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. 2,592 journeys so far, 1874 to 2026, 493,508 specimens between them.
1,114 collectors and expeditions42,779 days in the field8,765,933 km between stops330,332 photographed specimens
2,592 journeys
Steven Perlman
6 islands · Apr – Jul 2004
Steven Perlman across 6 islands, April – July 2004114 specimens · 22 stops · 110 days · 9,780 km
Pele Expedition 1961-1962
Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · Feb – May 1962
Pele Expedition 1961-1962, February – May 196299 specimens · 10 stops · 99 days · 472 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
Earl T. Ozaki
Hawaiʻi Island · 1–31 Dec 1954
Earl T. Ozaki in Hawaiʻi Island, 1–31 December 1954117 specimens · 11 stops · 31 days
L.K. Croft
Hawaiʻi Island · Jun – Aug 1977
L.K. Croft in Hawaiʻi Island, June – August 1977123 specimens · 7 stops · 56 days
E. Hegewald
Jamaica · Jul – Nov 1973
E. Hegewald in Jamaica, July – November 197376 specimens · 21 stops · 106 days
Benjamin C. Stone
3 islands · Aug – Sep 1961
Benjamin C. Stone in Kauaʻi, Oʻahu and New Caledonia, August – September 196194 specimens · 16 stops · 48 days · 15,390 km
Clarence C.Y. Wong
Yap and Gagil-Tamil · Jan – Mar 1948
Clarence C.Y. Wong in Yap and Gagil-Tamil, January – March 1948307 specimens · 2 stops · 67 days · 871 km
M.-H Sachet
5 islands of French Polynesia · Jun – Jul 1982
M.-H Sachet across 5 islands of French Polynesia, June – July 1982169 specimens · 12 stops · 28 days · 297 km
Rich Costello
6 islands · Dec 1970 – Feb 1971
Rich Costello across 6 islands, December 1970 – February 1971196 specimens · 11 stops · 72 days
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R.J. Baker
Oʻahu and Kauaʻi · Apr – Jun 1975
R.J. Baker in Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, April – June 1975114 specimens · 10 stops · 66 days
C. Squair
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · Jul – Aug 2006
C. Squair in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, July – August 2006205 specimens · 3 stops · 24 days · 113 km
M. Merello
Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Aug 1992
M. Merello in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, July – August 1992152 specimens · 7 stops · 11 days · 502 km
J.S. Miller
Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Aug 1992
J.S. Miller in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, July – August 1992152 specimens · 7 stops · 11 days · 502 km
Varnum Dennis Phillip Spicer
Kiritimati and Oʻahu · 1–17 Jun 1943
Varnum Dennis Phillip Spicer in Kiritimati and Oʻahu, 1–17 June 1943266 specimens · 2 stops · 17 days · 2,184 km
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
Gerald R. Allen
9 islands · Feb – Apr 1979
Gerald R. Allen across 9 islands, February – April 1979163 specimens · 18 stops · 73 days · 5,891 km
K.U. Kramer
3 islands · Oct – Nov 1980
K.U. Kramer in Taiwan, Formosa and Orchid Island, October – November 198078 specimens · 27 stops · 46 days
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
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Gerrit Parmele Wilder
3 islands · Jul – Dec 1926
Gerrit Parmele Wilder in Moorea, Tahiti and Penrhyn Atoll, July – December 192677 specimens · 29 stops · 145 days · 451 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
Otto Herman Swezey
6 islands · Jul – Sep 1923
Otto Herman Swezey across 6 islands, July – September 192395 specimens · 15 stops · 64 days · 824 km
Roy Tsuda
Fanning (=Tabuaeran) · Jul – Aug 1972
Roy Tsuda in Fanning (=Tabuaeran), July – August 1972131 specimens · 14 stops · 42 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.