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
Donald Anderson
Oʻahu · 1–15 Apr 1938
Donald Anderson in Oʻahu, 1–15 April 1938318 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 1938150 specimens · 7 stops · 31 days · 188 km
Marie Catherine Neal
4 islands · Jul – Aug 1933
Marie Catherine Neal across 4 islands, July – August 1933137 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 1937114 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 1935176 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 1932154 specimens · 8 stops · 14 days · 67 km
Neth. Ind. For. Service
11 islands · Feb – Aug 1938
Neth. Ind. For. Service, February – August 193863 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 1938131 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 1931260 specimens · 2 stops · 28 days · 67 km
Otto Degener
Maui · Jul – Aug 1939
Otto Degener in Maui, July – August 193999 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 1932148 specimens · 8 stops · 47 days · 8,662 km
MacDonald
5 islands · May – Jun 1934
MacDonald across 5 islands, May – June 1934151 specimens · 5 stops · 26 days · 1,342 km
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
Oʻahu · May – Jun 1932
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Oʻahu, May – June 1932171 specimens · 4 stops · 31 days
Pacific Entomological Survey
Ua Pou and Hiva Oa · Oct – Dec 1931
Pacific Entomological Survey, October – December 1931233 specimens · 2 stops · 36 days · 125 km
E.Y. Hashimoto
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · Dec 1931 – Jan 1932
E.Y. Hashimoto in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, December 1931 – January 1932114 specimens · 10 stops · 21 days · 230 km
Edmund J. Meadows
Oʻahu · May – Jun 1938
Edmund J. Meadows in Oʻahu, May – June 1938156 specimens · 4 stops · 29 days · 312 km
Clarence H. Cooke Jr.
Maui and Kauaʻi · Apr – May 1933
Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Maui and Kauaʻi, April – May 1933183 specimens · 3 stops · 26 days · 348 km
Otto Degener
Oʻahu · Mar – Jun 1939
Otto Degener in Oʻahu, March – June 193977 specimens · 15 stops · 106 days · 315 km
Elsie Overstreet
4 islands · Sep – Nov 1937
Elsie Overstreet across 4 islands, September – November 193780 specimens · 17 stops · 48 days
Edward Yataro Hosaka
Hawaiʻi Island and Kauaʻi · Oct – Nov 1936
Edward Yataro Hosaka in Hawaiʻi Island and Kauaʻi, October – November 1936105 specimens · 9 stops · 33 days · 428 km
F.C. How
3 islands · Mar – Apr 1935
F.C. How in Hainan, Hainan Island and Hatutaa, March – April 1935132 specimens · 5 stops · 32 days
Ruth D. Svihla
Oʻahu and Maui · Jun – Aug 1934
Ruth D. Svihla in Oʻahu and Maui, June – August 1934152 specimens · 12 stops · 44 days · 191 km
D. Akana
Molokaʻi · 8–15 Aug 1933
D. Akana in Molokaʻi, 8–15 August 1933252 specimens · 2 stops · 8 days · 42 km
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
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.