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. 35 journeys so far, 1910 to 1919, 12,009 specimens between them.
14 collectors and expeditions748 days in the field23,193 km between stops7,299 photographed specimens
35 journeys match
Joseph F. Rock
6 islands of the United States · Jun – Nov 1910
Joseph F. Rock across 6 islands of the United States, June – November 19101,111 specimens · 45 stops · 154 days · 2,685 km
Charles N. Forbes
6 islands of the United States · May – Jul 1915
Charles N. Forbes across 6 islands of the United States, May – July 19151,032 specimens · 49 stops · 79 days · 992 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 19191,048 specimens · 28 stops · 88 days · 422 km
John Colburn Bridwell
Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · Jan – Aug 1917
John Colburn Bridwell in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, January – August 1917831 specimens · 28 stops · 193 days · 1,209 km
Charles N. Forbes
3 islands of the United States · Jun – Aug 1911
Charles N. Forbes in Hawaiʻi Island, Oʻahu and Maui, June – August 1911448 specimens · 34 stops · 70 days · 919 km
Charles N. Forbes
3 islands of the United States · Feb – Jun 1910
Charles N. Forbes in Maui, Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, February – June 1910446 specimens · 29 stops · 120 days · 1,746 km
John August Kusche
Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island · Jan – Jun 1919
John August Kusche in Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island, January – June 1919682 specimens · 35 stops · 142 days · 450 km
Walter M. Giffard
Maui and Hawaiʻi Island · May – Aug 1918
Walter M. Giffard in Maui and Hawaiʻi Island, May – August 1918593 specimens · 33 stops · 110 days · 136 km
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A.S. Hitchcock
6 islands of the United States · Jun – Oct 1916
A.S. Hitchcock across 6 islands of the United States, June – October 1916239 specimens · 51 stops · 142 days · 1,990 km
Clarence H. Cooke Jr.
4 islands of the United States · Jan – Mar 1913
Clarence H. Cooke Jr. across 4 islands of the United States, January – March 1913422 specimens · 10 stops · 45 days · 815 km
Pils
4 islands · Jan – Mar 1913
Pils across 4 islands, January – March 1913362 specimens · 13 stops · 54 days · 1,100 km
Charles N. Forbes
3 islands of the United States · Jan – Apr 1915
Charles N. Forbes in Molokaʻi, Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, January – April 1915353 specimens · 21 stops · 65 days · 233 km
Joseph F. Rock
5 islands of the United States · Mar – May 1910
Joseph F. Rock across 5 islands of the United States, March – May 1910361 specimens · 11 stops · 68 days · 120 km
Charles N. Forbes
4 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1913
Charles N. Forbes across 4 islands of the United States, June – July 1913406 specimens · 8 stops · 38 days · 774 km
Joseph F. Rock
3 islands of the United States · Apr – Aug 1911
Joseph F. Rock in Maui, Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, April – August 1911297 specimens · 13 stops · 123 days · 1,153 km
Charles N. Forbes
4 islands of the United States · Jan – Jun 1916
Charles N. Forbes across 4 islands of the United States, January – June 1916175 specimens · 26 stops · 156 days · 2,894 km
Walter M. Giffard
Hawaiʻi Island · Feb – Aug 1911
Walter M. Giffard in Hawaiʻi Island, February – August 1911344 specimens · 19 stops · 170 days
Charles N. Forbes
5 islands of the United States · Jun – Sep 1910
Charles N. Forbes across 5 islands of the United States, June – September 1910246 specimens · 9 stops · 65 days · 763 km
Joseph F. Rock
5 islands of the United States · Aug – Nov 1916
Joseph F. Rock across 5 islands of the United States, August – November 1916205 specimens · 13 stops · 77 days · 1,762 km
Walter M. Giffard
Hawaiʻi Island · Jan – Jun 1912
Walter M. Giffard in Hawaiʻi Island, January – June 1912272 specimens · 19 stops · 145 days
Philip Hunter Timberlake
Maui and Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Aug 1919
Philip Hunter Timberlake in Maui and Hawaiʻi Island, July – August 1919229 specimens · 22 stops · 51 days · 448 km
Otto Herman Swezey
Hawaiʻi Island · Aug – Sep 1919
Otto Herman Swezey in Hawaiʻi Island, August – September 1919289 specimens · 13 stops · 36 days
Joseph F. Rock
3 islands of the United States · Jan – Mar 1912
Joseph F. Rock in Hawaiʻi Island, Maui and Oʻahu, January – March 1912133 specimens · 13 stops · 71 days · 136 km
Walter M. Giffard
Hawaiʻi Island · Aug – Sep 1917
Walter M. Giffard in Hawaiʻi Island, August – September 1917328 specimens · 8 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.