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
Earl T. Ozaki
3 islands of the United States · Dec 1953 – Jan 1954
Earl T. Ozaki in Molokaʻi, Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island, December 1953 – January 1954103 specimens · 5 stops · 11 days · 710 km
W.H. Hatheway
Kauaʻi · Jan – Feb 1950
W.H. Hatheway in Kauaʻi, January – February 195073 specimens · 8 stops · 12 days
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
Yoshio Miyashiro
Oʻahu · Dec 1957 – Apr 1958
Yoshio Miyashiro in Oʻahu, December 1957 – April 195847 specimens · 10 stops · 118 days · 262 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
John W. Beardsley
the United States · Jun – Sep 1956
John W. Beardsley in the United States, June – September 1956108 specimens · 8 stops · 64 days
Maxwell S. Doty
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · Aug – Dec 1956
Maxwell S. Doty in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, August – December 195664 specimens · 9 stops · 118 days · 1,647 km
Philip Weber
Aug – Sep 1953
Philip Weber, August – September 1953106 specimens · 7 stops · 60 days
N.H. Higgins
Oʻahu and Maui · Oct 1955 – Jan 1956
N.H. Higgins in Oʻahu and Maui, October 1955 – January 195650 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 195557 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 195161 specimens · 13 stops · 30 days · 298 km
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo
Oʻahu · Nov – Dec 1951
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo in Oʻahu, November – December 195170 specimens · 4 stops · 17 days · 129 km
H.E. Milliron
4 islands · May – Oct 1958
H.E. Milliron across 4 islands, May – October 195841 specimens · 18 stops · 136 days · 10,829 km
A.W. Wisner
Tutuila and Upolu · Jan – Feb 1959
A.W. Wisner in Tutuila and Upolu, January – February 195961 specimens · 8 stops · 50 days
W.H. Hatheway
Arno Atoll · Jul – Aug 1952
W.H. Hatheway in Arno Atoll, July – August 195248 specimens · 16 stops · 51 days
Otto Degener
4 islands of the United States · Nov 1959 – Feb 1960
Otto Degener across 4 islands of the United States, November 1959 – February 196044 specimens · 6 stops · 85 days · 321 km
F. Raymond Fosberg
7 islands · Jul – Aug 1952
F. Raymond Fosberg across 7 islands, July – August 195252 specimens · 12 stops · 38 days
V Hugh M. Smith cruise 35
12 islands · Aug – Sep 1956
V Hugh M. Smith cruise 35, August – September 195650 specimens · 25 stops · 60 days · 13,190 km
F. Raymond Fosberg
3 islands of the Marshall Islands · Apr – May 1958
F. Raymond Fosberg in Jaluit Atoll, Kwajalein Atoll and Majuro Atoll, April – May 195846 specimens · 9 stops · 12 days · 678 km
A.W. Wisner
Tutuila and Tutulia · 14–28 Aug 1959
A.W. Wisner in Tutuila and Tutulia, 14–28 August 195968 specimens · 5 stops · 15 days
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
H.A. Woolford
Kauaʻi and Maui · 1–29 Dec 1956
H.A. Woolford in Kauaʻi and Maui, 1–29 December 195653 specimens · 4 stops · 29 days · 338 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.