island, 7–25 June 1953109 specimens · 15 stops · 19 days · 136 km
R.E. DeWreede
Maui · 1–22 Aug 1967
R.E. DeWreede in Maui, 1–22 August 1967169 specimens · 4 stops · 22 days · 45 km
L.A. Thurston L.A. ThurstonL.A. Thurston
6 islands · 14–24 May 1923
L.A. Thurston L.A. ThurstonL.A. Thurston across 6 islands, 14–24 May 1923135 specimens · 8 stops · 11 days · 2,027 km
C.F. Puttock
Maui and Hawaiʻi Island · Jan – Feb 2001
C.F. Puttock in Maui and Hawaiʻi Island, January – February 2001267 specimens · 5 stops · 16 days · 508 km
Clarence H. Cooke Jr.
Maui and Kauaʻi · Apr – May 1933
Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Maui and Kauaʻi, April – May 1933183 specimens · 3 stops · 26 days · 348 km
Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr.
Maui and Hawaiʻi Island · Jan – Feb 2001
Jr.William Ellsworth Fisher Jr. in Maui and Hawaiʻi Island, January – February 2001263 specimens · 5 stops · 16 days · 508 km
C.R. Annable
4 islands of the United States · Jan – Mar 1998
C.R. Annable across 4 islands of the United States, January – March 199897 specimens · 10 stops · 53 days · 1,111 km
B. Kimura
4 islands of the United States · Jun – Aug 1978
B. Kimura across 4 islands of the United States, June – August 197885 specimens · 15 stops · 50 days · 598 km
Ruth D. Svihla
Oʻahu and Maui · Jun – Aug 1934
Ruth D. Svihla in Oʻahu and Maui, June – August 1934152 specimens · 12 stops · 44 days · 191 km
Steven Perlman
4 islands of the United States · May – Jul 2013
Steven Perlman across 4 islands of the United States, May – July 201375 specimens · 17 stops · 58 days · 1,476 km
Kenneth M. Nagata
3 islands of the United States · Jun – Aug 1978
Kenneth M. Nagata in Hawaiʻi Island, Maui and Molokaʻi, June – August 197886 specimens · 15 stops · 44 days · 639 km
Leila Morrison
Maui and Lānaʻi · Apr – Jul 2025
Leila Morrison in Maui and Lānaʻi, April – July 202580 specimens · 12 stops · 79 days · 104 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.