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. 161 journeys so far, 1950 to 1960, 29,039 specimens between them.
72 collectors and expeditions3,687 days in the field855,830 km between stops19,771 photographed specimens
161 journeys match
Isa Degener
Lānaʻi and Oʻahu · Jul – Aug 1957
Isa Degener in Lānaʻi and Oʻahu, July – August 195795 specimens · 7 stops · 26 days · 398 km
A.S. Foster
New Caledonia · May – Jun 1956
A.S. Foster in New Caledonia, May – June 195676 specimens · 14 stops · 42 days
Arthur Greenwell
Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · Jun – Sep 1950
Arthur Greenwell in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, June – September 195061 specimens · 14 stops · 82 days · 230 km
J. Barrau
6 islands · Jan – Apr 1958
J. Barrau across 6 islands, January – April 195856 specimens · 22 stops · 81 days · 4,806 km
Johnson Randall
5 islands · Feb – May 1956
Johnson Randall across 5 islands, February – May 1956111 specimens · 14 stops · 108 days · 128 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
Benjamin C. Stone
3 islands · Mar – May 1956
Benjamin C. Stone in Oʻahu, Utirik Atoll and Pohnpei, March – May 195670 specimens · 9 stops · 71 days · 10,487 km
G.W. Gillett
the United States · Jul – Aug 1957
G.W. Gillett in the United States, July – August 195788 specimens · 5 stops · 51 days
W.A. Niering
5 islands of Micronesia · Jun – Sep 1954
W.A. Niering across 5 islands of Micronesia, June – September 195454 specimens · 21 stops · 75 days · 3,095 km
F. Raymond Fosberg
9 islands of the Marshall Islands · 4–15 Feb 1956
F. Raymond Fosberg across 9 islands of the Marshall Islands, 4–15 February 1956102 specimens · 11 stops · 12 days · 1,332 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
Johnson Randall
9 islands of French Polynesia · Feb – Jul 1957
Johnson Randall across 9 islands of French Polynesia, February – July 195786 specimens · 22 stops · 146 days · 1,617 km
S. Sako
3 islands of Japan · 14–26 Mar 1958
S. Sako in Okinoerabujima, Amami-Oshima and Okinawa, 14–26 March 195875 specimens · 10 stops · 13 days
Maxwell S. Doty
5 islands · Jan – May 1959
Maxwell S. Doty across 5 islands, January – May 195970 specimens · 17 stops · 110 days · 10,865 km
Benjamin C. Stone
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · 1–13 Aug 1959
Benjamin C. Stone in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, 1–13 August 195976 specimens · 9 stops · 13 days · 35 km
Harold St.John
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · Dec 1956 – Jan 1957
Harold St.John in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, December 1956 – January 195784 specimens · 8 stops · 14 days
Otto Degener
4 islands · Jan – Feb 1958
Otto Degener across 4 islands, January – February 195884 specimens · 20 stops · 41 days · 13,268 km
I.J. Condit
Oʻahu · Apr – May 1959
I.J. Condit in Oʻahu, April – May 195948 specimens · 17 stops · 58 days · 259 km
A.R.H. Lamberton
Hawaiʻi Island · Aug – Sep 1952
A.R.H. Lamberton in Hawaiʻi Island, August – September 195280 specimens · 8 stops · 12 days · 5 km
Judson Linsley Gressitt
New Guinea · Aug – Dec 1958
Judson Linsley Gressitt in New Guinea, August – December 195867 specimens · 26 stops · 110 days · 956 km
H.A. Miller
3 islands of the United States · Nov 1952 – Feb 1953
H.A. Miller in Kauaʻi, Oʻahu and Molokaʻi, November 1952 – February 195356 specimens · 15 stops · 82 days · 608 km
Isa Degener
4 islands · Jan – Feb 1958
Isa Degener across 4 islands, January – February 195879 specimens · 20 stops · 41 days · 13,268 km
S. Hatusima
3 islands of Japan · 14–26 Mar 1958
S. Hatusima in Okinoerabujima, Amami-Oshima and Okinawa, 14–26 March 195867 specimens · 10 stops · 13 days
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.