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. 273 journeys so far, 1930 to 1940, 124,527 specimens between them.
148 collectors and expeditions5,326 days in the field971,237 km between stops113,490 photographed specimens
273 journeys match
J.G. McAllister
Oʻahu · Jun – Aug 1930
J.G. McAllister in Oʻahu, June – August 1930169 specimens · 9 stops · 79 days · 599 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
T. Cora
Oʻahu · Jun – Aug 1930
T. Cora in Oʻahu, June – August 1930168 specimens · 9 stops · 79 days · 599 km
McAllister
Oʻahu · Jun – Aug 1930
McAllister in Oʻahu, June – August 1930168 specimens · 9 stops · 79 days · 599 km
P. Longley
Hawaiʻi Island · 19–31 Dec 1937
P. Longley in Hawaiʻi Island, 19–31 December 1937209 specimens · 9 stops · 13 days
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
Marie Catherine Neal
Hawaiʻi Island · 6–19 Aug 1935
Marie Catherine Neal in Hawaiʻi Island, 6–19 August 1935200 specimens · 10 stops · 14 days · 24 km
Edmund J. Meadows
Oʻahu · Mar – Apr 1938
Edmund J. Meadows in Oʻahu, March – April 1938314 specimens · 3 stops · 20 days · 307 km
Charles Montague Cooke Jr. 7 Others
3 islands · Sep – Oct 1934
Charles Montague Cooke Jr. 7 Others in Raiatea, Moorea and Tahiti, September – October 1934311 specimens · 3 stops · 18 days · 225 km
J.C. Chapin
15 islands · Oct 1934 – Jan 1935
J.C. Chapin across 15 islands, October 1934 – January 1935125 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 1937284 specimens · 3 stops · 32 days · 258 km
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C.E. Hartt
Hawaiʻi Island · 6–19 Aug 1935
C.E. Hartt in Hawaiʻi Island, 6–19 August 1935192 specimens · 10 stops · 14 days · 24 km
Joseph E. Alicata
Oʻahu · Nov 1935 – Mar 1936
Joseph E. Alicata in Oʻahu, November 1935 – March 193697 specimens · 29 stops · 106 days · 1,315 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
J.W. Coulter
3 islands of the United States · 1–29 Dec 1932
J.W. Coulter in Molokaʻi, Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, 1–29 December 1932180 specimens · 7 stops · 29 days · 28 km
Harold St.John
Oʻahu · Apr – Jul 1932
Harold St.John in Oʻahu, April – July 1932114 specimens · 14 stops · 120 days · 259 km
Donald Anderson
Oʻahu and Molokaʻi · May – Jul 1933
Donald Anderson in Oʻahu and Molokaʻi, May – July 1933238 specimens · 3 stops · 54 days · 137 km
Owen Bryant
Maui · Feb – Apr 1932
Owen Bryant in Maui, February – April 1932216 specimens · 15 stops · 62 days
W.J. Lutjeharms
Sumatra and Sumbawa · May – Jul 1936
W.J. Lutjeharms in Sumatra and Sumbawa, May – July 193693 specimens · 26 stops · 82 days
Glen W. Russ
Molokaʻi · 1–13 Dec 1932
Glen W. Russ in Molokaʻi, 1–13 December 1932236 specimens · 4 stops · 13 days · 35 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
Kohndo Gessler
4 islands · Sep – Oct 1934
Kohndo Gessler across 4 islands, September – October 1934181 specimens · 5 stops · 34 days · 240 km
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
7 islands · Mar – Apr 1935
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. across 7 islands, March – April 1935175 specimens · 12 stops · 27 days · 12,205 km
Edwin G. Burrows
4 islands · Apr – Jun 1932
Edwin G. Burrows across 4 islands, April – June 1932190 specimens · 4 stops · 44 days · 4,532 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.