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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. 114 journeys so far, 1940 to 1950, 26,699 specimens between them.

61 collectors and expeditions2,417 days in the field747,695 km between stops18,447 photographed specimens

H.H. Bartlett

Hispaniola · May – Jun 1941

H.H. Bartlett in Hispaniola, May – June 1941

57 specimens · 6 stops · 32 days

G. Cottam

Molokaʻi · 19–27 Dec 1948

G. Cottam in Molokaʻi, 19–27 December 1948

83 specimens · 4 stops · 9 days · 71 km

Isabelle Abbott

Marthas Vineyard · Jul – Aug 1947

Isabelle Abbott in Marthas Vineyard, July – August 1947

42 specimens · 12 stops · 41 days

Donald P. Rogers

Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · Feb – Mar 1946

Donald P. Rogers in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, February – March 1946

44 specimens · 9 stops · 35 days · 826 km

R.W. Krauss

Maui and Oʻahu · Aug – Sep 1948

R.W. Krauss in Maui and Oʻahu, August – September 1948

45 specimens · 8 stops · 38 days · 351 km

Annie Montague Alexander

3 islands of the United States · Apr – May 1948

Annie Montague Alexander in Maui, Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island, April – May 1948

48 specimens · 6 stops · 31 days · 484 km

L. Kellogg

3 islands of the United States · Apr – May 1948

L. Kellogg in Maui, Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island, April – May 1948

47 specimens · 6 stops · 31 days · 484 km

N.E. Morton

Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · Dec 1949 – Jan 1950

N.E. Morton in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, December 1949 – January 1950

46 specimens · 6 stops · 20 days · 230 km

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.

Grande-Terre and New Caledonia · Jun – Aug 1949

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Grande-Terre and New Caledonia, June – August 1949

65 specimens · 5 stops · 36 days

W.H. Hatheway

Hawaiʻi Island · Dec 1949 – Jan 1950

W.H. Hatheway in Hawaiʻi Island, December 1949 – January 1950

51 specimens · 5 stops · 11 days

M.L. Lohman

Oʻahu and Maui · Sep – Oct 1949

M.L. Lohman in Oʻahu and Maui, September – October 1949

43 specimens · 7 stops · 39 days · 226 km

Giffen

Guadalcanal and Viti Levu · Nov 1947 – Jan 1948

Giffen in Guadalcanal and Viti Levu, November 1947 – January 1948

55 specimens · 8 stops · 39 days

John W. Moore

Oʻahu · Apr – May 1945

John W. Moore in Oʻahu, April – May 1945

107 specimens · 2 stops · 11 days

Harold St.John

Oʻahu · 5–12 Dec 1943

Harold St.John in Oʻahu, 5–12 December 1943

65 specimens · 2 stops · 8 days

L. Frederick

Hawaiʻi Island · Dec 1946 – Jan 1947

L. Frederick in Hawaiʻi Island, December 1946 – January 1947

46 specimens · 4 stops · 6 days

J. Garnic

the United States · 12–18 Aug 1947

J. Garnic in the United States, 12–18 August 1947

64 specimens · 2 stops · 7 days

W. Harry Lange

Saipan · Mar – Apr 1948

W. Harry Lange in Saipan, March – April 1948

47 specimens · 2 stops · 33 days · 126 km

Elwood Curtin Zimmerman

Oʻahu · 1–19 Mar 1942

Elwood Curtin Zimmerman in Oʻahu, 1–19 March 1942

65 specimens · 2 stops · 19 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.