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. 187 journeys so far, 1930 to 1940, 70,252 specimens between them.
96 collectors and expeditions4,169 days in the field866,784 km between stops59,870 photographed specimens
187 journeys match
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
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Gerrit Parmele Wilder
3 islands of French Polynesia · Aug – Dec 1932
Gerrit Parmele Wilder in Makatea, Tahiti and Moorea, August – December 1932218 specimens · 23 stops · 120 days · 1,308 km
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R.J. Baker
3 islands of the United States · Sep 1932 – Jan 1933
R.J. Baker in Molokaʻi, Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, September 1932 – January 1933204 specimens · 16 stops · 115 days · 120 km
Donald Anderson
Oʻahu · May – Jul 1937
Donald Anderson in Oʻahu, May – July 1937404 specimens · 3 stops · 67 days · 90 km
C.E. Hubbard
4 islands of Australia · Apr 1930 – Jan 1931
C.E. Hubbard across 4 islands of Australia, April 1930 – January 1931122 specimens · 50 stops · 275 days
F. Raymond Fosberg
Oʻahu · May – Jul 1935
F. Raymond Fosberg in Oʻahu, May – July 1935176 specimens · 19 stops · 77 days · 308 km
T. Hosokawa
15 islands · Jul – Sep 1936
T. Hosokawa across 15 islands, July – September 1936207 specimens · 23 stops · 64 days · 6,008 km
L.A. Doore
5 islands of New Zealand · Jan – Mar 1935
L.A. Doore across 5 islands of New Zealand, January – March 1935159 specimens · 31 stops · 46 days · 5,344 km
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Paul H. Baldwin
Hawaiʻi Island · 19–31 Dec 1937
Paul H. Baldwin in Hawaiʻi Island, 19–31 December 1937258 specimens · 11 stops · 13 days
Otto Degener
Oʻahu and Maui · May – Sep 1935
Otto Degener in Oʻahu and Maui, May – September 1935146 specimens · 27 stops · 112 days · 990 km
P.J. Philson
5 islands of New Zealand · Jan – Mar 1935
P.J. Philson across 5 islands of New Zealand, January – March 1935154 specimens · 29 stops · 46 days · 5,344 km
Otto Herman Swezey
Guam · May – Nov 1936
Otto Herman Swezey in Guam, May – November 1936137 specimens · 45 stops · 207 days
T.T. Earle
5 islands of New Zealand · Jan – Mar 1935
T.T. Earle across 5 islands of New Zealand, January – March 1935150 specimens · 28 stops · 46 days · 5,344 km
J. Manson Valentine
3 islands of Fiji · Jul 1937 – Jan 1938
J. Manson Valentine in Viti Levu, Taveuni and Ovalau, July 1937 – January 1938131 specimens · 28 stops · 185 days · 23,764 km
T. Hosokawa
11 islands · Jul – Sep 1937
T. Hosokawa across 11 islands, July – September 1937180 specimens · 26 stops · 87 days · 4,494 km
R.J. Catto
Hawaiʻi Island · 19–31 Dec 1937
R.J. Catto in Hawaiʻi Island, 19–31 December 1937219 specimens · 11 stops · 13 days
F. Raymond Fosberg
Oʻahu · Dec 1934 – Mar 1935
F. Raymond Fosberg in Oʻahu, December 1934 – March 1935148 specimens · 16 stops · 95 days · 731 km
Peter E. Russell
Oʻahu · Jun – Aug 1932
Peter E. Russell in Oʻahu, June – August 1932149 specimens · 20 stops · 42 days · 129 km
T. Hosokawa
12 islands · Jun – Sep 1934
T. Hosokawa across 12 islands, June – September 1934185 specimens · 21 stops · 89 days · 8,890 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
R. Inafuku
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · Dec 1930 – May 1931
R. Inafuku in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, December 1930 – May 1931116 specimens · 26 stops · 147 days · 509 km
A. Meebold
3 islands · Jun – Jul 1932
A. Meebold in Viti Levu, Oʻahu and Tutuila, June – July 1932336 specimens · 4 stops · 31 days · 5,857 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
P. Longley
Hawaiʻi Island · 19–31 Dec 1937
P. Longley in Hawaiʻi Island, 19–31 December 1937209 specimens · 9 stops · 13 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.