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. 184 journeys so far, 1950 to 1960, 33,310 specimens between them.
85 collectors and expeditions3,961 days in the field869,098 km between stops23,870 photographed specimens
184 journeys match
A.J. Ostheimer III
8 islands · Jul – Aug 1955
A.J. Ostheimer III across 8 islands, July – August 1955131 specimens · 12 stops · 52 days · 290 km
Ernani Meñez
5 islands of the Philippines · Jun – Jul 1958
Ernani Meñez across 5 islands of the Philippines, June – July 1958187 specimens · 8 stops · 16 days · 1,713 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
A.J. Bernatowicz
4 islands · May – Sep 1950
A.J. Bernatowicz across 4 islands, May – September 195082 specimens · 32 stops · 103 days
Mary Eleanor King
1–10 Feb 1957
Mary Eleanor King, 1–10 February 1957332 specimens · 2 stops · 10 days
Fernando Dayrit
1–10 Feb 1957
Fernando Dayrit, 1–10 February 1957332 specimens · 2 stops · 10 days
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
Maxwell S. Doty
Tasmania · Jul – Sep 1957
Maxwell S. Doty in Tasmania, July – September 1957129 specimens · 11 stops · 45 days
Benjamin C. Stone
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · Dec 1956 – Jan 1957
Benjamin C. Stone in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, December 1956 – January 1957156 specimens · 7 stops · 12 days
Joseph F. Rock
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · Feb – Apr 1957
Joseph F. Rock in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, February – April 195796 specimens · 16 stops · 58 days · 908 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
Earl T. Ozaki
Hawaiʻi Island · 1–31 Dec 1954
Earl T. Ozaki in Hawaiʻi Island, 1–31 December 1954117 specimens · 11 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
Leonard J. Brass
New Guinea · Apr – Nov 1959
Leonard J. Brass in New Guinea, April – November 195961 specimens · 37 stops · 221 days · 658 km
Donald Anderson
Oʻahu · Apr – May 1959
Donald Anderson in Oʻahu, April – May 195979 specimens · 18 stops · 59 days · 252 km
Otto Degener
Lānaʻi and Oʻahu · Jul – Aug 1957
Otto Degener in Lānaʻi and Oʻahu, July – August 1957107 specimens · 9 stops · 52 days · 554 km
Ernani Meñez
4 islands of the Philippines · Feb – Mar 1958
Ernani Meñez across 4 islands of the Philippines, February – March 1958156 specimens · 5 stops · 23 days · 117 km
Harold St.John
4 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1955
Harold St.John across 4 islands of the United States, June – July 195596 specimens · 11 stops · 34 days · 411 km
A.J. Bernatowicz
8 islands of the United States · Jun – Aug 1951
A.J. Bernatowicz across 8 islands of the United States, June – August 195176 specimens · 23 stops · 60 days
M. Bates
4 islands · Jul – Sep 1953
M. Bates across 4 islands, July – September 1953114 specimens · 13 stops · 64 days
John W. Beardsley
Kauaʻi · Jul – Aug 1959
John W. Beardsley in Kauaʻi, July – August 1959172 specimens · 9 stops · 61 days
Mary Eleanor King
Niʻihau and Kauaʻi · 11–22 Sep 1959
Mary Eleanor King in Niʻihau and Kauaʻi, 11–22 September 1959237 specimens · 2 stops · 12 days · 90 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.