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. 35 journeys so far, 1950 to 1960, 6,354 specimens between them.
19 collectors and expeditions714 days in the field133,512 km between stops4,438 photographed specimens
35 journeys match
Otto Degener
5 islands of the United States · Dec 1951 – Apr 1952
Otto Degener across 5 islands of the United States, December 1951 – April 1952648 specimens · 45 stops · 108 days · 1,141 km
F. Raymond Fosberg
21 islands · Nov 1951 – Apr 1952
F. Raymond Fosberg across 21 islands, November 1951 – April 1952672 specimens · 57 stops · 145 days · 13,644 km
Ruth D. Svihla
4 islands of the United States · Dec 1955 – Mar 1956
Ruth D. Svihla across 4 islands of the United States, December 1955 – March 1956745 specimens · 28 stops · 82 days · 1,225 km
Benjamin C. Stone
20 islands · Sep 1957 – Feb 1958
Benjamin C. Stone across 20 islands, September 1957 – February 1958507 specimens · 64 stops · 154 days · 21,480 km
Otto Degener
6 islands · Jun 1950 – Jan 1951
Otto Degener across 6 islands, June 1950 – January 1951256 specimens · 41 stops · 236 days · 2,367 km
Harold St.John
4 islands of the United States · Sep 1952 – Feb 1953
Harold St.John across 4 islands of the United States, September 1952 – February 1953271 specimens · 28 stops · 151 days · 1,245 km
Benjamin C. Stone
13 islands · Nov 1955 – Feb 1956
Benjamin C. Stone across 13 islands, November 1955 – February 1956233 specimens · 36 stops · 93 days · 11,844 km
Harold St.John
7 islands · Nov – Dec 1953
Harold St.John across 7 islands, November – December 1953254 specimens · 14 stops · 33 days · 9,010 km
Harold St.John
4 islands of the United States · Nov 1954 – Feb 1955
Harold St.John across 4 islands of the United States, November 1954 – February 1955193 specimens · 22 stops · 97 days · 1,375 km
Benjamin C. Stone
3 islands of the United States · Jun – Aug 1955
Benjamin C. Stone in Kauaʻi, Lānaʻi and Oʻahu, June – August 1955209 specimens · 13 stops · 62 days · 841 km
Alvin K. Chock
3 islands of the United States · Dec 1951 – Mar 1952
Alvin K. Chock in Maui, Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, December 1951 – March 1952166 specimens · 19 stops · 99 days · 1,160 km
W.J. Gilbert
5 islands of the United States · Feb – Jun 1959
W.J. Gilbert across 5 islands of the United States, February – June 1959116 specimens · 37 stops · 105 days · 3,345 km
T. Matsui
5 islands of the United States · Feb – Sep 1959
T. Matsui across 5 islands of the United States, February – September 1959149 specimens · 23 stops · 206 days · 3,203 km
Alvin K. Chock
Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Sep 1953
Alvin K. Chock in Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island, July – September 1953163 specimens · 14 stops · 46 days
Harold St.John
16 islands · Jun – Aug 1956
Harold St.John across 16 islands, June – August 1956140 specimens · 31 stops · 69 days · 26,065 km
Benjamin C. Stone
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · Dec 1956 – Jan 1957
Benjamin C. Stone in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, December 1956 – January 1957156 specimens · 7 stops · 12 days
H.A. Woolford
4 islands of the United States · 1–31 Dec 1954
H.A. Woolford across 4 islands of the United States, 1–31 December 1954116 specimens · 10 stops · 31 days
Harold St.John
4 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1955
Harold St.John across 4 islands of the United States, June – July 195596 specimens · 11 stops · 34 days · 411 km
John W. Beardsley
Kauaʻi · Jul – Aug 1959
John W. Beardsley in Kauaʻi, July – August 1959172 specimens · 9 stops · 61 days
Otto Degener
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · Aug – Oct 1955
Otto Degener in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, August – October 195581 specimens · 12 stops · 49 days · 219 km
Maxwell S. Doty
5 islands · Jun – Oct 1959
Maxwell S. Doty across 5 islands, June – October 1959110 specimens · 16 stops · 108 days · 14,276 km
Arthur Greenwell
Kauaʻi · 4–19 Jan 1952
Arthur Greenwell in Kauaʻi, 4–19 January 195281 specimens · 11 stops · 16 days
Benjamin C. Stone
4 islands · Nov 1959 – Jan 1960
Benjamin C. Stone across 4 islands, November 1959 – January 196069 specimens · 11 stops · 48 days · 4,760 km
Maxwell S. Doty
4 islands of the United States · Oct – Dec 1955
Maxwell S. Doty across 4 islands of the United States, October – December 195578 specimens · 10 stops · 80 days · 1,239 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.