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. 25 journeys so far, 1920 to 1929, 10,048 specimens between them.
18 collectors and expeditions885 days in the field71,303 km between stops6,147 photographed specimens
25 journeys match
Laurence H. MacDaniels
12 islands · Oct 1926 – Jul 1927
Laurence H. MacDaniels across 12 islands, October 1926 – July 19272,144 specimens · 105 stops · 274 days · 40,135 km
Carl Skottsberg
4 islands of the United States · Apr – Nov 1922
Carl Skottsberg across 4 islands of the United States, April – November 1922855 specimens · 82 stops · 217 days · 6,013 km
Otto Degener
5 islands of the United States · Jan – Aug 1928
Otto Degener across 5 islands of the United States, January – August 1928748 specimens · 74 stops · 209 days · 1,716 km
F.L. Stevens
5 islands of the United States · May – Sep 1921
F.L. Stevens across 5 islands of the United States, May – September 19211,528 specimens · 60 stops · 153 days · 4,446 km
Otto Degener
5 islands of the United States · Mar – Aug 1926
Otto Degener across 5 islands of the United States, March – August 1926607 specimens · 71 stops · 177 days · 3,068 km
Otto Degener
5 islands of the United States · Jun – Oct 1927
Otto Degener across 5 islands of the United States, June – October 1927581 specimens · 60 stops · 136 days · 1,266 km
Alastair M. Adamson
Molokaʻi and Kauaʻi · May – Jul 1928
Alastair M. Adamson in Molokaʻi and Kauaʻi, May – July 1928468 specimens · 12 stops · 50 days · 321 km
Henry Wiebke
4 islands of the United States · Mar – Aug 1926
Henry Wiebke across 4 islands of the United States, March – August 1926150 specimens · 51 stops · 152 days · 2,253 km
F.G. Smith
4 islands of the United States · Jan – May 1929
F.G. Smith across 4 islands of the United States, January – May 1929185 specimens · 19 stops · 110 days · 1,335 km
William H. Meinecke
Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island · Jun – Aug 1925
William H. Meinecke in Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island, June – August 1925271 specimens · 8 stops · 60 days · 622 km
Clarence H. Cooke Jr.
3 islands of the United States · 1–19 Jun 1923
Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Nihoa, Mokumanamana and Kauaʻi, 1–19 June 1923307 specimens · 8 stops · 19 days · 786 km
Otto Degener
4 islands · Jun – Dec 1922
Otto Degener across 4 islands, June – December 1922113 specimens · 48 stops · 194 days · 3,540 km
John August Kusche
Kauaʻi · Apr – Jun 1920
John August Kusche in Kauaʻi, April – June 1920360 specimens · 10 stops · 68 days · 63 km
Harold St.John
Kauaʻi · Mar – Jun 1926
Harold St.John in Kauaʻi, March – June 1926270 specimens · 15 stops · 91 days
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
4 islands of the United States · Jul – Sep 1927
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. across 4 islands of the United States, July – September 1927243 specimens · 11 stops · 55 days · 849 km
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
3 islands of the United States · Jun – Sep 1928
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Kauaʻi, Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, June – September 1928168 specimens · 15 stops · 81 days · 1,078 km
Otto Herman Swezey
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · Aug – Sep 1925
Otto Herman Swezey in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, August – September 1925211 specimens · 21 stops · 38 days · 254 km
Otto Herman Swezey
4 islands of the United States · Jul – Oct 1921
Otto Herman Swezey across 4 islands of the United States, July – October 1921185 specimens · 22 stops · 99 days · 1,113 km
Harold St.John
Kauaʻi · Jun – Aug 1925
Harold St.John in Kauaʻi, June – August 1925162 specimens · 18 stops · 58 days
Joseph F. Rock
4 islands of the United States · Jan – Mar 1920
Joseph F. Rock across 4 islands of the United States, January – March 1920107 specimens · 12 stops · 42 days · 445 km
Marie Catherine Neal
Hawaiʻi Island and Kauaʻi · 1–30 Aug 1929
Marie Catherine Neal in Hawaiʻi Island and Kauaʻi, 1–30 August 1929111 specimens · 12 stops · 30 days · 450 km
Otto Herman Swezey
3 islands of the United States · Mar – Jul 1920
Otto Herman Swezey in Oʻahu, Maui and Kauaʻi, March – July 1920103 specimens · 19 stops · 129 days · 191 km
Harry G. Lee
4 islands of the United States · Oct – Dec 1925
Harry G. Lee across 4 islands of the United States, October – December 192548 specimens · 9 stops · 62 days · 1,105 km
Lewis Thayer
Kauaʻi · Jul – Aug 1925
Lewis Thayer in Kauaʻi, July – August 192576 specimens · 9 stops · 37 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.