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
E.K. Yoshinaga
Oʻahu · Nov 1929 – Jan 1930
E.K. Yoshinaga in Oʻahu, November 1929 – January 193053 specimens · 9 stops · 64 days · 252 km


Otto Herman Swezey
Molokaʻi · 1–23 Dec 1925
Otto Herman Swezey in Molokaʻi, 1–23 December 1925122 specimens · 4 stops · 23 days · 4 km
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss
Maui · Jun – Oct 1929
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss in Maui, June – October 192974 specimens · 18 stops · 121 days
Marie Catherine Neal
Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Aug 1927
Marie Catherine Neal in Hawaiʻi Island, July – August 192756 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 192464 specimens · 6 stops · 65 days · 228 km
Harold St.John
Oʻahu · 4–30 May 1925
Harold St.John in Oʻahu, 4–30 May 192594 specimens · 10 stops · 27 days
Otto Degener
Oʻahu and Maui · Oct – Dec 1926
Otto Degener in Oʻahu and Maui, October – December 192641 specimens · 14 stops · 66 days · 610 km
A.M. Octavio
Oʻahu · Nov 1929 – Jan 1930
A.M. Octavio in Oʻahu, November 1929 – January 193041 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 1927147 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 1920130 specimens · 2 stops · 14 days

Marie Catherine Neal
Hawaiʻi Island · 1–9 Apr 1924
Marie Catherine Neal in Hawaiʻi Island, 1–9 April 192473 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 192252 specimens · 11 stops · 60 days



Hitchcock Cooke
Molokaʻi · 21–31 Dec 1923
Hitchcock Cooke in Molokaʻi, 21–31 December 1923123 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 1923123 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 192378 specimens · 10 stops · 35 days · 23,475 km
Koichi Nitta
Oʻahu · Oct 1929 – Jan 1930
Koichi Nitta in Oʻahu, October 1929 – January 193041 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 192548 specimens · 9 stops · 62 days · 1,105 km
John W. Gillespie
Oʻahu · 1–8 Jul 1927
John W. Gillespie in Oʻahu, 1–8 July 192786 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 192946 specimens · 15 stops · 93 days · 5,808 km
H.G. Gheo
China · Jul – Oct 1928
H.G. Gheo in China, July – October 192842 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 192372 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 192250 specimens · 9 stops · 52 days · 8 km
Lewis Thayer
Kauaʻi · Jul – Aug 1925
Lewis Thayer in Kauaʻi, July – August 192576 specimens · 9 stops · 37 days



Charles S. Judd Sr.
Maui · Jul – Aug 1928
Charles S. Judd Sr. in Maui, July – August 192858 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.
