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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. 40 journeys so far, 1920 to 1929, 15,041 specimens between them.

21 collectors and expeditions1,121 days in the field219,306 km between stops10,622 photographed specimens

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.

85 islands · Nov 1923 – Nov 1924

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. across 85 islands, November 1923 – November 1924

2,392 specimens · 109 stops · 342 days · 30,927 km

Laurence H. MacDaniels

12 islands · Oct 1926 – Jul 1927

Laurence H. MacDaniels across 12 islands, October 1926 – July 1927

2,144 specimens · 105 stops · 274 days · 40,135 km

Charles N. Forbes

3 islands of the United States · Mar – Jul 1920

Charles N. Forbes in Maui, Oʻahu and Lānaʻi, March – July 1920

1,158 specimens · 58 stops · 128 days · 1,111 km

Otto Degener

5 islands of the United States · Jan – Aug 1928

Otto Degener across 5 islands of the United States, January – August 1928

748 specimens · 74 stops · 209 days · 1,716 km

Otto Degener

5 islands of the United States · Mar – Aug 1926

Otto Degener across 5 islands of the United States, March – August 1926

607 specimens · 71 stops · 177 days · 3,068 km

Ditlev Due Thaanum

10 islands of the United States · May – Aug 1923

Ditlev Due Thaanum across 10 islands of the United States, May – August 1923

918 specimens · 15 stops · 96 days · 11,766 km

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.

6 islands of the United States · May – Sep 1923

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. across 6 islands of the United States, May – September 1923

837 specimens · 23 stops · 122 days · 69,538 km

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.

Maui and Oʻahu · Feb – Jul 1920

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Maui and Oʻahu, February – July 1920

658 specimens · 47 stops · 176 days · 1,222 km

Ted E. should Be D. Dranga

8 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 1924

Ted E. should Be D. Dranga across 8 islands of the United States, July – August 1924

504 specimens · 13 stops · 52 days · 6,915 km

Alastair M. Adamson

Molokaʻi and Kauaʻi · May – Jul 1928

Alastair M. Adamson in Molokaʻi and Kauaʻi, May – July 1928

468 specimens · 12 stops · 50 days · 321 km

Henry Wiebke

4 islands of the United States · Mar – Aug 1926

Henry Wiebke across 4 islands of the United States, March – August 1926

150 specimens · 51 stops · 152 days · 2,253 km

F.G. Smith

4 islands of the United States · Jan – May 1929

F.G. Smith across 4 islands of the United States, January – May 1929

185 specimens · 19 stops · 110 days · 1,335 km

William H. Meinecke

Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island · Jun – Aug 1925

William H. Meinecke in Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island, June – August 1925

271 specimens · 8 stops · 60 days · 622 km

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.

Oʻahu and Maui · Dec 1928 – Feb 1929

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Oʻahu and Maui, December 1928 – February 1929

244 specimens · 12 stops · 88 days · 650 km

Alfred F. Judd Jr

Molokaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Aug 1925

Alfred F. Judd Jr in Molokaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island, July – August 1925

242 specimens · 11 stops · 60 days · 237 km

Clarence H. Cooke Jr.

3 islands of the United States · 1–19 Jun 1923

Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Nihoa, Mokumanamana and Kauaʻi, 1–19 June 1923

307 specimens · 8 stops · 19 days · 786 km

Glen W. Russ

Hawaiʻi Island and Lānaʻi · Jun – Oct 1927

Glen W. Russ in Hawaiʻi Island and Lānaʻi, June – October 1927

140 specimens · 26 stops · 123 days · 55 km

John August Kusche

Kauaʻi · Apr – Jun 1920

John August Kusche in Kauaʻi, April – June 1920

360 specimens · 10 stops · 68 days · 63 km

Walter M. Giffard

Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · Jun – Jul 1928

Walter M. Giffard in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, June – July 1928

299 specimens · 4 stops · 31 days · 87 km

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.

4 islands of the United States · Jul – Sep 1927

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. across 4 islands of the United States, July – September 1927

243 specimens · 11 stops · 55 days · 849 km

Erling Christophersen

3 islands · Oct 1924 – Jan 1925

Erling Christophersen in Oʻahu, Tutuila and Hawaiʻi Island, October 1924 – January 1925

126 specimens · 16 stops · 85 days · 17,725 km

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.

3 islands of the United States · Jun – Sep 1928

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Kauaʻi, Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, June – September 1928

168 specimens · 15 stops · 81 days · 1,078 km

Otto Herman Swezey

Molokaʻi · May – Sep 1927

Otto Herman Swezey in Molokaʻi, May – September 1927

201 specimens · 13 stops · 112 days · 30 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 1921

185 specimens · 22 stops · 99 days · 1,113 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.