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
J.F. Illingworth II
the United States · May – Jul 1922
J.F. Illingworth II in the United States, May – July 1922100 specimens · 6 stops · 38 days
L.A. Thurston L.A. ThurstonL.A. Thurston
Hawaiʻi Island · Jan – Feb 1923
L.A. Thurston L.A. ThurstonL.A. Thurston in Hawaiʻi Island, January – February 1923118 specimens · 2 stops · 5 days · 108 km
L.A. Thurston L.A. ThurstonL.A. Thurston
Hawaiʻi Island · Jan – Feb 1924
L.A. Thurston L.A. ThurstonL.A. Thurston in Hawaiʻi Island, January – February 192466 specimens · 4 stops · 19 days · 197 km
Francis Xavier Williams
Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Oct 1929
Francis Xavier Williams in Hawaiʻi Island, July – October 192949 specimens · 8 stops · 100 days · 90 km
Otto Herman Swezey
the United States · Aug – Sep 1920
Otto Herman Swezey in the United States, August – September 1920113 specimens · 7 stops · 8 days
Edward Leonard Caum
3 islands of the United States · 12–29 Jun 1923
Edward Leonard Caum in Nihoa, French Frigate Shoals and Mokumanamana, 12–29 June 192351 specimens · 8 stops · 18 days · 883 km
Dranga
Kauaʻi · Nov – Dec 1926
Dranga in Kauaʻi, November – December 192674 specimens · 3 stops · 17 days · 27 km
Clarence H. Cooke Jr.
Molokaʻi · 22–26 Dec 1922
Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Molokaʻi, 22–26 December 192287 specimens · 3 stops · 5 days · 51 km
Ernest H. Quayle
8 islands · Dec 1921 – Feb 1922
Ernest H. Quayle across 8 islands, December 1921 – February 192246 specimens · 12 stops · 57 days · 6,573 km
Ted E. should Be D. Dranga
Hawaiʻi Island · Jan – Feb 1923
Ted E. should Be D. Dranga in Hawaiʻi Island, January – February 1923108 specimens · 2 stops · 5 days · 108 km
C.C. Curtis
6 islands · Apr – May 1922
C.C. Curtis across 6 islands, April – May 192263 specimens · 6 stops · 15 days · 21 km
C.C. Curtis
9 islands of French Polynesia · 5–29 Jun 1922
C.C. Curtis across 9 islands of French Polynesia, 5–29 June 192266 specimens · 9 stops · 25 days
L.A. Thurston L.A. ThurstonL.A. Thurston
Pearl and Hermes Atoll and Nihoa · 1–6 Apr 1927
L.A. Thurston L.A. ThurstonL.A. Thurston in Pearl and Hermes Atoll and Nihoa, 1–6 April 1927102 specimens · 2 stops · 6 days · 1,490 km
A.M. Stokes
Raivavae · Mar – Apr 1922
A.M. Stokes in Raivavae, March – April 192255 specimens · 6 stops · 37 days
Ted E. should Be D. Dranga
Hawaiʻi Island · Jan – Feb 1924
Ted E. should Be D. Dranga in Hawaiʻi Island, January – February 192468 specimens · 3 stops · 18 days · 196 km
Stanley Ball
Oʻahu · Oct 1925 – Feb 1926
Stanley Ball in Oʻahu, October 1925 – February 192643 specimens · 21 stops · 123 days
Alex B. Anderson
Pearl and Hermes Atoll and Nihoa · 1–6 Apr 1927
Alex B. Anderson in Pearl and Hermes Atoll and Nihoa, 1–6 April 192799 specimens · 2 stops · 6 days · 1,490 km
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Alfred F. Judd Jr
3 islands · Feb – Mar 1926
Alfred F. Judd Jr in Tutuila, Lānaʻi and Ofu, February – March 192643 specimens · 6 stops · 46 days · 4,276 km
D. Cmc Jr.
3 islands · 1–17 Jun 1923
D. Cmc Jr. in Nihoa, Mokumanamana and Lisianski, 1–17 June 192350 specimens · 5 stops · 17 days · 1,520 km
Erling Christopherson
Upolu · 5–15 Aug 1929
Erling Christopherson in Upolu, 5–15 August 192968 specimens · 3 stops · 11 days · 8 km
Hans George Hornbostel
Tinian · 1–23 May 1924
Hans George Hornbostel in Tinian, 1–23 May 192477 specimens · 2 stops · 23 days
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
Oʻahu · 1–21 Apr 1929
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Oʻahu, 1–21 April 192952 specimens · 5 stops · 21 days · 429 km
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
Molokaʻi · 18–23 Dec 1925
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Molokaʻi, 18–23 December 192594 specimens · 3 stops · 6 days · 2 km
Clarence H. Cooke Jr.
Molokaʻi · Dec 1923 – Jan 1924
Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Molokaʻi, December 1923 – January 192485 specimens · 2 stops · 6 days · 1 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.