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. 52 journeys so far, 1940 to 1950, 14,732 specimens between them.
26 collectors and expeditions1,192 days in the field452,475 km between stops10,674 photographed specimens
52 journeys match
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo
23 islands · May – Dec 1949
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo across 23 islands, May – December 19492,551 specimens · 57 stops · 218 days · 71,593 km
F. Raymond Fosberg
56 islands · Apr – Nov 1946
F. Raymond Fosberg across 56 islands, April – November 19462,439 specimens · 102 stops · 209 days · 105,682 km
Donald Anderson
22 islands · Aug 1949 – Mar 1950
Donald Anderson across 22 islands, August 1949 – March 19501,249 specimens · 70 stops · 211 days · 151,545 km
Otto Degener
6 islands of the United States · Apr – Sep 1949
Otto Degener across 6 islands of the United States, April – September 1949517 specimens · 50 stops · 133 days · 1,742 km
R.L. Wilbur
3 islands of the United States · Nov 1947 – Apr 1948
R.L. Wilbur in Kauaʻi, Molokaʻi and Oʻahu, November 1947 – April 1948420 specimens · 33 stops · 176 days · 1,115 km
Harold St.John
13 islands · Jul – Nov 1946
Harold St.John across 13 islands, July – November 1946590 specimens · 27 stops · 120 days · 9,900 km
Grady L. Webster
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · Nov 1947 – Apr 1948
Grady L. Webster in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, November 1947 – April 1948329 specimens · 34 stops · 176 days · 1,112 km
Harold St.John
Maui and Oʻahu · Aug – Nov 1945
Harold St.John in Maui and Oʻahu, August – November 1945369 specimens · 21 stops · 107 days · 649 km
T. Murashige
6 islands of the United States · May – Sep 1949
T. Murashige across 6 islands of the United States, May – September 1949317 specimens · 39 stops · 99 days · 1,334 km
A.L.M. Mitchell
Maui and Oʻahu · Jul – Sep 1945
A.L.M. Mitchell in Maui and Oʻahu, July – September 1945333 specimens · 17 stops · 63 days · 423 km
Harold St.John
5 islands · Sep 1947 – Jan 1948
Harold St.John across 5 islands, September 1947 – January 1948276 specimens · 21 stops · 126 days · 13,296 km
Wm. R. Taylor
6 islands · Feb – Aug 1946
Wm. R. Taylor across 6 islands, February – August 1946242 specimens · 52 stops · 156 days · 5,901 km
Harold St.John
7 islands · Dec 1946 – Feb 1947
Harold St.John across 7 islands, December 1946 – February 1947291 specimens · 17 stops · 67 days · 4,927 km
Donald Anderson
Oʻahu · Feb – Apr 1940
Donald Anderson in Oʻahu, February – April 1940392 specimens · 5 stops · 81 days · 410 km
Donald P. Rogers
11 islands · Apr – Sep 1946
Donald P. Rogers across 11 islands, April – September 1946275 specimens · 28 stops · 162 days · 6,269 km
Donald P. Rogers
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · Oct 1946 – Jan 1947
Donald P. Rogers in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, October 1946 – January 1947224 specimens · 21 stops · 87 days · 818 km
M.L. Lohman
3 islands of the United States · Jun – Sep 1948
M.L. Lohman in Maui, Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, June – September 1948245 specimens · 33 stops · 83 days · 1,064 km
Harold St.John
15 islands · Dec 1945 – May 1946
Harold St.John across 15 islands, December 1945 – May 1946194 specimens · 23 stops · 147 days · 16,487 km
Grady L. Webster
3 islands of the United States · May – Jul 1948
Grady L. Webster in Maui, Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, May – July 1948193 specimens · 17 stops · 44 days · 594 km
R.L. Wilbur
3 islands of the United States · May – Jul 1948
R.L. Wilbur in Maui, Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, May – July 1948191 specimens · 17 stops · 44 days · 594 km
Otto Degener
4 islands · Dec 1949 – May 1950
Otto Degener across 4 islands, December 1949 – May 1950142 specimens · 27 stops · 159 days · 1,031 km
Harold St.John
3 islands of the United States · Dec 1948 – Jan 1949
Harold St.John in Molokaʻi, Niʻihau and Oʻahu, December 1948 – January 1949219 specimens · 8 stops · 25 days · 490 km
Harold St.John
5 islands · Jun – Aug 1947
Harold St.John across 5 islands, June – August 1947162 specimens · 13 stops · 63 days · 23,782 km
Otto Degener
3 islands of the United States · Oct 1948 – Apr 1949
Otto Degener in Maui, Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, October 1948 – April 1949115 specimens · 24 stops · 160 days · 1,125 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.