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. 31 journeys so far, 1930 to 1939, 7,152 specimens between them.
17 collectors and expeditions609 days in the field71,488 km between stops5,862 photographed specimens
31 journeys match
Olof H. Selling
5 islands of the United States · Jun – Oct 1938
Olof H. Selling across 5 islands of the United States, June – October 1938828 specimens · 44 stops · 106 days · 2,316 km
Harold St.John
7 islands · Sep 1932 – Jan 1933
Harold St.John across 7 islands, September 1932 – January 1933929 specimens · 23 stops · 113 days · 8,847 km
Carl Skottsberg
6 islands of the United States · Jun – Oct 1938
Carl Skottsberg across 6 islands of the United States, June – October 1938776 specimens · 47 stops · 106 days · 2,822 km
Lucy May Cranwell
6 islands of the United States · May – Oct 1938
Lucy May Cranwell across 6 islands of the United States, May – October 1938734 specimens · 51 stops · 146 days · 3,245 km
Elwood Curtin Zimmerman
Kauaʻi and Maui · Jun – Aug 1937
Elwood Curtin Zimmerman in Kauaʻi and Maui, June – August 1937575 specimens · 25 stops · 78 days · 481 km
Harold St.John
4 islands · Oct 1936 – Feb 1937
Harold St.John across 4 islands, October 1936 – February 1937352 specimens · 20 stops · 95 days · 23,771 km
Edward Yataro Hosaka
4 islands · Jun – Sep 1936
Edward Yataro Hosaka across 4 islands, June – September 1936232 specimens · 37 stops · 84 days · 4 km
R.J. Catto
Maui and Oʻahu · Nov 1936 – Jan 1937
R.J. Catto in Maui and Oʻahu, November 1936 – January 1937293 specimens · 10 stops · 35 days · 106 km
Otto Degener
Oʻahu and Maui · May – Sep 1935
Otto Degener in Oʻahu and Maui, May – September 1935146 specimens · 27 stops · 112 days · 990 km
Edward Yataro Hosaka
Hawaiʻi Island and Maui · May – Jun 1938
Edward Yataro Hosaka in Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, May – June 1938174 specimens · 15 stops · 26 days · 58 km
Edwin B. Bartram
4 islands of the United States · Jan – Feb 1930
Edwin B. Bartram across 4 islands of the United States, January – February 1930135 specimens · 23 stops · 47 days · 800 km
Harold St.John
3 islands · 4–15 Apr 1938
Harold St.John in Lānaʻi, Maui and Rotuma, 4–15 April 1938248 specimens · 6 stops · 12 days · 4,846 km
Otto Degener
Oʻahu and Maui · Jan – Jun 1937
Otto Degener in Oʻahu and Maui, January – June 193792 specimens · 21 stops · 132 days · 335 km
Marie Catherine Neal
4 islands · Jul – Aug 1933
Marie Catherine Neal across 4 islands, July – August 1933137 specimens · 9 stops · 33 days · 17,135 km
Edward Yataro Hosaka
Maui and Hawaiʻi Island · Jan – Feb 1937
Edward Yataro Hosaka in Maui and Hawaiʻi Island, January – February 1937114 specimens · 14 stops · 28 days · 447 km
Ruth D. Svihla
Maui and Oʻahu · Jun – Aug 1935
Ruth D. Svihla in Maui and Oʻahu, June – August 1935176 specimens · 15 stops · 69 days · 191 km
Otto Degener
Maui · Jul – Aug 1939
Otto Degener in Maui, July – August 193999 specimens · 16 stops · 38 days · 339 km
Ruth D. Svihla
Oʻahu and Maui · Jun – Aug 1934
Ruth D. Svihla in Oʻahu and Maui, June – August 1934152 specimens · 12 stops · 44 days · 191 km
Edward Yataro Hosaka
3 islands of the United States · 12–26 Apr 1938
Edward Yataro Hosaka in Lānaʻi, Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, 12–26 April 1938135 specimens · 5 stops · 15 days · 235 km
Gunder E. Olson
Maui · Jun – Aug 1937
Gunder E. Olson in Maui, June – August 193770 specimens · 12 stops · 66 days · 148 km
Edward Yataro Hosaka
Maui and Molokaʻi · 8–24 Apr 1937
Edward Yataro Hosaka in Maui and Molokaʻi, 8–24 April 193793 specimens · 9 stops · 17 days · 286 km
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
Kahoʻolawe and Maui · 1–19 Feb 1931
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Kahoʻolawe and Maui, 1–19 February 1931102 specimens · 9 stops · 19 days · 26 km
Edward Yataro Hosaka
3 islands of the United States · 4–26 Apr 1939
Edward Yataro Hosaka in Maui, Hawaiʻi Island and Lānaʻi, 4–26 April 193969 specimens · 14 stops · 23 days · 337 km
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C.E. Hartt
Maui and Hawaiʻi Island · 6–18 Aug 1933
C.E. Hartt in Maui and Hawaiʻi Island, 6–18 August 193393 specimens · 6 stops · 13 days · 136 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.