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
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
Edward Leonard Caum
7 islands · 1–28 Apr 1923
Edward Leonard Caum across 7 islands, 1–28 April 192378 specimens · 10 stops · 28 days · 2,863 km
Thos. Cooke
Molokaʻi · 1–25 Jul 1924
Thos. Cooke in Molokaʻi, 1–25 July 1924125 specimens · 3 stops · 25 days · 9 km
Marie Catherine Neal
Hawaiʻi Island · Jun – Jul 1922
Marie Catherine Neal in Hawaiʻi Island, June – July 192282 specimens · 8 stops · 18 days
Mrs. P.H. Buck
Oct – Nov 1929
Mrs. P.H. Buck, October – November 1929113 specimens · 3 stops · 52 days
Otto Degener
Oʻahu · May – Jul 1923
Otto Degener in Oʻahu, May – July 192356 specimens · 13 stops · 57 days · 979 km
R.R. Whitten
Maui · 1–27 Aug 1929
R.R. Whitten in Maui, 1–27 August 1929108 specimens · 7 stops · 27 days · 20 km
AF Judd 3rd
Tau and Ofu · Feb – Mar 1926
AF Judd 3rd in Tau and Ofu, February – March 1926155 specimens · 2 stops · 12 days · 21 km
Tuifaa
Tau and Ofu · Feb – Mar 1926
Tuifaa in Tau and Ofu, February – March 1926155 specimens · 2 stops · 12 days · 21 km
William H. Meinecke
Kauaʻi · 23–28 Dec 1926
William H. Meinecke in Kauaʻi, 23–28 December 1926170 specimens · 2 stops · 6 days · 32 km
Tanager Expedition
3 islands · Jul – Aug 1923
Tanager Expedition, July – August 1923160 specimens · 5 stops · 35 days · 20,287 km
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Gerrit Parmele Wilder
7 islands · Jun – Aug 1925
Gerrit Parmele Wilder across 7 islands, June – August 192552 specimens · 22 stops · 65 days · 10,586 km
David Timmins Fullaway
Laysan · 1–27 Apr 1923
David Timmins Fullaway in Laysan, 1–27 April 1923142 specimens · 6 stops · 27 days
O.L. Smith
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · Sep – Oct 1921
O.L. Smith in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, September – October 192183 specimens · 4 stops · 31 days · 186 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.