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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. 18 journeys so far, 1940 to 1950, 4,913 specimens between them.

11 collectors and expeditions355 days in the field218,767 km between stops3,918 photographed specimens

Donald Anderson

22 islands · Aug 1949 – Mar 1950

Donald Anderson across 22 islands, August 1949 – March 1950

1,249 specimens · 70 stops · 211 days · 151,545 km

Elwood Curtin Zimmerman

4 islands · May – Aug 1940

Elwood Curtin Zimmerman across 4 islands, May – August 1940

616 specimens · 10 stops · 86 days · 181 km

Harold St.John

Maui and Oʻahu · Aug – Nov 1945

Harold St.John in Maui and Oʻahu, August – November 1945

369 specimens · 21 stops · 107 days · 649 km

Yoshio KondoKay Kondo

3 islands · Jul – Aug 1946

Yoshio KondoKay Kondo in Maui, Hawaiʻi Island and Chichi-Jima, July – August 1946

326 specimens · 23 stops · 54 days · 465 km

A.L.M. Mitchell

Maui and Oʻahu · Jul – Sep 1945

A.L.M. Mitchell in Maui and Oʻahu, July – September 1945

333 specimens · 17 stops · 63 days · 423 km

Donald Anderson

Oʻahu · Feb – Apr 1940

Donald Anderson in Oʻahu, February – April 1940

392 specimens · 5 stops · 81 days · 410 km

Donald P. Rogers

Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · Oct 1946 – Jan 1947

Donald P. Rogers in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, October 1946 – January 1947

224 specimens · 21 stops · 87 days · 818 km

Harold St.John

5 islands · Jun – Aug 1947

Harold St.John across 5 islands, June – August 1947

162 specimens · 13 stops · 63 days · 23,782 km

F. Raymond Fosberg

Oʻahu and Molokaʻi · Feb – Apr 1948

F. Raymond Fosberg in Oʻahu and Molokaʻi, February – April 1948

132 specimens · 15 stops · 71 days · 524 km

Yoshio KondoKay Kondo

Oʻahu · Mar – Apr 1948

Yoshio KondoKay Kondo in Oʻahu, March – April 1948

164 specimens · 7 stops · 37 days · 934 km

David F. Grether

5 islands · Jul – Aug 1946

David F. Grether across 5 islands, July – August 1946

121 specimens · 10 stops · 38 days · 37,731 km

Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss

4 islands of the United States · Oct – Dec 1947

Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss across 4 islands of the United States, October – December 1947

188 specimens · 15 stops · 40 days · 52 km

Yoshio KondoKay Kondo

Oʻahu · Mar – Jun 1946

Yoshio KondoKay Kondo in Oʻahu, March – June 1946

124 specimens · 6 stops · 65 days · 506 km

Yoshio KondoKay Kondo

Oʻahu and Kauaʻi · Jan – Mar 1947

Yoshio KondoKay Kondo in Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, January – March 1947

92 specimens · 7 stops · 70 days · 539 km

Elwood Curtin Zimmerman

Maui · Apr – May 1945

Elwood Curtin Zimmerman in Maui, April – May 1945

146 specimens · 7 stops · 15 days · 43 km

Edward Yataro Hosaka

Hawaiʻi Island · 11–19 Jun 1941

Edward Yataro Hosaka in Hawaiʻi Island, 11–19 June 1941

127 specimens · 3 stops · 9 days · 165 km

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.

Kauaʻi · Jul – Aug 1940

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Kauaʻi, July – August 1940

74 specimens · 8 stops · 11 days

Elwood Curtin Zimmerman

Oʻahu · 9–28 May 1943

Elwood Curtin Zimmerman in Oʻahu, 9–28 May 1943

74 specimens · 2 stops · 20 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.