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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. 82 journeys so far, 1950 to 1960, 12,616 specimens between them.

36 collectors and expeditions1,653 days in the field493,926 km between stops8,973 photographed specimens

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82 journeys match

Walter Bayer

Oʻahu · Jan – Mar 1953

Walter Bayer in Oʻahu, January – March 1953

106 specimens · 4 stops · 37 days · 228 km

Benjamin C. Stone

3 islands · Mar – May 1956

Benjamin C. Stone in Oʻahu, Utirik Atoll and Pohnpei, March – May 1956

70 specimens · 9 stops · 71 days · 10,487 km

Maxwell S. Doty

4 islands of the United States · Oct – Dec 1955

Maxwell S. Doty across 4 islands of the United States, October – December 1955

78 specimens · 10 stops · 80 days · 1,239 km

station

17 islands · Aug – Dec 1956

station, August – December 1956

76 specimens · 33 stops · 130 days · 25,742 km

Maxwell S. Doty

5 islands · Jan – May 1959

Maxwell S. Doty across 5 islands, January – May 1959

70 specimens · 17 stops · 110 days · 10,865 km

Benjamin C. Stone

Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · 1–13 Aug 1959

Benjamin C. Stone in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, 1–13 August 1959

76 specimens · 9 stops · 13 days · 35 km

Harold St.John

Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · Dec 1956 – Jan 1957

Harold St.John in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, December 1956 – January 1957

84 specimens · 8 stops · 14 days

Otto Degener

4 islands · Jan – Feb 1958

Otto Degener across 4 islands, January – February 1958

84 specimens · 20 stops · 41 days · 13,268 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

I.J. Condit

Oʻahu · Apr – May 1959

I.J. Condit in Oʻahu, April – May 1959

48 specimens · 17 stops · 58 days · 259 km

V Hugh M. Smith cruise 47

4 islands of the United States · Oct – Nov 1958

V Hugh M. Smith cruise 47, October – November 1958

111 specimens · 13 stops · 32 days · 5,167 km

station

4 islands of the United States · Oct – Nov 1958

station, October – November 1958

111 specimens · 13 stops · 32 days · 5,167 km

H.A. Miller

3 islands of the United States · Nov 1952 – Feb 1953

H.A. Miller in Kauaʻi, Oʻahu and Molokaʻi, November 1952 – February 1953

56 specimens · 15 stops · 82 days · 608 km

Isa Degener

4 islands · Jan – Feb 1958

Isa Degener across 4 islands, January – February 1958

79 specimens · 20 stops · 41 days · 13,268 km

P. Drucker

Oʻahu · Jul – Aug 1951

P. Drucker in Oʻahu, July – August 1951

99 specimens · 3 stops · 29 days · 122 km

Yoshio Miyashiro

Oʻahu · Dec 1957 – Apr 1958

Yoshio Miyashiro in Oʻahu, December 1957 – April 1958

47 specimens · 10 stops · 118 days · 262 km

Maxwell S. Doty

Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · Aug – Dec 1956

Maxwell S. Doty in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, August – December 1956

64 specimens · 9 stops · 118 days · 1,647 km

N.H. Higgins

Oʻahu and Maui · Oct 1955 – Jan 1956

N.H. Higgins in Oʻahu and Maui, October 1955 – January 1956

50 specimens · 7 stops · 92 days · 191 km

Joseph F. Rock

Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · 1–29 Dec 1955

Joseph F. Rock in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, 1–29 December 1955

57 specimens · 7 stops · 29 days · 459 km

M.L. Lohman

Maui and Oʻahu · 1–30 Dec 1951

M.L. Lohman in Maui and Oʻahu, 1–30 December 1951

61 specimens · 13 stops · 30 days · 298 km

Yoshio KondoKay Kondo

Oʻahu · Nov – Dec 1951

Yoshio KondoKay Kondo in Oʻahu, November – December 1951

70 specimens · 4 stops · 17 days · 129 km

H.E. Milliron

4 islands · May – Oct 1958

H.E. Milliron across 4 islands, May – October 1958

41 specimens · 18 stops · 136 days · 10,829 km

Otto Degener

4 islands of the United States · Nov 1959 – Feb 1960

Otto Degener across 4 islands of the United States, November 1959 – February 1960

44 specimens · 6 stops · 85 days · 321 km

V Hugh M. Smith cruise 35

12 islands · Aug – Sep 1956

V Hugh M. Smith cruise 35, August – September 1956

50 specimens · 25 stops · 60 days · 13,190 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.