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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. 41 journeys so far, 1950 to 1960, 9,307 specimens between them.

22 collectors and expeditions837 days in the field166,592 km between stops7,634 photographed specimens

Yoshio KondoKay Kondo

Oʻahu and Sulu Island · Nov 1952 – Jun 1953

Yoshio KondoKay Kondo in Oʻahu and Sulu Island, November 1952 – June 1953

749 specimens · 29 stops · 217 days · 1,689 km

Yoshio KondoKay Kondo

36 islands · Jan – May 1957

Yoshio KondoKay Kondo across 36 islands, January – May 1957

648 specimens · 59 stops · 131 days · 2,868 km

Yoshio KondoKay Kondo

9 islands · May – Jul 1952

Yoshio KondoKay Kondo across 9 islands, May – July 1952

877 specimens · 23 stops · 74 days · 18,027 km

Jan Newhouse

11 islands · Jun – Sep 1952

Jan Newhouse across 11 islands, June – September 1952

713 specimens · 52 stops · 120 days · 10,694 km

George F. Arnemann

Oʻahu · Nov 1952 – May 1953

George F. Arnemann in Oʻahu, November 1952 – May 1953

555 specimens · 21 stops · 211 days · 1,157 km

Yoshio KondoKay Kondo

Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · Apr – Sep 1951

Yoshio KondoKay Kondo in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, April – September 1951

330 specimens · 27 stops · 127 days · 2,315 km

Pele Expedition 1959

3 islands · Aug – Sep 1959

Pele Expedition 1959, August – September 1959

572 specimens · 6 stops · 30 days · 770 km

Maxwell S. Doty

11 islands · Sep 1953 – Aug 1954

Maxwell S. Doty across 11 islands, September 1953 – August 1954

309 specimens · 40 stops · 315 days · 78,333 km

C.H. C. Hoyt

Oʻahu · Nov 1952 – May 1953

C.H. C. Hoyt in Oʻahu, November 1952 – May 1953

301 specimens · 20 stops · 183 days · 849 km

Judson Linsley Gressitt

3 islands · Jun – Oct 1955

Judson Linsley Gressitt in New Guinea, Vanua Levu and New Britain, June – October 1955

229 specimens · 62 stops · 128 days · 3,623 km

Acad. Of Nat. Sci. Philadelphia

Maui · Jan – Mar 1957

Acad. Of Nat. Sci. Philadelphia in Maui, January – March 1957

239 specimens · 27 stops · 45 days

R. Tucker Abbott

Maui · Jan – Mar 1957

R. Tucker Abbott in Maui, January – March 1957

239 specimens · 27 stops · 45 days

Pele Expedition 1959

3 islands · Jul – Aug 1959

Pele Expedition 1959, July – August 1959

286 specimens · 6 stops · 33 days · 617 km

Judson Linsley Gressitt

6 islands · Aug – Dec 1957

Judson Linsley Gressitt across 6 islands, August – December 1957

131 specimens · 30 stops · 113 days · 9,370 km

Donald Anderson

8 islands · Apr – Jun 1950

Donald Anderson across 8 islands, April – June 1950

193 specimens · 19 stops · 54 days · 16,195 km

Clarence C.Y. Wong

Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · May – Aug 1951

Clarence C.Y. Wong in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, May – August 1951

141 specimens · 13 stops · 114 days · 926 km

Acad. Of Nat. Sci. Philadelphia

8 islands · Jul – Aug 1955

Acad. Of Nat. Sci. Philadelphia across 8 islands, July – August 1955

131 specimens · 12 stops · 52 days · 290 km

Academy Of Natural Sciences

8 islands · Jul – Aug 1955

Academy Of Natural Sciences across 8 islands, July – August 1955

131 specimens · 12 stops · 52 days · 290 km

R. Tucker Abbott

8 islands · Jul – Aug 1955

R. Tucker Abbott across 8 islands, July – August 1955

131 specimens · 12 stops · 52 days · 290 km

A.J. Ostheimer III

8 islands · Jul – Aug 1955

A.J. Ostheimer III across 8 islands, July – August 1955

131 specimens · 12 stops · 52 days · 290 km

Fernando Dayrit

1–10 Feb 1957

Fernando Dayrit, 1–10 February 1957

332 specimens · 2 stops · 10 days

Mary Eleanor King

1–10 Feb 1957

Mary Eleanor King, 1–10 February 1957

332 specimens · 2 stops · 10 days

Mary Eleanor King

Niʻihau and Kauaʻi · 11–22 Sep 1959

Mary Eleanor King in Niʻihau and Kauaʻi, 11–22 September 1959

237 specimens · 2 stops · 12 days · 90 km

Maxwell S. Doty

3 islands · 1–28 Aug 1955

Maxwell S. Doty in Maui, Hawaiʻi Island and Yoron Island, 1–28 August 1955

94 specimens · 8 stops · 28 days · 397 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.