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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. 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

Charles Montague Cooke Jr. 7 Others

3 islands · May – Jun 1934

Charles Montague Cooke Jr. 7 Others in Pitcairn Island, Tauna and Henderson Island, May – June 1934

148 specimens · 4 stops · 18 days · 834 km

L.D. Whitney

Hawaiʻi Island · 1–14 Apr 1936

L.D. Whitney in Hawaiʻi Island, 1–14 April 1936

96 specimens · 12 stops · 14 days

E.P. Hume

Kauaʻi · Dec 1930 – Jan 1931

E.P. Hume in Kauaʻi, December 1930 – January 1931

103 specimens · 10 stops · 15 days · 131 km

S.B. Bloembergen

7 islands of Indonesia · Jul – Oct 1939

S.B. Bloembergen across 7 islands of Indonesia, July – October 1939

57 specimens · 29 stops · 90 days

Edward Yataro Hosaka

Kauaʻi · Dec 1930 – Jan 1931

Edward Yataro Hosaka in Kauaʻi, December 1930 – January 1931

101 specimens · 10 stops · 15 days · 131 km

H.H. Bartlett

5 islands of the Philippines · Jul – Oct 1935

H.H. Bartlett across 5 islands of the Philippines, July – October 1935

68 specimens · 15 stops · 120 days · 1,945 km

Leonard J. Brass

New Guinea · May – Aug 1933

Leonard J. Brass in New Guinea, May – August 1933

76 specimens · 12 stops · 100 days · 870 km

Edward Yataro Hosaka

3 islands of the United States · 12–26 Apr 1938

Edward Yataro Hosaka in Lānaʻi, Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, 12–26 April 1938

135 specimens · 5 stops · 15 days · 235 km

Harold St.John

Molokaʻi and Oʻahu · Dec 1938 – Jan 1939

Harold St.John in Molokaʻi and Oʻahu, December 1938 – January 1939

125 specimens · 5 stops · 20 days · 101 km

A. Meebold

Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · Apr – May 1932

A. Meebold in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, April – May 1932

147 specimens · 3 stops · 31 days · 230 km

Neth. Ind. For. Service

4 islands of Indonesia · Jan – Apr 1937

Neth. Ind. For. Service, January – April 1937

59 specimens · 20 stops · 92 days · 8,980 km

E.A. Bessey

Oʻahu · Sep 1939 – Mar 1940

E.A. Bessey in Oʻahu, September 1939 – March 1940

86 specimens · 33 stops · 202 days · 903 km

Donald Mitchell

Hawaiʻi Island · 21–31 Dec 1931

Donald Mitchell in Hawaiʻi Island, 21–31 December 1931

105 specimens · 8 stops · 11 days

Malacology Staff

Oʻahu · Jul – Aug 1939

Malacology Staff, July – August 1939

184 specimens · 2 stops · 27 days · 28 km

Hume Wilder

Oʻahu · Jan – Apr 1931

Hume Wilder in Oʻahu, January – April 1931

83 specimens · 7 stops · 89 days · 646 km

Jane Lathrop Winne

Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · Dec 1935 – Feb 1936

Jane Lathrop Winne in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, December 1935 – February 1936

121 specimens · 4 stops · 33 days · 603 km

van Steenis

4 islands · 1–17 Apr 1936

van Steenis across 4 islands, 1–17 April 1936

83 specimens · 12 stops · 17 days

Gunder E. Olson

Maui · Jun – Aug 1937

Gunder E. Olson in Maui, June – August 1937

70 specimens · 12 stops · 66 days · 148 km

Edward Yataro Hosaka

Maui and Molokaʻi · 8–24 Apr 1937

Edward Yataro Hosaka in Maui and Molokaʻi, 8–24 April 1937

93 specimens · 9 stops · 17 days · 286 km

T.A. Jaggar Jr

Niuafo'Ou Island · Aug – Oct 1930

T.A. Jaggar Jr in Niuafo'Ou Island, August – October 1930

100 specimens · 8 stops · 34 days

Donald Anderson

Oʻahu · May – Jun 1938

Donald Anderson in Oʻahu, May – June 1938

178 specimens · 2 stops · 21 days · 43 km

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.

Kahoʻolawe and Maui · 1–19 Feb 1931

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Kahoʻolawe and Maui, 1–19 February 1931

102 specimens · 9 stops · 19 days · 26 km

Edward Yataro Hosaka

3 islands of the United States · 4–26 Apr 1939

Edward Yataro Hosaka in Maui, Hawaiʻi Island and Lānaʻi, 4–26 April 1939

69 specimens · 14 stops · 23 days · 337 km

Daud

Borneo and Sarawak · Jul – Oct 1938

Daud in Borneo and Sarawak, July – October 1938

50 specimens · 23 stops · 84 days

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.