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. 129 journeys so far, 1930 to 1940, 32,997 specimens between them.
61 collectors and expeditions2,281 days in the field303,489 km between stops27,629 photographed specimens
129 journeys match
Owen Bryant
Maui · Feb – Apr 1932
Owen Bryant in Maui, February – April 1932216 specimens · 15 stops · 62 days
Glen W. Russ
Molokaʻi · 1–13 Dec 1932
Glen W. Russ in Molokaʻi, 1–13 December 1932236 specimens · 4 stops · 13 days · 35 km
Otto Degener
Oʻahu and Maui · Jan – Jun 1937
Otto Degener in Oʻahu and Maui, January – June 193792 specimens · 21 stops · 132 days · 335 km
Donald Anderson
Oʻahu · 1–15 Apr 1938
Donald Anderson in Oʻahu, 1–15 April 1938318 specimens · 2 stops · 15 days · 153 km
A.J. Eames
Lānaʻi and Oʻahu · Apr – May 1938
A.J. Eames in Lānaʻi and Oʻahu, April – May 1938150 specimens · 7 stops · 31 days · 188 km
Marie Catherine Neal
4 islands · Jul – Aug 1933
Marie Catherine Neal across 4 islands, July – August 1933137 specimens · 9 stops · 33 days · 17,135 km
Edward Yataro Hosaka
Maui and Hawaiʻi Island · Jan – Feb 1937
Edward Yataro Hosaka in Maui and Hawaiʻi Island, January – February 1937114 specimens · 14 stops · 28 days · 447 km
Ruth D. Svihla
Maui and Oʻahu · Jun – Aug 1935
Ruth D. Svihla in Maui and Oʻahu, June – August 1935176 specimens · 15 stops · 69 days · 191 km
Edward Yataro Hosaka
Hawaiʻi Island · Dec 1931 – Jan 1932
Edward Yataro Hosaka in Hawaiʻi Island, December 1931 – January 1932154 specimens · 8 stops · 14 days · 67 km
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
14 islands · Jul – Sep 1938
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. across 14 islands, July – September 1938131 specimens · 17 stops · 49 days · 11,700 km
D'Alte A. Welch
Kauaʻi · 1–28 Sep 1931
D'Alte A. Welch in Kauaʻi, 1–28 September 1931260 specimens · 2 stops · 28 days · 67 km
Otto Degener
Maui · Jul – Aug 1939
Otto Degener in Maui, July – August 193999 specimens · 16 stops · 38 days · 339 km
Erling Christophersen
3 islands · Dec 1931 – Feb 1932
Erling Christophersen in Tutuila, Oʻahu and Upolu, December 1931 – February 1932148 specimens · 8 stops · 47 days · 8,662 km
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
Oʻahu · May – Jun 1932
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Oʻahu, May – June 1932171 specimens · 4 stops · 31 days
E.Y. Hashimoto
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · Dec 1931 – Jan 1932
E.Y. Hashimoto in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, December 1931 – January 1932114 specimens · 10 stops · 21 days · 230 km
Otto Degener
Oʻahu · Mar – Jun 1939
Otto Degener in Oʻahu, March – June 193977 specimens · 15 stops · 106 days · 315 km
Edward Yataro Hosaka
Hawaiʻi Island and Kauaʻi · Oct – Nov 1936
Edward Yataro Hosaka in Hawaiʻi Island and Kauaʻi, October – November 1936105 specimens · 9 stops · 33 days · 428 km
Ruth D. Svihla
Oʻahu and Maui · Jun – Aug 1934
Ruth D. Svihla in Oʻahu and Maui, June – August 1934152 specimens · 12 stops · 44 days · 191 km
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss
Oʻahu · Sep 1933 – Jan 1934
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss in Oʻahu, September 1933 – January 193493 specimens · 16 stops · 113 days · 124 km
L.D. Whitney
Hawaiʻi Island · 1–14 Apr 1936
L.D. Whitney in Hawaiʻi Island, 1–14 April 193696 specimens · 12 stops · 14 days
E.P. Hume
Kauaʻi · Dec 1930 – Jan 1931
E.P. Hume in Kauaʻi, December 1930 – January 1931103 specimens · 10 stops · 15 days · 131 km
Edward Yataro Hosaka
Kauaʻi · Dec 1930 – Jan 1931
Edward Yataro Hosaka in Kauaʻi, December 1930 – January 1931101 specimens · 10 stops · 15 days · 131 km
Edward Yataro Hosaka
3 islands of the United States · 12–26 Apr 1938
Edward Yataro Hosaka in Lānaʻi, Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, 12–26 April 1938135 specimens · 5 stops · 15 days · 235 km
Harold St.John
Molokaʻi and Oʻahu · Dec 1938 – Jan 1939
Harold St.John in Molokaʻi and Oʻahu, December 1938 – January 1939125 specimens · 5 stops · 20 days · 101 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.