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. 58 journeys so far, 1940 to 1950, 16,186 specimens between them.
37 collectors and expeditions994 days in the field381,778 km between stops12,928 photographed specimens
58 journeys match
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo
Oʻahu · Mar – Jun 1946
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo in Oʻahu, March – June 1946124 specimens · 6 stops · 65 days · 506 km
Lynette Williams
3 islands of New Caledonia · Aug – Sep 1940
Lynette Williams in New Caledonia, Grande-Terre and Grande Terre, August – September 1940126 specimens · 8 stops · 42 days
K. Atoda
11 islands · Jan – Feb 1940
K. Atoda across 11 islands, January – February 1940163 specimens · 3 stops · 33 days · 1,286 km
S. Hatai
11 islands · Jan – Feb 1940
S. Hatai across 11 islands, January – February 1940163 specimens · 3 stops · 33 days · 1,286 km
K. Atoda
8 islands · Apr – May 1940
K. Atoda across 8 islands, April – May 1940206 specimens · 2 stops · 32 days · 12 km
S. Hatai
8 islands · Apr – May 1940
S. Hatai across 8 islands, April – May 1940206 specimens · 2 stops · 32 days · 12 km
George F. Arnemann
4 islands · Jan – Feb 1947
George F. Arnemann across 4 islands, January – February 1947145 specimens · 4 stops · 22 days · 256 km
Smithsonian Institution
4 islands · Feb – Aug 1946
Smithsonian Institution, February – August 194658 specimens · 21 stops · 166 days · 3,062 km
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo
Oʻahu and Kauaʻi · Jan – Mar 1947
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo in Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, January – March 194792 specimens · 7 stops · 70 days · 539 km
Lieut. David F. Grether
3 islands · 2–28 Jul 1946
Lieut. David F. Grether in Manus Island, Rota and Los Negros, 2–28 July 194699 specimens · 6 stops · 27 days · 3,715 km
Elwood Curtin Zimmerman
Maui · Apr – May 1945
Elwood Curtin Zimmerman in Maui, April – May 1945146 specimens · 7 stops · 15 days · 43 km
Edward Yataro Hosaka
Hawaiʻi Island · 11–19 Jun 1941
Edward Yataro Hosaka in Hawaiʻi Island, 11–19 June 1941127 specimens · 3 stops · 9 days · 165 km
Edward Y. Hosaka
Saipan and Tinian · Jun – Jul 1946
Edward Y. Hosaka in Saipan and Tinian, June – July 1946137 specimens · 2 stops · 22 days · 188 km
J.P.E. Morrison
4 islands · Feb – Jul 1946
J.P.E. Morrison across 4 islands, February – July 194641 specimens · 17 stops · 153 days · 2,863 km
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo
Oʻahu · Jul – Aug 1940
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo in Oʻahu, July – August 1940132 specimens · 2 stops · 23 days · 53 km
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
Kauaʻi · Jul – Aug 1940
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Kauaʻi, July – August 194074 specimens · 8 stops · 11 days
James Lester Allen
Oʻahu · Jul – Aug 1948
James Lester Allen in Oʻahu, July – August 194855 specimens · 7 stops · 48 days · 420 km
Lynette Williams
4 islands of New Caledonia · Oct – Nov 1940
Lynette Williams across 4 islands of New Caledonia, October – November 194060 specimens · 7 stops · 29 days · 3,339 km
Katherine Luomala
Tabiteuea and Onotoa · Oct – Dec 1948
Katherine Luomala in Tabiteuea and Onotoa, October – December 194862 specimens · 10 stops · 58 days
W.J. Semmens
Oʻahu · Jun – Jul 1940
W.J. Semmens in Oʻahu, June – July 194066 specimens · 4 stops · 40 days · 266 km
David A. Walker
Oʻahu · 4–27 Jul 1947
David A. Walker in Oʻahu, 4–27 July 194765 specimens · 3 stops · 24 days · 251 km
George F. Arnemann
Kauaʻi and Maui · May – Jun 1946
George F. Arnemann in Kauaʻi and Maui, May – June 194679 specimens · 2 stops · 27 days · 338 km
George F. Arnemann
Kauaʻi and Maui · Jul – Aug 1946
George F. Arnemann in Kauaʻi and Maui, July – August 194659 specimens · 3 stops · 25 days · 422 km
Rokuro Yamaguchi
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · Aug – Sep 1940
Rokuro Yamaguchi in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, August – September 194075 specimens · 2 stops · 21 days · 319 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.