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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. 23 journeys so far, 1930 to 1938, 7,068 specimens between them.

10 collectors and expeditions496 days in the field25,603 km between stops5,429 photographed specimens

Elwood Curtin Zimmerman

21 islands · Feb – Oct 1934

Elwood Curtin Zimmerman across 21 islands, February – October 1934

1,714 specimens · 56 stops · 248 days · 12,587 km

Gerrit Parmele Wilder

3 islands of the United States · Jul 1930 – Jun 1931

Gerrit Parmele Wilder in Oʻahu, Laysan and Molokaʻi, July 1930 – June 1931

435 specimens · 74 stops · 343 days · 5,041 km

Donald Anderson

Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · 7–31 Dec 1937

Donald Anderson in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, 7–31 December 1937

1,115 specimens · 8 stops · 25 days · 391 km

Elwood Curtin Zimmerman

Kauaʻi and Maui · Jun – Aug 1937

Elwood Curtin Zimmerman in Kauaʻi and Maui, June – August 1937

575 specimens · 25 stops · 78 days · 481 km

Edward Yataro Hosaka

4 islands · Jun – Sep 1936

Edward Yataro Hosaka across 4 islands, June – September 1936

232 specimens · 37 stops · 84 days · 4 km

David Timmins Fullaway

4 islands of the United States · Feb – Mar 1930

David Timmins Fullaway across 4 islands of the United States, February – March 1930

477 specimens · 5 stops · 42 days · 259 km

Robert L. Usinger

Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · Jun – Nov 1935

Robert L. Usinger in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, June – November 1935

378 specimens · 27 stops · 135 days · 641 km

Donald Anderson

Oʻahu · May – Jul 1937

Donald Anderson in Oʻahu, May – July 1937

404 specimens · 3 stops · 67 days · 90 km

Robert L. Usinger

Lānaʻi and Kauaʻi · Nov 1935 – Jan 1936

Robert L. Usinger in Lānaʻi and Kauaʻi, November 1935 – January 1936

221 specimens · 10 stops · 53 days · 259 km

Edward Yataro Hosaka

Hawaiʻi Island and Maui · May – Jun 1938

Edward Yataro Hosaka in Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, May – June 1938

174 specimens · 15 stops · 26 days · 58 km

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.

Oʻahu · Sep – Nov 1934

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Oʻahu, September – November 1934

152 specimens · 11 stops · 64 days · 289 km

Owen Bryant

Maui · Feb – Apr 1932

Owen Bryant in Maui, February – April 1932

216 specimens · 15 stops · 62 days

Edward Yataro Hosaka

Maui and Hawaiʻi Island · Jan – Feb 1937

Edward Yataro Hosaka in Maui and Hawaiʻi Island, January – February 1937

114 specimens · 14 stops · 28 days · 447 km

Edward Yataro Hosaka

Hawaiʻi Island · Dec 1931 – Jan 1932

Edward Yataro Hosaka in Hawaiʻi Island, December 1931 – January 1932

154 specimens · 8 stops · 14 days · 67 km

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.

Oʻahu · May – Jun 1932

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Oʻahu, May – June 1932

171 specimens · 4 stops · 31 days

Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss

Oʻahu · Sep 1933 – Jan 1934

Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss in Oʻahu, September 1933 – January 1934

93 specimens · 16 stops · 113 days · 124 km

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.

Kahoʻolawe and Maui · 1–19 Feb 1931

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Kahoʻolawe and Maui, 1–19 February 1931

102 specimens · 9 stops · 19 days · 26 km

Otto Herman Swezey

3 islands of the United States · May – Jul 1932

Otto Herman Swezey in Kauaʻi, Oʻahu and Molokaʻi, May – July 1932

69 specimens · 23 stops · 54 days · 540 km

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.

Hawaiʻi Island and Tutuila · Jul – Aug 1935

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Hawaiʻi Island and Tutuila, July – August 1935

63 specimens · 7 stops · 41 days · 4,120 km

Elwood Curtin Zimmerman

Oʻahu · Jan – Mar 1937

Elwood Curtin Zimmerman in Oʻahu, January – March 1937

59 specimens · 12 stops · 68 days

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.

Hawaiʻi Island · 23–28 Nov 1932

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Hawaiʻi Island, 23–28 November 1932

45 specimens · 6 stops · 6 days

Elwood Curtin Zimmerman

Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · Jan – Feb 1935

Elwood Curtin Zimmerman in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, January – February 1935

42 specimens · 4 stops · 21 days · 179 km

Elwood Curtin Zimmerman

Oʻahu · 11–20 Nov 1934

Elwood Curtin Zimmerman in Oʻahu, 11–20 November 1934

63 specimens · 3 stops · 10 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.