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. 38 journeys so far, 1920 to 1930, 14,086 specimens between them.
20 collectors and expeditions1,179 days in the field113,496 km between stops10,360 photographed specimens
Islands
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Journeys with photographed specimens38 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
Charles N. Forbes
3 islands of the United States · Mar – Jul 1920
Charles N. Forbes in Maui, Oʻahu and Lānaʻi, March – July 19201,158 specimens · 58 stops · 128 days · 1,111 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
Harold St.John
Oʻahu and Maui · Sep 1929 – May 1930
Harold St.John in Oʻahu and Maui, September 1929 – May 1930759 specimens · 51 stops · 230 days · 1,207 km
Ted E. should Be D. Dranga
7 islands · Feb – Jun 1926
Ted E. should Be D. Dranga across 7 islands, February – June 19261,074 specimens · 11 stops · 138 days · 19,175 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
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
Maui and Oʻahu · Feb – Jul 1920
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Maui and Oʻahu, February – July 1920658 specimens · 47 stops · 176 days · 1,222 km
Henry Wiebke
3 islands of the United States · Mar – Aug 1928
Henry Wiebke in Molokaʻi, Maui and Oʻahu, March – August 1928203 specimens · 32 stops · 146 days · 349 km
Ted E. should Be D. Dranga
3 islands · May – Jul 1925
Ted E. should Be D. Dranga in Maui, Kahoʻolawe and Pearl and Hermes Atoll, May – July 1925281 specimens · 9 stops · 53 days · 270 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
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
Oʻahu and Maui · Dec 1928 – Feb 1929
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Oʻahu and Maui, December 1928 – February 1929244 specimens · 12 stops · 88 days · 650 km
L.A. Thurston L.A. ThurstonL.A. Thurston
3 islands · May – Jul 1925
L.A. Thurston L.A. ThurstonL.A. Thurston in Maui, Kahoʻolawe and Pearl and Hermes Atoll, May – July 1925240 specimens · 9 stops · 53 days · 276 km
Otto Degener
4 islands · Jun – Dec 1922
Otto Degener across 4 islands, June – December 1922113 specimens · 48 stops · 194 days · 3,540 km
Ted E. should Be D. Dranga
4 islands · Dec 1925 – Jan 1926
Ted E. should Be D. Dranga across 4 islands, December 1925 – January 1926365 specimens · 3 stops · 39 days · 8,285 km
Henry Wiebke
Maui and Oʻahu · Jun – Aug 1927
Henry Wiebke in Maui and Oʻahu, June – August 1927127 specimens · 34 stops · 79 days · 304 km
Ted E. should Be D. Dranga
6 islands · 1–24 May 1923
Ted E. should Be D. Dranga across 6 islands, 1–24 May 1923157 specimens · 12 stops · 24 days · 3,034 km
L.A. Thurston L.A. ThurstonL.A. Thurston
4 islands · 1–15 Dec 1925
L.A. Thurston L.A. ThurstonL.A. Thurston across 4 islands, 1–15 December 1925351 specimens · 2 stops · 15 days · 4,142 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
G.R. Ewart III
Maui and Oʻahu · Dec 1928 – Jan 1929
G.R. Ewart III in Maui and Oʻahu, December 1928 – January 1929136 specimens · 7 stops · 38 days · 247 km
L.A. Thurston L.A. ThurstonL.A. Thurston
6 islands · 14–24 May 1923
L.A. Thurston L.A. ThurstonL.A. Thurston across 6 islands, 14–24 May 1923135 specimens · 8 stops · 11 days · 2,027 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
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.