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. 143 journeys so far, 1940 to 1950, 30,990 specimens between them.
79 collectors and expeditions2,664 days in the field772,449 km between stops22,502 photographed specimens
143 journeys match
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
Maxwell S. Doty
9 islands of the United States · Jun – Sep 1946
Maxwell S. Doty across 9 islands of the United States, June – September 1946216 specimens · 29 stops · 83 days
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
Maxwell S. Doty
the United States · Jun – Aug 1943
Maxwell S. Doty in the United States, June – August 1943206 specimens · 28 stops · 70 days
R.S. Cowan
3 islands · Dec 1946 – Jan 1947
R.S. Cowan in Hawaiʻi Island, Ebon Atoll and Kauaʻi, December 1946 – January 1947243 specimens · 15 stops · 44 days · 4,673 km
J.T. Conover
3 islands · May – Dec 1945
J.T. Conover in Okinawa, Luzon and Saipan, May – December 1945141 specimens · 32 stops · 207 days · 4,946 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
John T. Buchholz
New Caledonia and Viti Levu · Aug 1947 – Jan 1948
John T. Buchholz in New Caledonia and Viti Levu, August 1947 – January 1948157 specimens · 43 stops · 134 days · 1,760 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
Wm. R. Taylor
14 islands · Feb – May 1949
Wm. R. Taylor across 14 islands, February – May 1949133 specimens · 35 stops · 98 days
R.S. Cowan
Kauaʻi · Dec 1947 – Jan 1948
R.S. Cowan in Kauaʻi, December 1947 – January 1948203 specimens · 12 stops · 20 days
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
F. Raymond Fosberg
Oʻahu and Molokaʻi · Feb – Apr 1948
F. Raymond Fosberg in Oʻahu and Molokaʻi, February – April 1948132 specimens · 15 stops · 71 days · 524 km
Maxwell S. Doty
Penikese · Jun – Sep 1947
Maxwell S. Doty in Penikese, June – September 1947123 specimens · 22 stops · 86 days
Clarence C.Y. Wong
6 islands of Micronesia · Sep – Nov 1947
Clarence C.Y. Wong across 6 islands of Micronesia, September – November 1947201 specimens · 8 stops · 57 days
Harold St.John
11 islands · Jul – Aug 1949
Harold St.John across 11 islands, July – August 1949180 specimens · 15 stops · 30 days · 6,890 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.