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. 40 journeys so far, 1950 to 1960, 6,807 specimens between them.
24 collectors and expeditions780 days in the field96,991 km between stops5,159 photographed specimens
40 journeys match
Otto Degener
5 islands of the United States · Dec 1951 – Apr 1952
Otto Degener across 5 islands of the United States, December 1951 – April 1952648 specimens · 45 stops · 108 days · 1,141 km
Ruth D. Svihla
4 islands of the United States · Dec 1955 – Mar 1956
Ruth D. Svihla across 4 islands of the United States, December 1955 – March 1956745 specimens · 28 stops · 82 days · 1,225 km
Harold St.John
11 islands · Oct 1957 – Feb 1958
Harold St.John across 11 islands, October 1957 – February 1958325 specimens · 61 stops · 125 days · 23,583 km
Otto Degener
6 islands · Jun 1950 – Jan 1951
Otto Degener across 6 islands, June 1950 – January 1951256 specimens · 41 stops · 236 days · 2,367 km
Harold St.John
6 islands · Nov 1955 – Jan 1956
Harold St.John across 6 islands, November 1955 – January 1956293 specimens · 22 stops · 65 days · 13,814 km
Otto Degener
3 islands · Feb – Sep 1959
Otto Degener in Maui, Oʻahu and Molokaʻi, February – September 1959214 specimens · 48 stops · 242 days · 2,169 km
R. Tucker Abbott
Maui · Jan – Mar 1957
R. Tucker Abbott in Maui, January – March 1957239 specimens · 27 stops · 45 days
Acad. Of Nat. Sci. Philadelphia
Maui · Jan – Mar 1957
Acad. Of Nat. Sci. Philadelphia in Maui, January – March 1957239 specimens · 27 stops · 45 days
Harold St.John
7 islands · Nov – Dec 1953
Harold St.John across 7 islands, November – December 1953254 specimens · 14 stops · 33 days · 9,010 km
Harold St.John
4 islands of the United States · Nov 1954 – Feb 1955
Harold St.John across 4 islands of the United States, November 1954 – February 1955193 specimens · 22 stops · 97 days · 1,375 km
A.R.H. Lamberton
4 islands of the United States · May – Jul 1953
A.R.H. Lamberton across 4 islands of the United States, May – July 1953292 specimens · 31 stops · 36 days · 445 km
H.A. Woolford
Maui · 1–31 Dec 1955
H.A. Woolford in Maui, 1–31 December 1955229 specimens · 14 stops · 31 days · 42 km
H.A. Miller
4 islands of the United States · May – Jun 1953
H.A. Miller across 4 islands of the United States, May – June 1953191 specimens · 24 stops · 33 days · 441 km
Pele Expedition 1959
3 islands · Jul – Aug 1959
Pele Expedition 1959, July – August 1959286 specimens · 6 stops · 33 days · 617 km
Alvin K. Chock
3 islands of the United States · Dec 1951 – Mar 1952
Alvin K. Chock in Maui, Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, December 1951 – March 1952166 specimens · 19 stops · 99 days · 1,160 km
W.J. Gilbert
5 islands of the United States · Feb – Jun 1959
W.J. Gilbert across 5 islands of the United States, February – June 1959116 specimens · 37 stops · 105 days · 3,345 km
T. Matsui
5 islands of the United States · Feb – Sep 1959
T. Matsui across 5 islands of the United States, February – September 1959149 specimens · 23 stops · 206 days · 3,203 km
M.L. Lohman
3 islands of the United States · Aug – Sep 1952
M.L. Lohman in Hawaiʻi Island, Oʻahu and Maui, August – September 1952182 specimens · 14 stops · 22 days · 54 km
Keith D.P. Wilson
Maui and Oʻahu · Oct 1951 – Jan 1952
Keith D.P. Wilson in Maui and Oʻahu, October 1951 – January 1952111 specimens · 14 stops · 97 days · 495 km
Harold St.John
3 islands · Oct 1951 – Jan 1952
Harold St.John in Maui, Oʻahu and Maug, October 1951 – January 1952115 specimens · 15 stops · 85 days · 313 km
H.A. Woolford
4 islands of the United States · 1–31 Dec 1954
H.A. Woolford across 4 islands of the United States, 1–31 December 1954116 specimens · 10 stops · 31 days
G.A. Pearsall
Maui · 1–31 Dec 1955
G.A. Pearsall in Maui, 1–31 December 1955125 specimens · 9 stops · 31 days · 79 km
Isa Degener
3 islands of the United States · Mar – May 1959
Isa Degener in Maui, Molokaʻi and Oʻahu, March – May 1959108 specimens · 11 stops · 39 days · 864 km
Earl T. Ozaki
Maui and Hawaiʻi Island · 7–25 Jun 1953
Earl T. Ozaki in Maui and Hawaiʻi Island, 7–25 June 1953109 specimens · 15 stops · 19 days · 136 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.