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. 119 journeys so far, 1950 to 1960, 17,263 specimens between them.
50 collectors and expeditions2,337 days in the field740,340 km between stops11,676 photographed specimens
119 journeys match
Otto Degener
4 islands of the United States · Nov 1959 – Feb 1960
Otto Degener across 4 islands of the United States, November 1959 – February 196044 specimens · 6 stops · 85 days · 321 km
F. Raymond Fosberg
7 islands · Jul – Aug 1952
F. Raymond Fosberg across 7 islands, July – August 195252 specimens · 12 stops · 38 days
V Hugh M. Smith cruise 35
12 islands · Aug – Sep 1956
V Hugh M. Smith cruise 35, August – September 195650 specimens · 25 stops · 60 days · 13,190 km
H.A. Woolford
Kauaʻi and Maui · 1–29 Dec 1956
H.A. Woolford in Kauaʻi and Maui, 1–29 December 195653 specimens · 4 stops · 29 days · 338 km
George Butler
Laysan · 20–24 Jul 1959
George Butler in Laysan, 20–24 July 1959193 specimens · 2 stops · 5 days
Arthur Greenwell
Maui and Hawaiʻi Island · 3–28 Nov 1950
Arthur Greenwell in Maui and Hawaiʻi Island, 3–28 November 195048 specimens · 5 stops · 26 days · 226 km
Maxwell S. Doty
4 islands of the United States · Dec 1954 – Jan 1955
Maxwell S. Doty across 4 islands of the United States, December 1954 – January 195554 specimens · 5 stops · 16 days · 464 km
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo
Oʻahu and Aguijan · Jan – Feb 1952
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo in Oʻahu and Aguijan, January – February 195243 specimens · 5 stops · 34 days · 6,123 km
Maxwell S. Doty
3 islands of the United States · Dec 1959 – Jan 1960
Maxwell S. Doty in Hawaiʻi Island, Palmyra Atoll and Oʻahu, December 1959 – January 196046 specimens · 9 stops · 24 days · 3,977 km
C. Tousley
Maui and Molokaʻi · 1–15 Mar 1952
C. Tousley in Maui and Molokaʻi, 1–15 March 195279 specimens · 2 stops · 15 days · 101 km
Keith D.P. Wilson
Oʻahu and Kauaʻi · Mar – May 1952
Keith D.P. Wilson in Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, March – May 195242 specimens · 5 stops · 64 days · 509 km
Keith D.P. Wilson
Kauaʻi and Maui · Dec 1952 – Jan 1953
Keith D.P. Wilson in Kauaʻi and Maui, December 1952 – January 195345 specimens · 7 stops · 11 days · 997 km
H.W.S. Hansen
Kauaʻi · 7–23 Sep 1955
H.W.S. Hansen in Kauaʻi, 7–23 September 195543 specimens · 5 stops · 17 days
Larry W. Quate
Malaysia and the United States · Jul – Aug 1958
Larry W. Quate in Malaysia and the United States, July – August 195853 specimens · 9 stops · 60 days
Joseph F. Rock
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · 1–15 Feb 1956
Joseph F. Rock in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, 1–15 February 195645 specimens · 4 stops · 15 days · 509 km
Arthur Greenwell
Hawaiʻi Island · 15–19 Feb 1952
Arthur Greenwell in Hawaiʻi Island, 15–19 February 195262 specimens · 3 stops · 5 days
E.Y. Dawson
Palmyra Atoll · 1–20 Oct 1958
E.Y. Dawson in Palmyra Atoll, 1–20 October 195853 specimens · 5 stops · 20 days
M.L. Lohman
Oʻahu · Jan – Mar 1950
M.L. Lohman in Oʻahu, January – March 195041 specimens · 9 stops · 41 days · 462 km
R. Won
Oʻahu · 5–10 May 1954
R. Won in Oʻahu, 5–10 May 195452 specimens · 2 stops · 6 days
Ernani Meñez
Palmyra Atoll · Dec 1959 – Jan 1960
Ernani Meñez in Palmyra Atoll, December 1959 – January 196044 specimens · 3 stops · 6 days
Judson Linsley Gressitt
the United States · Jun – Aug 1954
Judson Linsley Gressitt in the United States, June – August 195452 specimens · 4 stops · 47 days
Judson Linsley Gressitt
the United States · 1–7 Dec 1956
Judson Linsley Gressitt in the United States, 1–7 December 195664 specimens · 4 stops · 7 days
Yasuhiro Oshiro
the United States · 1–11 May 1957
Yasuhiro Oshiro in the United States, 1–11 May 195748 specimens · 2 stops · 11 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.