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
A.G. Floyd
New Britain · Dec 1954 – Jan 1955
A.G. Floyd in New Britain, December 1954 – January 195541 specimens · 8 stops · 23 days
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo
Oʻahu and Aguijan · Jan – Feb 1952
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo in Oʻahu and Aguijan, January – February 195243 specimens · 5 stops · 34 days · 6,123 km
Maxwell S. Doty
3 islands of the United States · Dec 1959 – Jan 1960
Maxwell S. Doty in Hawaiʻi Island, Palmyra Atoll and Oʻahu, December 1959 – January 196046 specimens · 9 stops · 24 days · 3,977 km
C. Tousley
Maui and Molokaʻi · 1–15 Mar 1952
C. Tousley in Maui and Molokaʻi, 1–15 March 195279 specimens · 2 stops · 15 days · 101 km
Keith D.P. Wilson
Oʻahu and Kauaʻi · Mar – May 1952
Keith D.P. Wilson in Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, March – May 195242 specimens · 5 stops · 64 days · 509 km
Keith D.P. Wilson
Kauaʻi and Maui · Dec 1952 – Jan 1953
Keith D.P. Wilson in Kauaʻi and Maui, December 1952 – January 195345 specimens · 7 stops · 11 days · 997 km
H.W.S. Hansen
Kauaʻi · 7–23 Sep 1955
H.W.S. Hansen in Kauaʻi, 7–23 September 195543 specimens · 5 stops · 17 days
Johnson Randall
Wake Island · 6–12 Jun 1953
Johnson Randall in Wake Island, 6–12 June 195380 specimens · 7 stops · 7 days
Joseph F. Rock
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · 1–15 Feb 1956
Joseph F. Rock in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, 1–15 February 195645 specimens · 4 stops · 15 days · 509 km
Arthur Greenwell
Hawaiʻi Island · 15–19 Feb 1952
Arthur Greenwell in Hawaiʻi Island, 15–19 February 195262 specimens · 3 stops · 5 days
E.Y. Dawson
Palmyra Atoll · 1–20 Oct 1958
E.Y. Dawson in Palmyra Atoll, 1–20 October 195853 specimens · 5 stops · 20 days
M.L. Lohman
Oʻahu · Jan – Mar 1950
M.L. Lohman in Oʻahu, January – March 195041 specimens · 9 stops · 41 days · 462 km
H.B.S. Womersley
Australia · 10–19 Aug 1957
H.B.S. Womersley in Australia, 10–19 August 195755 specimens · 2 stops · 10 days
R. Won
Oʻahu · 5–10 May 1954
R. Won in Oʻahu, 5–10 May 195452 specimens · 2 stops · 6 days
Ernani Meñez
Palmyra Atoll · Dec 1959 – Jan 1960
Ernani Meñez in Palmyra Atoll, December 1959 – January 196044 specimens · 3 stops · 6 days
M. Gilmartin
Enewetak Atoll · Aug – Sep 1955
M. Gilmartin in Enewetak Atoll, August – September 195541 specimens · 6 stops · 10 days
Ernani Meñez
3 islands of the Philippines · Apr – May 1958
Ernani Meñez in Cuyo, Palawan and Mindanao, April – May 195843 specimens · 2 stops · 6 days · 402 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.