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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. 160 journeys so far, 1892 to 1993, 38,185 specimens between them.

53 collectors and expeditions2,872 days in the field286,019 km between stops18,041 photographed specimens

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.

85 islands · Nov 1923 – Nov 1924

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. across 85 islands, November 1923 – November 1924

2,392 specimens · 109 stops · 342 days · 30,927 km

Elwood Curtin Zimmerman

21 islands · Feb – Oct 1934

Elwood Curtin Zimmerman across 21 islands, February – October 1934

1,714 specimens · 56 stops · 248 days · 12,587 km

Charles N. Forbes

5 islands of the United States · Jun – Dec 1917

Charles N. Forbes across 5 islands of the United States, June – December 1917

1,777 specimens · 29 stops · 163 days · 2,815 km

Charles N. Forbes

3 islands of the United States · Mar – Jul 1920

Charles N. Forbes in Maui, Oʻahu and Lānaʻi, March – July 1920

1,158 specimens · 58 stops · 128 days · 1,111 km

Charles N. Forbes

6 islands of the United States · Jun – Sep 1919

Charles N. Forbes across 6 islands of the United States, June – September 1919

1,048 specimens · 28 stops · 88 days · 422 km

Ditlev Due Thaanum

10 islands of the United States · May – Aug 1923

Ditlev Due Thaanum across 10 islands of the United States, May – August 1923

918 specimens · 15 stops · 96 days · 11,766 km

John Colburn Bridwell

Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · Jan – Aug 1917

John Colburn Bridwell in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, January – August 1917

831 specimens · 28 stops · 193 days · 1,209 km

Gerrit Parmele Wilder

3 islands of the United States · Jul 1930 – Jun 1931

Gerrit Parmele Wilder in Oʻahu, Laysan and Molokaʻi, July 1930 – June 1931

435 specimens · 74 stops · 343 days · 5,041 km

Donald Anderson

Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · 7–31 Dec 1937

Donald Anderson in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, 7–31 December 1937

1,115 specimens · 8 stops · 25 days · 391 km

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.

6 islands of the United States · May – Sep 1923

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. across 6 islands of the United States, May – September 1923

837 specimens · 23 stops · 122 days · 69,538 km

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.

Maui and Oʻahu · Feb – Jul 1920

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Maui and Oʻahu, February – July 1920

658 specimens · 47 stops · 176 days · 1,222 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

John August Kusche

Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island · Jan – Jun 1919

John August Kusche in Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island, January – June 1919

682 specimens · 35 stops · 142 days · 450 km

Ted E. should Be D. Dranga

8 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 1924

Ted E. should Be D. Dranga across 8 islands of the United States, July – August 1924

504 specimens · 13 stops · 52 days · 6,915 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

Walter M. Giffard

Maui and Hawaiʻi Island · May – Aug 1918

Walter M. Giffard in Maui and Hawaiʻi Island, May – August 1918

593 specimens · 33 stops · 110 days · 136 km

Elwood Curtin Zimmerman

Kauaʻi and Maui · Jun – Aug 1937

Elwood Curtin Zimmerman in Kauaʻi and Maui, June – August 1937

575 specimens · 25 stops · 78 days · 481 km

Alastair M. Adamson

Molokaʻi and Kauaʻi · May – Jul 1928

Alastair M. Adamson in Molokaʻi and Kauaʻi, May – July 1928

468 specimens · 12 stops · 50 days · 321 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

C.H. C. Hoyt

Oʻahu · Nov 1952 – May 1953

C.H. C. Hoyt in Oʻahu, November 1952 – May 1953

301 specimens · 20 stops · 183 days · 849 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

Edward Yataro Hosaka

4 islands · Jun – Sep 1936

Edward Yataro Hosaka across 4 islands, June – September 1936

232 specimens · 37 stops · 84 days · 4 km

Steven L. Montgomery

3 islands of the United States · May – Sep 1979

Steven L. Montgomery in Molokaʻi, Hawaiʻi Island and Lānaʻi, May – September 1979

268 specimens · 35 stops · 100 days · 1,207 km

David Timmins Fullaway

4 islands of the United States · Feb – Mar 1930

David Timmins Fullaway across 4 islands of the United States, February – March 1930

477 specimens · 5 stops · 42 days · 259 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.