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. 39 journeys so far, 1930 to 1940, 12,925 specimens between them.
29 collectors and expeditions810 days in the field70,774 km between stops10,748 photographed specimens
39 journeys match
E.P. Hume
Kauaʻi · Dec 1930 – Jan 1931
E.P. Hume in Kauaʻi, December 1930 – January 1931103 specimens · 10 stops · 15 days · 131 km
Edward Yataro Hosaka
Kauaʻi · Dec 1930 – Jan 1931
Edward Yataro Hosaka in Kauaʻi, December 1930 – January 1931101 specimens · 10 stops · 15 days · 131 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
Donald Mitchell
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · Nov 1930 – Jan 1931
Donald Mitchell in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, November 1930 – January 193164 specimens · 10 stops · 36 days · 254 km
Edward Yataro Hosaka
5 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 1931
Edward Yataro Hosaka across 5 islands of the United States, July – August 193182 specimens · 6 stops · 24 days · 1,149 km
E.S.C. Handy
4 islands of the United States · Jul – Sep 1931
E.S.C. Handy across 4 islands of the United States, July – September 193171 specimens · 5 stops · 43 days · 1,582 km
Harold St.John
3 islands of the United States · Jan – Mar 1939
Harold St.John in Kauaʻi, Oʻahu and Molokaʻi, January – March 193958 specimens · 8 stops · 34 days · 540 km
Otto Degener
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · Dec 1939 – Jan 1940
Otto Degener in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, December 1939 – January 194046 specimens · 12 stops · 36 days · 254 km
R. Masuhara
Kauaʻi · Dec 1930 – Jan 1931
R. Masuhara in Kauaʻi, December 1930 – January 193159 specimens · 8 stops · 15 days
W. Wong
Kauaʻi · Dec 1930 – Jan 1931
W. Wong in Kauaʻi, December 1930 – January 193159 specimens · 8 stops · 15 days
J.C. Lindsay
Kauaʻi · Dec 1930 – Jan 1931
J.C. Lindsay in Kauaʻi, December 1930 – January 193159 specimens · 8 stops · 15 days
Marie Catherine Neal
Kauaʻi and Babeldaob Island · 7–21 Aug 1936
Marie Catherine Neal in Kauaʻi and Babeldaob Island, 7–21 August 193651 specimens · 7 stops · 15 days
V.M. Oliveira
Kauaʻi · 24–28 Dec 1933
V.M. Oliveira in Kauaʻi, 24–28 December 193356 specimens · 4 stops · 5 days
Fosberg F. Raymond
Kauaʻi · 25–30 Dec 1933
Fosberg F. Raymond in Kauaʻi, 25–30 December 193369 specimens · 2 stops · 6 days · 35 km
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.