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. 112 journeys so far, 1910 to 1920, 28,516 specimens between them.
38 collectors and expeditions1,707 days in the field90,318 km between stops18,762 photographed specimens
Islands
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Journeys with photographed specimens112 journeys match
Otto Herman Swezey
Hawaiʻi Island · Aug – Sep 1919
Otto Herman Swezey in Hawaiʻi Island, August – September 1919289 specimens · 13 stops · 36 days
Charles N. Forbes
Oʻahu · Jan – May 1917
Charles N. Forbes in Oʻahu, January – May 1917140 specimens · 12 stops · 95 days · 453 km
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
Adolph D.E. Elmer
6 islands of the Philippines · Oct – Nov 1912
Adolph D.E. Elmer across 6 islands of the Philippines, October – November 1912243 specimens · 3 stops · 32 days
H. G
Nov 1916 – Feb 1917
H. G, November 1916 – February 1917317 specimens · 5 stops · 89 days
Joseph F. Rock
3 islands of the United States · Jul – Sep 1918
Joseph F. Rock in Maui, Hawaiʻi Island and Molokaʻi, July – September 1918168 specimens · 8 stops · 67 days · 409 km
Charles N. Forbes
Oʻahu · Feb – May 1911
Charles N. Forbes in Oʻahu, February – May 1911101 specimens · 17 stops · 92 days · 602 km
Clarence H. Cooke Jr.
Hawaiʻi Island and Molokaʻi · 1–11 Oct 1911
Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Hawaiʻi Island and Molokaʻi, 1–11 October 1911168 specimens · 7 stops · 11 days · 311 km
Judd
Molokaʻi · 8–13 Mar 1916
Judd in Molokaʻi, 8–13 March 1916301 specimens · 2 stops · 6 days · 4 km
A. Gouveia A. Gouveia A. Gouveia v A. Gouveia
Oʻahu · Oct 1916 – Feb 1917
A. Gouveia A. Gouveia A. Gouveia v A. Gouveia in Oʻahu, October 1916 – February 1917121 specimens · 5 stops · 120 days · 343 km
Joseph F. Rock
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · 1–24 Oct 1911
Joseph F. Rock in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, 1–24 October 1911148 specimens · 5 stops · 24 days
Otto Herman Swezey
4 islands · Apr – Aug 1912
Otto Herman Swezey across 4 islands, April – August 191264 specimens · 22 stops · 124 days · 37,337 km
J.E.R. Tilden
Tahiti and Australia · Aug – Sep 1912
J.E.R. Tilden in Tahiti and Australia, August – September 1912117 specimens · 7 stops · 32 days
Walter M. Giffard
Hawaiʻi Island · Oct – Nov 1915
Walter M. Giffard in Hawaiʻi Island, October – November 1915333 specimens · 3 stops · 10 days
Charles N. Forbes
Oʻahu · Oct – Nov 1914
Charles N. Forbes in Oʻahu, October – November 1914109 specimens · 5 stops · 37 days
Walter M. Giffard
Oct – Dec 1910
Walter M. Giffard, October – December 1910172 specimens · 7 stops · 62 days
A. Gouveia A. Gouveia A. Gouveia v A. Gouveia
Oʻahu · Apr – Jun 1917
A. Gouveia A. Gouveia A. Gouveia v A. Gouveia in Oʻahu, April – June 191794 specimens · 5 stops · 87 days · 276 km
Ben Olivera
Oʻahu · 5–9 Apr 1917
Ben Olivera in Oʻahu, 5–9 April 1917172 specimens · 3 stops · 5 days · 181 km
John Colburn Bridwell
Maui and Oʻahu · Aug – Sep 1918
John Colburn Bridwell in Maui and Oʻahu, August – September 1918124 specimens · 6 stops · 32 days · 69 km
Clarence H. Cooke Jr.
Molokaʻi and Kauaʻi · Mar – Apr 1914
Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Molokaʻi and Kauaʻi, March – April 1914105 specimens · 4 stops · 25 days · 343 km
R.K. von Holt
Oʻahu · Sep – Oct 1912
R.K. von Holt in Oʻahu, September – October 1912106 specimens · 4 stops · 21 days · 289 km
C.F. Mant
Oʻahu · Nov 1918 – Jan 1919
C.F. Mant in Oʻahu, November 1918 – January 191992 specimens · 4 stops · 59 days · 255 km
Walter M. Giffard
Hawaiʻi Island · Aug – Sep 1919
Walter M. Giffard in Hawaiʻi Island, August – September 1919105 specimens · 14 stops · 44 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.