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. 213 journeys so far, 1920 to 1930, 50,569 specimens between them.
98 collectors and expeditions4,083 days in the field856,511 km between stops37,014 photographed specimens
213 journeys match
Henry E. Crampton
7 islands · Jun – Jul 1928
Henry E. Crampton across 7 islands, June – July 1928198 specimens · 8 stops · 18 days · 1,618 km
Erling Christophersen
3 islands · Oct 1924 – Jan 1925
Erling Christophersen in Oʻahu, Tutuila and Hawaiʻi Island, October 1924 – January 1925126 specimens · 16 stops · 85 days · 17,725 km
S. Frank Kajewski
Anatom and Aneityum · Feb – Mar 1929
S. Frank Kajewski in Anatom and Aneityum, February – March 1929200 specimens · 9 stops · 46 days
Wm. R. Taylor
8 islands of the United States · Jun – Aug 1924
Wm. R. Taylor across 8 islands of the United States, June – August 192496 specimens · 41 stops · 70 days
H.J. Jensen
7 islands · Feb – May 1922
H.J. Jensen across 7 islands, February – May 192291 specimens · 37 stops · 106 days
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
Walter M. Giffard
Jul – Aug 1920
Walter M. Giffard, July – August 1920273 specimens · 11 stops · 50 days
Jackson Harris
Oʻahu · Aug – Oct 1924
Jackson Harris in Oʻahu, August – October 1924110 specimens · 20 stops · 58 days · 226 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
A. Hof
8 islands of Bermuda · Jun – Aug 1925
A. Hof across 8 islands of Bermuda, June – August 1925116 specimens · 20 stops · 37 days
D. Wesley Garber
3 islands of American Samoa · May – Jul 1925
D. Wesley Garber in Ofu, Olosega and Tutuila, May – July 1925143 specimens · 16 stops · 42 days · 209 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
Molokaʻi · May – Sep 1927
Otto Herman Swezey in Molokaʻi, May – September 1927201 specimens · 13 stops · 112 days · 30 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
Clarence H. Cooke Jr.
Molokaʻi and Kiritimati · Jul – Aug 1924
Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Molokaʻi and Kiritimati, July – August 1924164 specimens · 6 stops · 35 days · 4,362 km
William H. Meinecke
Kauaʻi · Jul – Aug 1928
William H. Meinecke in Kauaʻi, July – August 1928253 specimens · 4 stops · 5 days · 659 km
Erling Christophersen
3 islands · May – Jul 1929
Erling Christophersen in Java, Borneo and Krakatau, May – July 1929104 specimens · 14 stops · 63 days
Harold St.John
Kauaʻi · Jun – Aug 1925
Harold St.John in Kauaʻi, June – August 1925162 specimens · 18 stops · 58 days
D. Wesley Garber
Tutuila and Goat Island · Nov 1924 – Jan 1925
D. Wesley Garber in Tutuila and Goat Island, November 1924 – January 1925170 specimens · 9 stops · 38 days
Harold E. Parks
Rarotonga · May – Jul 1929
Harold E. Parks in Rarotonga, May – July 1929115 specimens · 17 stops · 69 days
J.R. Le B. Tomlin Ex Jens M. Ostergaard
Oʻahu · Jul – Aug 1924
J.R. Le B. Tomlin Ex Jens M. Ostergaard in Oʻahu, July – August 1924104 specimens · 14 stops · 48 days · 869 km
Stokes
4 islands · Jan – Mar 1921
Stokes across 4 islands, January – March 1921105 specimens · 11 stops · 81 days · 1,733 km
Mrs. J.F.G. Stokes
4 islands · Jan – Mar 1921
Mrs. J.F.G. Stokes across 4 islands, January – March 1921105 specimens · 11 stops · 81 days · 1,733 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.