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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

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187 journeys match

Harold St.John

3 islands · 4–15 Apr 1938

Harold St.John in Lānaʻi, Maui and Rotuma, 4–15 April 1938

248 specimens · 6 stops · 12 days · 4,846 km

Marie Catherine Neal

Hawaiʻi Island · 6–19 Aug 1935

Marie Catherine Neal in Hawaiʻi Island, 6–19 August 1935

200 specimens · 10 stops · 14 days · 24 km

J.C. Chapin

15 islands · Oct 1934 – Jan 1935

J.C. Chapin across 15 islands, October 1934 – January 1935

125 specimens · 26 stops · 107 days · 13,508 km

Wray Harris

3 islands of Samoa · Jul – Aug 1937

Wray Harris in Upolu, Tutuila and Olosega, July – August 1937

284 specimens · 3 stops · 32 days · 258 km

C.E. Hartt

Hawaiʻi Island · 6–19 Aug 1935

C.E. Hartt in Hawaiʻi Island, 6–19 August 1935

192 specimens · 10 stops · 14 days · 24 km

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.

Oʻahu · Sep – Nov 1934

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Oʻahu, September – November 1934

152 specimens · 11 stops · 64 days · 289 km

J.W. Coulter

3 islands of the United States · 1–29 Dec 1932

J.W. Coulter in Molokaʻi, Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, 1–29 December 1932

180 specimens · 7 stops · 29 days · 28 km

Harold St.John

Oʻahu · Apr – Jul 1932

Harold St.John in Oʻahu, April – July 1932

114 specimens · 14 stops · 120 days · 259 km

W.J. Lutjeharms

Sumatra and Sumbawa · May – Jul 1936

W.J. Lutjeharms in Sumatra and Sumbawa, May – July 1936

93 specimens · 26 stops · 82 days

Glen W. Russ

Molokaʻi · 1–13 Dec 1932

Glen W. Russ in Molokaʻi, 1–13 December 1932

236 specimens · 4 stops · 13 days · 35 km

Otto Degener

Oʻahu and Maui · Jan – Jun 1937

Otto Degener in Oʻahu and Maui, January – June 1937

92 specimens · 21 stops · 132 days · 335 km

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.

7 islands · Mar – Apr 1935

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. across 7 islands, March – April 1935

175 specimens · 12 stops · 27 days · 12,205 km

Edwin G. Burrows

4 islands · Apr – Jun 1932

Edwin G. Burrows across 4 islands, April – June 1932

190 specimens · 4 stops · 44 days · 4,532 km

Donald Anderson

Oʻahu · 1–15 Apr 1938

Donald Anderson in Oʻahu, 1–15 April 1938

318 specimens · 2 stops · 15 days · 153 km

A.J. Eames

Lānaʻi and Oʻahu · Apr – May 1938

A.J. Eames in Lānaʻi and Oʻahu, April – May 1938

150 specimens · 7 stops · 31 days · 188 km

Marie Catherine Neal

4 islands · Jul – Aug 1933

Marie Catherine Neal across 4 islands, July – August 1933

137 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 1937

114 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 1935

176 specimens · 15 stops · 69 days · 191 km

Edward Yataro Hosaka

Hawaiʻi Island · Dec 1931 – Jan 1932

Edward Yataro Hosaka in Hawaiʻi Island, December 1931 – January 1932

154 specimens · 8 stops · 14 days · 67 km

Neth. Ind. For. Service

11 islands · Feb – Aug 1938

Neth. Ind. For. Service, February – August 1938

63 specimens · 45 stops · 174 days · 15,218 km

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.

14 islands · Jul – Sep 1938

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. across 14 islands, July – September 1938

131 specimens · 17 stops · 49 days · 11,700 km

D'Alte A. Welch

Kauaʻi · 1–28 Sep 1931

D'Alte A. Welch in Kauaʻi, 1–28 September 1931

260 specimens · 2 stops · 28 days · 67 km

Otto Degener

Maui · Jul – Aug 1939

Otto Degener in Maui, July – August 1939

99 specimens · 16 stops · 38 days · 339 km

Erling Christophersen

3 islands · Dec 1931 – Feb 1932

Erling Christophersen in Tutuila, Oʻahu and Upolu, December 1931 – February 1932

148 specimens · 8 stops · 47 days · 8,662 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.