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. 86 journeys so far, 1940 to 1950, 16,957 specimens between them.
45 collectors and expeditions1,694 days in the field430,574 km between stops11,954 photographed specimens
86 journeys match
F. Fagerlind
6 islands of the United States · Jan – Apr 1948
F. Fagerlind across 6 islands of the United States, January – April 194870 specimens · 24 stops · 78 days · 1,702 km
Harold St.John
Oʻahu and Maui · Dec 1940 – Feb 1941
Harold St.John in Oʻahu and Maui, December 1940 – February 194189 specimens · 7 stops · 54 days · 96 km
M.L. Lohman
Molokaʻi and Oʻahu · Oct – Dec 1948
M.L. Lohman in Molokaʻi and Oʻahu, October – December 1948117 specimens · 15 stops · 75 days · 164 km
Elwood Curtin Zimmerman
Maui · Apr – May 1945
Elwood Curtin Zimmerman in Maui, April – May 1945146 specimens · 7 stops · 15 days · 43 km
A.A. Beetle
the United States · Mar – Jul 1941
A.A. Beetle in the United States, March – July 194188 specimens · 30 stops · 120 days
Arthur Greenwell
Hawaiʻi Island and Maui · Aug – Sep 1949
Arthur Greenwell in Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, August – September 194984 specimens · 10 stops · 17 days · 49 km
Harold St.John
Lānaʻi and Oʻahu · Mar – May 1947
Harold St.John in Lānaʻi and Oʻahu, March – May 194777 specimens · 8 stops · 56 days · 365 km
Harold St.John
Oʻahu · Mar – Jun 1941
Harold St.John in Oʻahu, March – June 194163 specimens · 11 stops · 71 days
E.M. Fahey
Penikese · Jul – Sep 1947
E.M. Fahey in Penikese, July – September 194765 specimens · 10 stops · 74 days
Philip Weber
Oʻahu · Oct 1947 – Jan 1948
Philip Weber in Oʻahu, October 1947 – January 194890 specimens · 14 stops · 96 days
I.E. Lane
Molokaʻi and Oʻahu · Dec 1948 – Jan 1949
I.E. Lane in Molokaʻi and Oʻahu, December 1948 – January 194987 specimens · 6 stops · 27 days · 150 km
J.H. Maysilles
Molokaʻi · 19–29 Dec 1948
J.H. Maysilles in Molokaʻi, 19–29 December 1948103 specimens · 5 stops · 11 days · 61 km
Edward Yataro Hosaka
Hawaiʻi Island · 11–19 Jun 1941
Edward Yataro Hosaka in Hawaiʻi Island, 11–19 June 1941127 specimens · 3 stops · 9 days · 165 km
E.A. Bessey
Hawaiʻi Island and Maui · 1–29 Jun 1940
E.A. Bessey in Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, 1–29 June 1940106 specimens · 13 stops · 29 days · 325 km
Harold St.John
3 islands · Mar – Apr 1949
Harold St.John in Niʻihau, Nihoa and Enewetak Atoll, March – April 1949101 specimens · 4 stops · 14 days · 4,437 km
M.L. Lohman
3 islands of the United States · Feb – Jun 1948
M.L. Lohman in Oʻahu, Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island, February – June 194867 specimens · 21 stops · 125 days · 682 km
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
Kauaʻi · Jul – Aug 1940
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Kauaʻi, July – August 194074 specimens · 8 stops · 11 days
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H.F. Clay
Maui and Oʻahu · Dec 1948 – Jan 1949
H.F. Clay in Maui and Oʻahu, December 1948 – January 194949 specimens · 13 stops · 40 days · 311 km
M.E. Kerr
Hawaiʻi Island and Maui · Aug – Sep 1949
M.E. Kerr in Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, August – September 194962 specimens · 9 stops · 12 days · 21 km
M. Nishimoto
Oʻahu · Mar – May 1945
M. Nishimoto in Oʻahu, March – May 194545 specimens · 9 stops · 71 days
Maxwell S. Doty
the United States · 2–9 Jul 1944
Maxwell S. Doty in the United States, 2–9 July 194471 specimens · 8 stops · 8 days
Maxwell S. Doty
the United States · Dec 1941 – Mar 1942
Maxwell S. Doty in the United States, December 1941 – March 194253 specimens · 11 stops · 76 days
Harold St.John
Hawaiʻi Island and Kauaʻi · Dec 1949 – Jan 1950
Harold St.John in Hawaiʻi Island and Kauaʻi, December 1949 – January 195063 specimens · 6 stops · 13 days · 450 km
G. Cottam
Molokaʻi · 19–27 Dec 1948
G. Cottam in Molokaʻi, 19–27 December 194883 specimens · 4 stops · 9 days · 71 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.