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. 25 journeys so far, 1930 to 1939, 7,214 specimens between them.
10 collectors and expeditions509 days in the field32,124 km between stops5,555 photographed specimens
Islands
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Journeys with photographed specimens25 journeys match



Elwood Curtin Zimmerman
21 islands · Feb – Oct 1934
Elwood Curtin Zimmerman across 21 islands, February – October 19341,714 specimens · 56 stops · 248 days · 12,587 km
Gerrit Parmele Wilder
3 islands of the United States · Jul 1930 – Jun 1931
Gerrit Parmele Wilder in Oʻahu, Laysan and Molokaʻi, July 1930 – June 1931435 specimens · 74 stops · 343 days · 5,041 km



Donald Anderson
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · 7–31 Dec 1937
Donald Anderson in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, 7–31 December 19371,115 specimens · 8 stops · 25 days · 391 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
Edward Yataro Hosaka
4 islands · Jun – Sep 1936
Edward Yataro Hosaka across 4 islands, June – September 1936232 specimens · 37 stops · 84 days · 4 km



David Timmins Fullaway
4 islands of the United States · Feb – Mar 1930
David Timmins Fullaway across 4 islands of the United States, February – March 1930477 specimens · 5 stops · 42 days · 259 km


Robert L. Usinger
Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · Jun – Nov 1935
Robert L. Usinger in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, June – November 1935378 specimens · 27 stops · 135 days · 641 km



Donald Anderson
Oʻahu · May – Jul 1937
Donald Anderson in Oʻahu, May – July 1937404 specimens · 3 stops · 67 days · 90 km



Robert L. Usinger
Lānaʻi and Kauaʻi · Nov 1935 – Jan 1936
Robert L. Usinger in Lānaʻi and Kauaʻi, November 1935 – January 1936221 specimens · 10 stops · 53 days · 259 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 Horace Bryan Jr.
Oʻahu · Sep – Nov 1934
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Oʻahu, September – November 1934152 specimens · 11 stops · 64 days · 289 km



Owen Bryant
Maui · Feb – Apr 1932
Owen Bryant in Maui, February – April 1932216 specimens · 15 stops · 62 days
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
Edward Yataro Hosaka
Hawaiʻi Island · Dec 1931 – Jan 1932
Edward Yataro Hosaka in Hawaiʻi Island, December 1931 – January 1932154 specimens · 8 stops · 14 days · 67 km
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
Oʻahu · May – Jun 1932
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Oʻahu, May – June 1932171 specimens · 4 stops · 31 days

Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss
Oʻahu · Sep 1933 – Jan 1934
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss in Oʻahu, September 1933 – January 193493 specimens · 16 stops · 113 days · 124 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
Otto Herman Swezey
3 islands of the United States · May – Jul 1932
Otto Herman Swezey in Kauaʻi, Oʻahu and Molokaʻi, May – July 193269 specimens · 23 stops · 54 days · 540 km



Robert L. Usinger
Oʻahu · Feb – May 1936
Robert L. Usinger in Oʻahu, February – May 193662 specimens · 9 stops · 83 days · 6,521 km
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
Hawaiʻi Island and Tutuila · Jul – Aug 1935
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Hawaiʻi Island and Tutuila, July – August 193563 specimens · 7 stops · 41 days · 4,120 km



Elwood Curtin Zimmerman
Oʻahu · Jan – Mar 1937
Elwood Curtin Zimmerman in Oʻahu, January – March 193759 specimens · 12 stops · 68 days



Donald Anderson
Oʻahu · Dec 1938 – Jan 1939
Donald Anderson in Oʻahu, December 1938 – January 193984 specimens · 2 stops · 9 days
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
Hawaiʻi Island · 23–28 Nov 1932
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Hawaiʻi Island, 23–28 November 193245 specimens · 6 stops · 6 days



Elwood Curtin Zimmerman
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · Jan – Feb 1935
Elwood Curtin Zimmerman in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, January – February 193542 specimens · 4 stops · 21 days · 179 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.
