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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. 15 journeys so far, 1951 to 1959, 3,744 specimens between them.

8 collectors and expeditions225 days in the field93,521 km between stops3,450 photographed specimens

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15 journeys match

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

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

Pele Expedition 1959

3 islands · Jul – Aug 1959

Pele Expedition 1959, July – August 1959

286 specimens · 6 stops · 33 days · 617 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

Walter Bayer

Oʻahu · Jan – Mar 1953

Walter Bayer in Oʻahu, January – March 1953

106 specimens · 4 stops · 37 days · 228 km

C.H. C. Hoyt

Oʻahu · Aug – Nov 1952

C.H. C. Hoyt in Oʻahu, August – November 1952

89 specimens · 12 stops · 81 days · 134 km

P. Drucker

Oʻahu · Jul – Aug 1951

P. Drucker in Oʻahu, July – August 1951

99 specimens · 3 stops · 29 days · 122 km

Yoshio KondoKay Kondo

Oʻahu · Nov – Dec 1951

Yoshio KondoKay Kondo in Oʻahu, November – December 1951

70 specimens · 4 stops · 17 days · 129 km

Yoshio KondoKay Kondo

Oʻahu · Feb – Mar 1951

Yoshio KondoKay Kondo in Oʻahu, February – March 1951

53 specimens · 4 stops · 23 days

Yoshio KondoKay Kondo

Oʻahu and Aguijan · Jan – Feb 1952

Yoshio KondoKay Kondo in Oʻahu and Aguijan, January – February 1952

43 specimens · 5 stops · 34 days · 6,123 km

George F. Arnemann

Oʻahu · Nov – Dec 1951

George F. Arnemann in Oʻahu, November – December 1951

41 specimens · 2 stops · 8 days · 129 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.