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. 17 journeys so far, 1897 to 1974, 1,557 specimens between them.
14 collectors and expeditions448 days in the field16,989 km between stops1,206 photographed specimens
17 journeys match
Otto Degener
3 islands · Feb – Sep 1959
Otto Degener in Maui, Oʻahu and Molokaʻi, February – September 1959214 specimens · 48 stops · 242 days · 2,169 km
Otto Degener
4 islands · Jun – Dec 1922
Otto Degener across 4 islands, June – December 1922113 specimens · 48 stops · 194 days · 3,540 km
Maxwell S. Doty
Penikese · Jun – Sep 1947
Maxwell S. Doty in Penikese, June – September 1947123 specimens · 22 stops · 86 days
R.R. Ireland Jr.
Canada · 2–23 Aug 1971
R.R. Ireland Jr. in Canada, 2–23 August 1971135 specimens · 16 stops · 22 days
N. Price
Vancouver and Vancouver Island · May – Jul 1969
N. Price in Vancouver and Vancouver Island, May – July 196993 specimens · 31 stops · 65 days
R.L. Halbert
Vancouver and Vancouver Island · May – Jul 1969
R.L. Halbert in Vancouver and Vancouver Island, May – July 196991 specimens · 31 stops · 77 days
R.R. Ireland Jr.
Canada · 3–28 Jul 1974
R.R. Ireland Jr. in Canada, 3–28 July 1974100 specimens · 18 stops · 26 days
J.R. Conway
4 islands · Jun – Aug 1967
J.R. Conway across 4 islands, June – August 196783 specimens · 17 stops · 68 days
E.J. Hehre
Campobello · Aug 1966 – Jan 1967
E.J. Hehre in Campobello, August 1966 – January 196764 specimens · 23 stops · 150 days
J.E.R. Tilden
4 islands · May – Aug 1898
J.E.R. Tilden across 4 islands, May – August 189866 specimens · 25 stops · 70 days
H.A. Crum III
Canada · Jun – Aug 1955
H.A. Crum III in Canada, June – August 195556 specimens · 30 stops · 57 days
Isa Degener
Maui and Oʻahu · May – Sep 1959
Isa Degener in Maui and Oʻahu, May – September 195969 specimens · 27 stops · 123 days · 591 km
Benjamin C. Stone
6 islands · Jan – Apr 1967
Benjamin C. Stone across 6 islands, January – April 196760 specimens · 16 stops · 68 days · 10,590 km
E.M. Fahey
Penikese · Jul – Sep 1947
E.M. Fahey in Penikese, July – September 194765 specimens · 10 stops · 74 days
Harold St.John
3 islands of Canada · Aug – Sep 1913
Harold St.John in Sable Island, Sable and Nova Scotia, August – September 1913118 specimens · 8 stops · 44 days · 99 km
W.P. Cottam
Plummer`S · May – Aug 1938
W.P. Cottam in Plummer`S, May – August 193867 specimens · 24 stops · 98 days
J.E.R. Tilden
the United States and Canada · Jun – Aug 1897
J.E.R. Tilden in the United States and Canada, June – August 189740 specimens · 15 stops · 49 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.