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
41 journeys match
Walter Bayer
Oʻahu · Jan – Mar 1953
Walter Bayer in Oʻahu, January – March 1953106 specimens · 4 stops · 37 days · 228 km
C.H. C. Hoyt
Oʻahu · Aug – Nov 1952
C.H. C. Hoyt in Oʻahu, August – November 195289 specimens · 12 stops · 81 days · 134 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
P. Drucker
Oʻahu · Jul – Aug 1951
P. Drucker in Oʻahu, July – August 195199 specimens · 3 stops · 29 days · 122 km
Tsing-Chao Maa
4 countries · May – Sep 1959
Tsing-Chao Maa across 4 countries, May – September 195977 specimens · 16 stops · 102 days
G. George D. Peterson
4 islands of the Northern Mariana Islands · May – Jun 1952
G. George D. Peterson across 4 islands of the Northern Mariana Islands, May – June 195286 specimens · 4 stops · 23 days · 62 km
Judson Linsley Gressitt
4 islands · May – Jul 1959
Judson Linsley Gressitt across 4 islands, May – July 195951 specimens · 14 stops · 64 days · 2,073 km
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo
Oʻahu · Nov – Dec 1951
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo in Oʻahu, November – December 195170 specimens · 4 stops · 17 days · 129 km
Tsing-Chao Maa
3 countries · Aug – Dec 1958
Tsing-Chao Maa in Malaysia, Singapore and Papua New Guinea, August – December 195850 specimens · 16 stops · 111 days · 7,301 km
George Butler
Laysan · 20–24 Jul 1959
George Butler in Laysan, 20–24 July 1959193 specimens · 2 stops · 5 days
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo
Oʻahu · Feb – Mar 1951
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo in Oʻahu, February – March 195153 specimens · 4 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
Various
3 islands · May – Jun 1952
Various in Aguijan, Rota and Tinian, May – June 195268 specimens · 2 stops · 36 days · 89 km
George F. Arnemann
Kauaʻi · Jun – Jul 1951
George F. Arnemann in Kauaʻi, June – July 195173 specimens · 2 stops · 19 days · 38 km
Tsing-Chao Maa
Buka Island · Sep 1959 – Mar 1960
Tsing-Chao Maa in Buka Island, September 1959 – March 196045 specimens · 10 stops · 169 days
Ignacia Benevente
Rota and Saipan · 20–26 Jun 1952
Ignacia Benevente in Rota and Saipan, 20–26 June 195265 specimens · 2 stops · 7 days · 128 km
George F. Arnemann
Oʻahu · Nov – Dec 1951
George F. Arnemann in Oʻahu, November – December 195141 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.