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. 203 journeys so far, 1950 to 1960, 34,889 specimens between them.
95 collectors and expeditions4,305 days in the field1,013,928 km between stops23,870 photographed specimens
203 journeys match
H.A. Woolford
Maui · 1–31 Dec 1955
H.A. Woolford in Maui, 1–31 December 1955229 specimens · 14 stops · 31 days · 42 km
E. Soakai
16 islands of Tonga · Jan – Aug 1959
E. Soakai across 16 islands of Tonga, January – August 1959133 specimens · 38 stops · 206 days · 603 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
E.T. Moul
6 islands · Jun – Sep 1951
E.T. Moul across 6 islands, June – September 1951160 specimens · 50 stops · 93 days · 2,573 km
C. McMillan
New Caledonia and Grande-Terre · Jun – Aug 1952
C. McMillan in New Caledonia and Grande-Terre, June – August 1952199 specimens · 26 stops · 52 days
station
16 islands · Jul – Dec 1955
station, July – December 1955196 specimens · 82 stops · 144 days · 48,394 km
Reid Moran
3 islands · Jun – Sep 1954
Reid Moran in Guam, Tinian and California, June – September 1954197 specimens · 23 stops · 86 days · 127,923 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
E.Y. Dawson
Okinawa and Luzon · Jan – Apr 1953
E.Y. Dawson in Okinawa and Luzon, January – April 1953138 specimens · 28 stops · 77 days · 1,234 km
Judson Linsley Gressitt
6 islands · Aug – Dec 1957
Judson Linsley Gressitt across 6 islands, August – December 1957131 specimens · 30 stops · 113 days · 9,370 km
Donald P. Abbott
9 islands · Jan – Mar 1957
Donald P. Abbott across 9 islands, January – March 1957161 specimens · 19 stops · 39 days
Benjamin C. Stone
14 islands · Jun – Sep 1956
Benjamin C. Stone across 14 islands, June – September 1956168 specimens · 36 stops · 116 days · 49,852 km
Benjamin C. Stone
Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · Jan – May 1959
Benjamin C. Stone in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, January – May 1959126 specimens · 20 stops · 120 days · 470 km
Donald Anderson
8 islands · Apr – Jun 1950
Donald Anderson across 8 islands, April – June 1950193 specimens · 19 stops · 54 days · 16,195 km
Alvin K. Chock
Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Sep 1953
Alvin K. Chock in Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island, July – September 1953163 specimens · 14 stops · 46 days
Clarence C.Y. Wong
Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · May – Aug 1951
Clarence C.Y. Wong in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, May – August 1951141 specimens · 13 stops · 114 days · 926 km
Harold St.John
16 islands · Jun – Aug 1956
Harold St.John across 16 islands, June – August 1956140 specimens · 31 stops · 69 days · 26,065 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
Benjamin C. Stone
Hawaiʻi Island · Jun – Jul 1959
Benjamin C. Stone in Hawaiʻi Island, June – July 1959146 specimens · 12 stops · 39 days
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
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Academy Of Natural Sciences
8 islands · Jul – Aug 1955
Academy Of Natural Sciences across 8 islands, July – August 1955131 specimens · 12 stops · 52 days · 290 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.