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
A. Meebold
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · Apr – May 1932
A. Meebold in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, April – May 1932147 specimens · 3 stops · 31 days · 230 km
E.A. Bessey
Oʻahu · Sep 1939 – Mar 1940
E.A. Bessey in Oʻahu, September 1939 – March 194086 specimens · 33 stops · 202 days · 903 km
Donald Mitchell
Hawaiʻi Island · 21–31 Dec 1931
Donald Mitchell in Hawaiʻi Island, 21–31 December 1931105 specimens · 8 stops · 11 days
Gunder E. Olson
Maui · Jun – Aug 1937
Gunder E. Olson in Maui, June – August 193770 specimens · 12 stops · 66 days · 148 km
Edward Yataro Hosaka
Maui and Molokaʻi · 8–24 Apr 1937
Edward Yataro Hosaka in Maui and Molokaʻi, 8–24 April 193793 specimens · 9 stops · 17 days · 286 km
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
Kahoʻolawe and Maui · 1–19 Feb 1931
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Kahoʻolawe and Maui, 1–19 February 1931102 specimens · 9 stops · 19 days · 26 km
Edward Yataro Hosaka
3 islands of the United States · 4–26 Apr 1939
Edward Yataro Hosaka in Maui, Hawaiʻi Island and Lānaʻi, 4–26 April 193969 specimens · 14 stops · 23 days · 337 km
Y. Iwasaki
Hawaiʻi Island · Jan – Apr 1930
Y. Iwasaki in Hawaiʻi Island, January – April 193053 specimens · 16 stops · 103 days · 99 km
Otto Degener
Oʻahu · Jan – May 1938
Otto Degener in Oʻahu, January – May 193855 specimens · 14 stops · 109 days
Y. Nitta
Oʻahu · May – Jul 1932
Y. Nitta in Oʻahu, May – July 193272 specimens · 8 stops · 52 days
Takamoto
Oʻahu · Feb – May 1936
Takamoto in Oʻahu, February – May 193653 specimens · 14 stops · 101 days
Otto Herman Swezey
3 islands of the United States · May – Jul 1932
Otto Herman Swezey in Kauaʻi, Oʻahu and Molokaʻi, May – July 193269 specimens · 23 stops · 54 days · 540 km
Erling Christophersen
Oʻahu · Apr – May 1932
Erling Christophersen in Oʻahu, April – May 1932111 specimens · 4 stops · 12 days · 308 km
Donald Mitchell
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · Nov 1930 – Jan 1931
Donald Mitchell in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, November 1930 – January 193164 specimens · 10 stops · 36 days · 254 km
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C.E. Hartt
Maui and Hawaiʻi Island · 6–18 Aug 1933
C.E. Hartt in Maui and Hawaiʻi Island, 6–18 August 193393 specimens · 6 stops · 13 days · 136 km
Edward Yataro Hosaka
5 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 1931
Edward Yataro Hosaka across 5 islands of the United States, July – August 193182 specimens · 6 stops · 24 days · 1,149 km
Amy Suehiro
Oʻahu · Sep – Nov 1932
Amy Suehiro in Oʻahu, September – November 193281 specimens · 5 stops · 46 days
Otto Degener
Oʻahu · Jan – Jun 1933
Otto Degener in Oʻahu, January – June 193341 specimens · 17 stops · 136 days · 1,199 km
F. Salucop
Maui · Jul – Aug 1939
F. Salucop in Maui, July – August 193958 specimens · 10 stops · 36 days · 189 km
Lynette Williams
Molokaʻi · Dec 1938 – Jan 1939
Lynette Williams in Molokaʻi, December 1938 – January 193997 specimens · 4 stops · 15 days · 37 km
E.S.C. Handy
4 islands of the United States · Jul – Sep 1931
E.S.C. Handy across 4 islands of the United States, July – September 193171 specimens · 5 stops · 43 days · 1,582 km
K.W. Duker
Oʻahu · Oct – Dec 1932
K.W. Duker in Oʻahu, October – December 193248 specimens · 11 stops · 72 days
H. Morley
Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Aug 1934
H. Morley in Hawaiʻi Island, July – August 193462 specimens · 7 stops · 33 days · 35 km
W.P. Cottam
Plummer`S · May – Aug 1938
W.P. Cottam in Plummer`S, May – August 193867 specimens · 24 stops · 98 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.