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. 203 journeys so far, 1920 to 1930, 49,537 specimens between them.
96 collectors and expeditions3,992 days in the field834,815 km between stops37,014 photographed specimens
203 journeys match
Alastair M. Adamson
Tahiti and Moorea · Oct – Dec 1928
Alastair M. Adamson in Tahiti and Moorea, October – December 1928203 specimens · 15 stops · 49 days · 153 km
R. Kanehira
18 islands · Jun – Aug 1929
R. Kanehira across 18 islands, June – August 1929195 specimens · 28 stops · 90 days · 12,115 km
Harold E. Parks
5 islands · May – Jun 1926
Harold E. Parks across 5 islands, May – June 1926333 specimens · 7 stops · 32 days · 1,859 km
Glen W. Russ
Hawaiʻi Island and Lānaʻi · Jun – Oct 1927
Glen W. Russ in Hawaiʻi Island and Lānaʻi, June – October 1927140 specimens · 26 stops · 123 days · 55 km
Otto Degener
4 islands · Jun – Dec 1922
Otto Degener across 4 islands, June – December 1922113 specimens · 48 stops · 194 days · 3,540 km
Stokes
Rapa · Jun – Oct 1921
Stokes in Rapa, June – October 1921174 specimens · 12 stops · 143 days · 1,215 km
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William A. Setchell
3 islands · Jun – Jul 1920
William A. Setchell in Tutuila, Aunuu and Rose Atoll, June – July 1920175 specimens · 32 stops · 51 days · 21 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
Carl Skottsberg
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · 1–30 Sep 1926
Carl Skottsberg in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, 1–30 September 1926187 specimens · 16 stops · 30 days · 459 km
John August Kusche
Kauaʻi · Apr – Jun 1920
John August Kusche in Kauaʻi, April – June 1920360 specimens · 10 stops · 68 days · 63 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
Walter M. Giffard
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · Jun – Jul 1928
Walter M. Giffard in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, June – July 1928299 specimens · 4 stops · 31 days · 87 km
Mrs. J.F.G. Stokes
Rapa · Jun – Oct 1921
Mrs. J.F.G. Stokes in Rapa, June – October 1921171 specimens · 9 stops · 143 days · 946 km
A.J. Eames
Upolu and Tutuila · Feb – Mar 1921
A.J. Eames in Upolu and Tutuila, February – March 1921260 specimens · 10 stops · 33 days · 289 km
Clarence H. Cooke Jr.
Kauaʻi · Sep – Oct 1922
Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Kauaʻi, September – October 1922348 specimens · 3 stops · 21 days · 35 km
John Francis Gray Stokes
Rapa and Rapaq · Jul – Nov 1921
John Francis Gray Stokes in Rapa and Rapaq, July – November 1921149 specimens · 21 stops · 116 days
Harold St.John
Kauaʻi · Mar – Jun 1926
Harold St.John in Kauaʻi, March – June 1926270 specimens · 15 stops · 91 days
Stanley Ball
7 islands · Nov 1924 – Jan 1925
Stanley Ball across 7 islands, November 1924 – January 1925174 specimens · 14 stops · 43 days · 3,291 km
William H. Meinecke
Kauaʻi · Jun – Jul 1927
William H. Meinecke in Kauaʻi, June – July 1927365 specimens · 3 stops · 11 days · 37 km
Whitney Expedition
27 islands of French Polynesia · Feb – Jul 1923
Whitney Expedition, February – July 1923157 specimens · 34 stops · 154 days · 1,174 km
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Gerrit Parmele Wilder
7 islands · Aug – Sep 1923
Gerrit Parmele Wilder across 7 islands, August – September 1923171 specimens · 15 stops · 36 days · 5,391 km
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
A. Meebold
4 islands · Oct – Dec 1929
A. Meebold across 4 islands, October – December 1929163 specimens · 9 stops · 73 days · 9,986 km
Peter H. Buck
Aug – Sep 1929
Peter H. Buck, August – September 1929219 specimens · 5 stops · 40 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.