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. 138 journeys so far, 1920 to 1930, 35,125 specimens between them.
70 collectors and expeditions3,296 days in the field498,120 km between stops23,177 photographed specimens
138 journeys match
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Gerrit Parmele Wilder
3 islands · Jul – Dec 1926
Gerrit Parmele Wilder in Moorea, Tahiti and Penrhyn Atoll, July – December 192677 specimens · 29 stops · 145 days · 451 km
Otto Herman Swezey
6 islands · Jul – Sep 1923
Otto Herman Swezey across 6 islands, July – September 192395 specimens · 15 stops · 64 days · 824 km
Gerrit Parmele Wilder
5 islands · Mar – Aug 1927
Gerrit Parmele Wilder across 5 islands, March – August 192769 specimens · 28 stops · 155 days · 13,558 km
Ernest H. Quayle
14 islands · Apr – May 1922
Ernest H. Quayle across 14 islands, April – May 1922112 specimens · 12 stops · 40 days · 3,640 km
S. Frank Kajewski
3 islands of Vanuatu · Apr – Jun 1928
S. Frank Kajewski in Erromango, Efate and Erromanga, April – June 1928110 specimens · 11 stops · 57 days
Otto Herman Swezey
Hawaiʻi Island · 1–16 Oct 1929
Otto Herman Swezey in Hawaiʻi Island, 1–16 October 1929260 specimens · 5 stops · 16 days · 45 km
D. Wesley Garber
Tau and Savaii · Aug – Sep 1921
D. Wesley Garber in Tau and Savaii, August – September 1921107 specimens · 11 stops · 48 days
Erling Christophersen
8 islands · Jun – Sep 1924
Erling Christophersen across 8 islands, June – September 192481 specimens · 18 stops · 111 days · 15,205 km
H.F. Bergman
Oʻahu and Maui · Dec 1927 – Feb 1928
H.F. Bergman in Oʻahu and Maui, December 1927 – February 192881 specimens · 10 stops · 62 days · 364 km
A.G. Whiting
3 islands of the United States · Jan – Mar 1929
A.G. Whiting in Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, January – March 192969 specimens · 15 stops · 71 days · 366 km
Otto Herman Swezey
Maui and Molokaʻi · Dec 1928 – Feb 1929
Otto Herman Swezey in Maui and Molokaʻi, December 1928 – February 1929130 specimens · 11 stops · 61 days · 104 km
George Campbell Munro
Maui · Oct 1927 – Jan 1928
George Campbell Munro in Maui, October 1927 – January 192875 specimens · 12 stops · 80 days · 186 km
Hessler Brown
13 islands of French Polynesia · Aug – Dec 1922
Hessler Brown across 13 islands of French Polynesia, August – December 192274 specimens · 29 stops · 137 days · 9,305 km
H.F. Bergman
5 islands · Jul – Aug 1924
H.F. Bergman across 5 islands, July – August 1924110 specimens · 11 stops · 39 days · 1,637 km
Harold St.John
Rapa · Jul – Aug 1921
Harold St.John in Rapa, July – August 1921128 specimens · 12 stops · 34 days
Fung
Hainan and Hainan Island · May – Jul 1929
Fung in Hainan and Hainan Island, May – July 192953 specimens · 25 stops · 86 days
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
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William A. Setchell
4 islands · May – Jun 1926
William A. Setchell across 4 islands, May – June 1926124 specimens · 6 stops · 32 days
F.A. McClure
Hainan Island · Oct – Dec 1921
F.A. McClure in Hainan Island, October – December 192160 specimens · 20 stops · 82 days
Whitney Expedition
12 islands of French Polynesia · Jun – Sep 1922
Whitney Expedition, June – September 192263 specimens · 16 stops · 86 days · 4,274 km
W.T. Tsang
Hainan and Hainan Island · May – Jul 1929
W.T. Tsang in Hainan and Hainan Island, May – July 192950 specimens · 22 stops · 86 days
Otto Herman Swezey
Maui and Oʻahu · Aug – Sep 1929
Otto Herman Swezey in Maui and Oʻahu, August – September 1929163 specimens · 8 stops · 20 days · 223 km
Harold St.John
the United States · Jul – Sep 1924
Harold St.John in the United States, July – September 1924102 specimens · 13 stops · 50 days
Alastair M. Adamson
Tahiti · Aug – Sep 1928
Alastair M. Adamson in Tahiti, August – September 192891 specimens · 6 stops · 28 days · 82 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.