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
Isabelle Abbott
Marthas Vineyard · Jul – Aug 1947
Isabelle Abbott in Marthas Vineyard, July – August 194742 specimens · 12 stops · 41 days
Donald P. Rogers
Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · Feb – Mar 1946
Donald P. Rogers in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, February – March 194644 specimens · 9 stops · 35 days · 826 km
R.W. Krauss
Maui and Oʻahu · Aug – Sep 1948
R.W. Krauss in Maui and Oʻahu, August – September 194845 specimens · 8 stops · 38 days · 351 km
Annie Montague Alexander
3 islands of the United States · Apr – May 1948
Annie Montague Alexander in Maui, Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island, April – May 194848 specimens · 6 stops · 31 days · 484 km
L. Kellogg
3 islands of the United States · Apr – May 1948
L. Kellogg in Maui, Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island, April – May 194847 specimens · 6 stops · 31 days · 484 km
N.E. Morton
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · Dec 1949 – Jan 1950
N.E. Morton in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, December 1949 – January 195046 specimens · 6 stops · 20 days · 230 km
W.H. Hatheway
Hawaiʻi Island · Dec 1949 – Jan 1950
W.H. Hatheway in Hawaiʻi Island, December 1949 – January 195051 specimens · 5 stops · 11 days
M.L. Lohman
Oʻahu and Maui · Sep – Oct 1949
M.L. Lohman in Oʻahu and Maui, September – October 194943 specimens · 7 stops · 39 days · 226 km
John W. Moore
Oʻahu · Apr – May 1945
John W. Moore in Oʻahu, April – May 1945107 specimens · 2 stops · 11 days
Harold St.John
Oʻahu · 5–12 Dec 1943
Harold St.John in Oʻahu, 5–12 December 194365 specimens · 2 stops · 8 days
L. Frederick
Hawaiʻi Island · Dec 1946 – Jan 1947
L. Frederick in Hawaiʻi Island, December 1946 – January 194746 specimens · 4 stops · 6 days
J. Garnic
the United States · 12–18 Aug 1947
J. Garnic in the United States, 12–18 August 194764 specimens · 2 stops · 7 days
Elwood Curtin Zimmerman
Oʻahu · 9–28 May 1943
Elwood Curtin Zimmerman in Oʻahu, 9–28 May 194374 specimens · 2 stops · 20 days
Elwood Curtin Zimmerman
Oʻahu · 1–19 Mar 1942
Elwood Curtin Zimmerman in Oʻahu, 1–19 March 194265 specimens · 2 stops · 19 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.