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
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo
Oʻahu · Mar – Apr 1948
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo in Oʻahu, March – April 1948164 specimens · 7 stops · 37 days · 934 km
J.T. Conover
Okinawa · Feb – Mar 1946
J.T. Conover in Okinawa, February – March 1946138 specimens · 13 stops · 24 days
Donald Anderson
Oʻahu · Jul – Sep 1940
Donald Anderson in Oʻahu, July – September 1940225 specimens · 3 stops · 64 days · 160 km
E.Y. Dawson
8 islands · May – Jun 1949
E.Y. Dawson across 8 islands, May – June 1949127 specimens · 14 stops · 29 days
M.L. Lohman
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · Oct 1947 – Jan 1948
M.L. Lohman in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, October 1947 – January 1948173 specimens · 19 stops · 67 days · 763 km
David F. Grether
5 islands · Jul – Aug 1946
David F. Grether across 5 islands, July – August 1946121 specimens · 10 stops · 38 days · 37,731 km
Maxwell S. Doty
Squaw · Jun – Sep 1940
Maxwell S. Doty in Squaw, June – September 194086 specimens · 31 stops · 103 days
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss
4 islands of the United States · Oct – Dec 1947
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss across 4 islands of the United States, October – December 1947188 specimens · 15 stops · 40 days · 52 km
Clarence C.Y. Wong
Yap and Gagil-Tamil · Jan – Mar 1948
Clarence C.Y. Wong in Yap and Gagil-Tamil, January – March 1948307 specimens · 2 stops · 67 days · 871 km
Varnum Dennis Phillip Spicer
Kiritimati and Oʻahu · 1–17 Jun 1943
Varnum Dennis Phillip Spicer in Kiritimati and Oʻahu, 1–17 June 1943266 specimens · 2 stops · 17 days · 2,184 km
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
Clarence C.Y. Wong
8 islands of Micronesia · Jul – Aug 1946
Clarence C.Y. Wong across 8 islands of Micronesia, July – August 1946151 specimens · 7 stops · 50 days · 1,399 km
Maxwell S. Doty
5 islands of the United States · Jun – Aug 1948
Maxwell S. Doty across 5 islands of the United States, June – August 194874 specimens · 22 stops · 82 days
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
11 islands · Jan – Feb 1940
K. Atoda across 11 islands, January – February 1940163 specimens · 3 stops · 33 days · 1,286 km
S. Hatai
8 islands · Apr – May 1940
S. Hatai across 8 islands, April – May 1940206 specimens · 2 stops · 32 days · 12 km
K. Atoda
8 islands · Apr – May 1940
K. Atoda 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
Carl Skottsberg
6 islands of the United States · Jan – Apr 1948
Carl Skottsberg across 6 islands of the United States, January – April 194875 specimens · 25 stops · 88 days · 1,565 km
Maxwell S. Doty
Squaw · Jun – Aug 1941
Maxwell S. Doty in Squaw, June – August 194165 specimens · 21 stops · 74 days
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
David F. Grether
9 islands · Oct – Dec 1945
David F. Grether across 9 islands, October – December 194575 specimens · 15 stops · 36 days · 6,774 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.