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. 148 journeys so far, 1940 to 1950, 31,508 specimens between them.
80 collectors and expeditions2,738 days in the field772,449 km between stops22,502 photographed specimens
148 journeys match
Harold St.John
3 islands · Mar – Apr 1949
Harold St.John in Niʻihau, Nihoa and Enewetak Atoll, March – April 1949101 specimens · 4 stops · 14 days · 4,437 km
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo
Oʻahu · Jul – Aug 1940
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo in Oʻahu, July – August 1940132 specimens · 2 stops · 23 days · 53 km
Vera Santos
Mexico · Aug – Sep 1941
Vera Santos in Mexico, August – September 194193 specimens · 16 stops · 46 days
T. Hosokawa
Pohnpei and Ponape · Aug – Sep 1940
T. Hosokawa in Pohnpei and Ponape, August – September 194059 specimens · 18 stops · 41 days
T. Hosokawa
5 islands · Jul – Sep 1941
T. Hosokawa across 5 islands, July – September 194162 specimens · 13 stops · 56 days · 829 km
M.L. Lohman
3 islands of the United States · Feb – Jun 1948
M.L. Lohman in Oʻahu, Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island, February – June 194867 specimens · 21 stops · 125 days · 682 km
Philip Weber
Jun – Jul 1949
Philip Weber, June – July 1949126 specimens · 6 stops · 47 days
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
Kauaʻi · Jul – Aug 1940
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Kauaʻi, July – August 194074 specimens · 8 stops · 11 days
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H.F. Clay
Maui and Oʻahu · Dec 1948 – Jan 1949
H.F. Clay in Maui and Oʻahu, December 1948 – January 194949 specimens · 13 stops · 40 days · 311 km
James Lester Allen
Oʻahu · Jul – Aug 1948
James Lester Allen in Oʻahu, July – August 194855 specimens · 7 stops · 48 days · 420 km
John T. Buchholz
3 islands · Feb – Mar 1948
John T. Buchholz in New Caledonia, Isle Of Pines and New Guinea, February – March 194862 specimens · 13 stops · 51 days
Aloisio Tabualewa
Viti Levu · Jun – Jul 1941
Aloisio Tabualewa in Viti Levu, June – July 194175 specimens · 8 stops · 36 days
M.E. Kerr
Hawaiʻi Island and Maui · Aug – Sep 1949
M.E. Kerr in Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, August – September 194962 specimens · 9 stops · 12 days · 21 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
M. Nishimoto
Oʻahu · Mar – May 1945
M. Nishimoto in Oʻahu, March – May 194545 specimens · 9 stops · 71 days
Maxwell S. Doty
the United States · 2–9 Jul 1944
Maxwell S. Doty in the United States, 2–9 July 194471 specimens · 8 stops · 8 days
W.J. Semmens
Oʻahu · Jun – Jul 1940
W.J. Semmens in Oʻahu, June – July 194066 specimens · 4 stops · 40 days · 266 km
Maxwell S. Doty
the United States · Dec 1941 – Mar 1942
Maxwell S. Doty in the United States, December 1941 – March 194253 specimens · 11 stops · 76 days
Harold St.John
Hawaiʻi Island and Kauaʻi · Dec 1949 – Jan 1950
Harold St.John in Hawaiʻi Island and Kauaʻi, December 1949 – January 195063 specimens · 6 stops · 13 days · 450 km
H.H. Bartlett
Hispaniola · May – Jun 1941
H.H. Bartlett in Hispaniola, May – June 194157 specimens · 6 stops · 32 days
G. Cottam
Molokaʻi · 19–27 Dec 1948
G. Cottam in Molokaʻi, 19–27 December 194883 specimens · 4 stops · 9 days · 71 km
Isabelle Abbott
Marthas Vineyard · Jul – Aug 1947
Isabelle Abbott in Marthas Vineyard, July – August 194742 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 194644 specimens · 9 stops · 35 days · 826 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.