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
Tanager Expedition
10 islands of the United States · Apr – Jun 1923
Tanager Expedition, April – June 192360 specimens · 8 stops · 62 days · 2,174 km
E.S.C. Handy
Upolu · Feb – Mar 1923
E.S.C. Handy in Upolu, February – March 192348 specimens · 4 stops · 17 days
Harry S. Ladd
Viti Levu · Jul – Aug 1926
Harry S. Ladd in Viti Levu, July – August 192658 specimens · 3 stops · 12 days · 2,114 km
Mrs. P.H. Buck
Aug – Sep 1929
Mrs. P.H. Buck, August – September 192971 specimens · 2 stops · 9 days
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Kenneth Pike Emory
3 islands · Sep – Nov 1925
Kenneth Pike Emory in Moorea, Tahiti and Huahine, September – November 192546 specimens · 3 stops · 38 days · 189 km
A.G. Whiting
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · Apr – May 1929
A.G. Whiting in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, April – May 192947 specimens · 4 stops · 11 days · 254 km
Otto Herman Swezey
the United States · Oct – Dec 1922
Otto Herman Swezey in the United States, October – December 192254 specimens · 8 stops · 62 days
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Kingman Reef and Maui · Jun – Jul 1926
L.A. Thurston L.A. ThurstonL.A. Thurston in Kingman Reef and Maui, June – July 192643 specimens · 3 stops · 49 days · 3,448 km
Charles N. Forbes
Oʻahu and Maui · Jan – Feb 1920
Charles N. Forbes in Oʻahu and Maui, January – February 192048 specimens · 3 stops · 28 days · 96 km
Whippoorwill Expedition
6 islands · Jul – Aug 1924
Whippoorwill Expedition, July – August 192467 specimens · 5 stops · 24 days · 1,409 km
C.S. English Jr.
the United States · 2–15 Aug 1925
C.S. English Jr. in the United States, 2–15 August 192543 specimens · 8 stops · 14 days
Kenneth Pike Emory
3 islands · 14–28 Apr 1925
Kenneth Pike Emory in Raiatea, Tahiti and Taha'A, 14–28 April 192543 specimens · 3 stops · 15 days · 269 km
G. Whiting
Oʻahu · 12–23 Jan 1929
G. Whiting in Oʻahu, 12–23 January 192953 specimens · 2 stops · 12 days · 41 km
S. Frank Kajewski
Vanua Lava · 5–18 Jul 1928
S. Frank Kajewski in Vanua Lava, 5–18 July 192847 specimens · 4 stops · 14 days
C.W. Dodge
4 islands of Panama · 3–7 Sep 1925
C.W. Dodge across 4 islands of Panama, 3–7 September 192545 specimens · 3 stops · 5 days
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
the United States · Jul – Aug 1926
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in the United States, July – August 192640 specimens · 6 stops · 48 days
W.J. Vaughn
the United States · 20–30 May 1926
W.J. Vaughn in the United States, 20–30 May 192661 specimens · 3 stops · 11 days
G.N. Jones
the United States · 20–30 May 1926
G.N. Jones in the United States, 20–30 May 192657 specimens · 3 stops · 11 days
J. Thaanum
the United States · 20–30 May 1926
J. Thaanum in the United States, 20–30 May 192654 specimens · 3 stops · 11 days
Otto Herman Swezey
Oʻahu · Jan – Feb 1920
Otto Herman Swezey in Oʻahu, January – February 192040 specimens · 4 stops · 29 days
R.R. Whitten
the United States · 1–14 Oct 1929
R.R. Whitten in the United States, 1–14 October 192954 specimens · 2 stops · 14 days
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.