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



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 1934148 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 193696 specimens · 12 stops · 14 days

E.P. Hume
Kauaʻi · Dec 1930 – Jan 1931
E.P. Hume in Kauaʻi, December 1930 – January 1931103 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 193957 specimens · 29 stops · 90 days

Edward Yataro Hosaka
Kauaʻi · Dec 1930 – Jan 1931
Edward Yataro Hosaka in Kauaʻi, December 1930 – January 1931101 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 193568 specimens · 15 stops · 120 days · 1,945 km
Leonard J. Brass
New Guinea · May – Aug 1933
Leonard J. Brass in New Guinea, May – August 193376 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 1938135 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 1939125 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 1932147 specimens · 3 stops · 31 days · 230 km
Neth. Ind. For. Service
4 islands of Indonesia · Jan – Apr 1937
Neth. Ind. For. Service, January – April 193759 specimens · 20 stops · 92 days · 8,980 km
E.A. Bessey
Oʻahu · Sep 1939 – Mar 1940
E.A. Bessey in Oʻahu, September 1939 – March 194086 specimens · 33 stops · 202 days · 903 km
Donald Mitchell
Hawaiʻi Island · 21–31 Dec 1931
Donald Mitchell in Hawaiʻi Island, 21–31 December 1931105 specimens · 8 stops · 11 days



Malacology Staff
Oʻahu · Jul – Aug 1939
Malacology Staff, July – August 1939184 specimens · 2 stops · 27 days · 28 km



Hume Wilder
Oʻahu · Jan – Apr 1931
Hume Wilder in Oʻahu, January – April 193183 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 1936121 specimens · 4 stops · 33 days · 603 km
van Steenis
4 islands · 1–17 Apr 1936
van Steenis across 4 islands, 1–17 April 193683 specimens · 12 stops · 17 days
Gunder E. Olson
Maui · Jun – Aug 1937
Gunder E. Olson in Maui, June – August 193770 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 193793 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 1930100 specimens · 8 stops · 34 days



Donald Anderson
Oʻahu · May – Jun 1938
Donald Anderson in Oʻahu, May – June 1938178 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 1931102 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 193969 specimens · 14 stops · 23 days · 337 km
Daud
Borneo and Sarawak · Jul – Oct 1938
Daud in Borneo and Sarawak, July – October 193850 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.
