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
William J. Hoe
3 islands · Jun – Sep 1966
William J. Hoe in Hawaiʻi Island, Maui and South Island, June – September 1966330 specimens · 50 stops · 79 days · 274 km
Clarence H. Cooke Jr.
Molokaʻi · Jul – Aug 1912
Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Molokaʻi, July – August 1912589 specimens · 9 stops · 32 days · 196 km
Harold St.John
11 islands · Oct 1957 – Feb 1958
Harold St.John across 11 islands, October 1957 – February 1958325 specimens · 61 stops · 125 days · 23,583 km
P.H. McEldowney
Maui and Molokaʻi · May – Aug 1980
P.H. McEldowney in Maui and Molokaʻi, May – August 1980394 specimens · 23 stops · 119 days · 780 km
Kenneth R. Wood
8 islands · Jul – Dec 1995
Kenneth R. Wood across 8 islands, July – December 1995447 specimens · 35 stops · 139 days · 32,262 km
R. Okano
4 islands of the United States · May – Jul 2000
R. Okano across 4 islands of the United States, May – July 2000654 specimens · 14 stops · 67 days · 2,034 km
H.P. Nooteboom
3 islands · Mar – May 1970
H.P. Nooteboom in Borneo, Sarawak and Sabah, March – May 1970344 specimens · 34 stops · 62 days · 5,549 km
Walter M. Giffard
May – Nov 1913
Walter M. Giffard, May – November 1913586 specimens · 36 stops · 182 days
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo
Oʻahu · Aug – Oct 1941
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo in Oʻahu, August – October 1941504 specimens · 9 stops · 80 days · 768 km
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo
Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · Apr – Sep 1951
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, April – September 1951330 specimens · 27 stops · 127 days · 2,315 km
Harold St.John
Maui and Oʻahu · Aug – Nov 1945
Harold St.John in Maui and Oʻahu, August – November 1945369 specimens · 21 stops · 107 days · 649 km
Leonard J. Brass
5 islands · Jan – May 1932
Leonard J. Brass across 5 islands, January – May 1932291 specimens · 44 stops · 120 days · 1,876 km
Albert C. Smith
3 islands of Fiji · Oct – Dec 1947
Albert C. Smith in Vanua Levu, Macuata and Fiji, October – December 1947527 specimens · 16 stops · 69 days
Derral R. Herbst
4 islands of the United States · Jun – Nov 1971
Derral R. Herbst across 4 islands of the United States, June – November 1971289 specimens · 38 stops · 153 days · 2,219 km
A.J. Bernatowicz
19 islands · Jan – Aug 1953
A.J. Bernatowicz across 19 islands, January – August 1953249 specimens · 67 stops · 225 days
T. Murashige
6 islands of the United States · May – Sep 1949
T. Murashige across 6 islands of the United States, May – September 1949317 specimens · 39 stops · 99 days · 1,334 km
W.A. Whistler
7 islands · May – Aug 1975
W.A. Whistler across 7 islands, May – August 1975447 specimens · 44 stops · 90 days · 980 km
W.R. Sykes
4 islands · Sep – Dec 1965
W.R. Sykes across 4 islands, September – December 1965336 specimens · 55 stops · 98 days · 5,255 km
Donald Anderson
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · Nov 1933 – Jan 1934
Donald Anderson in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, November 1933 – January 1934483 specimens · 10 stops · 53 days · 825 km
C. Cory
Oʻahu and Kauaʻi · Jan – Jun 1986
C. Cory in Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, January – June 1986341 specimens · 19 stops · 159 days · 1,807 km
Anderson
9 islands of French Polynesia · Jul – Oct 1934
Anderson across 9 islands of French Polynesia, July – October 1934419 specimens · 12 stops · 91 days · 2,313 km
Walter M. Giffard
Maui and Hawaiʻi Island · May – Aug 1918
Walter M. Giffard in Maui and Hawaiʻi Island, May – August 1918593 specimens · 33 stops · 110 days · 136 km
Clarence H. Cooke Jr.
3 islands of Fiji · 7–26 Jul 1938
Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Viti Levu, Ovalau and Fiji, 7–26 July 1938560 specimens · 9 stops · 20 days · 3,777 km
J. Afriastini
Borneo · Jan – Feb 1995
J. Afriastini in Borneo, January – February 1995409 specimens · 23 stops · 29 days · 7,075 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.