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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

E.K. Yoshinaga

Oʻahu · Nov 1929 – Jan 1930

E.K. Yoshinaga in Oʻahu, November 1929 – January 1930

53 specimens · 9 stops · 64 days · 252 km

Otto Herman Swezey

Molokaʻi · 1–23 Dec 1925

Otto Herman Swezey in Molokaʻi, 1–23 December 1925

122 specimens · 4 stops · 23 days · 4 km

Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss

Maui · Jun – Oct 1929

Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss in Maui, June – October 1929

74 specimens · 18 stops · 121 days

Marie Catherine Neal

Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Aug 1927

Marie Catherine Neal in Hawaiʻi Island, July – August 1927

56 specimens · 9 stops · 32 days · 77 km

Otto Herman Swezey

Maui and Oʻahu · Mar – May 1924

Otto Herman Swezey in Maui and Oʻahu, March – May 1924

64 specimens · 6 stops · 65 days · 228 km

Harold St.John

Oʻahu · 4–30 May 1925

Harold St.John in Oʻahu, 4–30 May 1925

94 specimens · 10 stops · 27 days

Otto Degener

Oʻahu and Maui · Oct – Dec 1926

Otto Degener in Oʻahu and Maui, October – December 1926

41 specimens · 14 stops · 66 days · 610 km

A.M. Octavio

Oʻahu · Nov 1929 – Jan 1930

A.M. Octavio in Oʻahu, November 1929 – January 1930

41 specimens · 13 stops · 72 days · 720 km

Ted E. should Be D. Dranga

3 islands · 1–6 Apr 1927

Ted E. should Be D. Dranga in Pearl and Hermes Atoll, Nihoa and Maui, 1–6 April 1927

147 specimens · 2 stops · 6 days · 1,490 km

John August Kusche

Prince Of Wales · 1–14 Nov 1920

John August Kusche in Prince Of Wales, 1–14 November 1920

130 specimens · 2 stops · 14 days

Marie Catherine Neal

Hawaiʻi Island · 1–9 Apr 1924

Marie Catherine Neal in Hawaiʻi Island, 1–9 April 1924

73 specimens · 6 stops · 9 days · 150 km

F.A. McClure

Hainan Island and Canton · Apr – Jun 1922

F.A. McClure in Hainan Island and Canton, April – June 1922

52 specimens · 11 stops · 60 days

Hitchcock Cooke

Molokaʻi · 21–31 Dec 1923

Hitchcock Cooke in Molokaʻi, 21–31 December 1923

123 specimens · 2 stops · 11 days · 25 km

Charles Montague Cooke Jr. III

Molokaʻi · 21–31 Dec 1923

Charles Montague Cooke Jr. III in Molokaʻi, 21–31 December 1923

123 specimens · 2 stops · 11 days · 25 km

J.B. Pollock

6 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 1923

J.B. Pollock across 6 islands of the United States, July – August 1923

78 specimens · 10 stops · 35 days · 23,475 km

Koichi Nitta

Oʻahu · Oct 1929 – Jan 1930

Koichi Nitta in Oʻahu, October 1929 – January 1930

41 specimens · 11 stops · 92 days · 268 km

Harry G. Lee

4 islands of the United States · Oct – Dec 1925

Harry G. Lee across 4 islands of the United States, October – December 1925

48 specimens · 9 stops · 62 days · 1,105 km

John W. Gillespie

Oʻahu · 1–8 Jul 1927

John W. Gillespie in Oʻahu, 1–8 July 1927

86 specimens · 4 stops · 8 days

A.W.C.T. Herre

10 islands · Mar – Jun 1929

A.W.C.T. Herre across 10 islands, March – June 1929

46 specimens · 15 stops · 93 days · 5,808 km

H.G. Gheo

China · Jul – Oct 1928

H.G. Gheo in China, July – October 1928

42 specimens · 9 stops · 77 days

Stanley Ball

5 islands of the United States · Mar – May 1923

Stanley Ball across 5 islands of the United States, March – May 1923

72 specimens · 12 stops · 60 days · 3,896 km

John Francis Gray Stokes

3 islands of French Polynesia · Mar – Apr 1922

John Francis Gray Stokes in Raivavae, Rapa and Rimatara, March – April 1922

50 specimens · 9 stops · 52 days · 8 km

Lewis Thayer

Kauaʻi · Jul – Aug 1925

Lewis Thayer in Kauaʻi, July – August 1925

76 specimens · 9 stops · 37 days

Charles S. Judd Sr.

Maui · Jul – Aug 1928

Charles S. Judd Sr. in Maui, July – August 1928

58 specimens · 5 stops · 23 days · 134 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.