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
George Butler
Laysan · 20–24 Jul 1959
George Butler in Laysan, 20–24 July 1959193 specimens · 2 stops · 5 days
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo
Oʻahu · Feb – Mar 1951
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo in Oʻahu, February – March 195153 specimens · 4 stops · 23 days
Arthur Greenwell
Maui and Hawaiʻi Island · 3–28 Nov 1950
Arthur Greenwell in Maui and Hawaiʻi Island, 3–28 November 195048 specimens · 5 stops · 26 days · 226 km
Maxwell S. Doty
4 islands of the United States · Dec 1954 – Jan 1955
Maxwell S. Doty across 4 islands of the United States, December 1954 – January 195554 specimens · 5 stops · 16 days · 464 km
A.G. Floyd
New Britain · Dec 1954 – Jan 1955
A.G. Floyd in New Britain, December 1954 – January 195541 specimens · 8 stops · 23 days
W.A. Gosline
7 islands · May – Jul 1950
W.A. Gosline across 7 islands, May – July 195066 specimens · 8 stops · 60 days · 6,000 km
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo
Oʻahu and Aguijan · Jan – Feb 1952
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo in Oʻahu and Aguijan, January – February 195243 specimens · 5 stops · 34 days · 6,123 km
Maxwell S. Doty
3 islands of the United States · Dec 1959 – Jan 1960
Maxwell S. Doty in Hawaiʻi Island, Palmyra Atoll and Oʻahu, December 1959 – January 196046 specimens · 9 stops · 24 days · 3,977 km
Philip Weber
Jan – Feb 1953
Philip Weber, January – February 195392 specimens · 4 stops · 43 days
Various
3 islands · May – Jun 1952
Various in Aguijan, Rota and Tinian, May – June 195268 specimens · 2 stops · 36 days · 89 km
C. Tousley
Maui and Molokaʻi · 1–15 Mar 1952
C. Tousley in Maui and Molokaʻi, 1–15 March 195279 specimens · 2 stops · 15 days · 101 km
George F. Arnemann
Kauaʻi · Jun – Jul 1951
George F. Arnemann in Kauaʻi, June – July 195173 specimens · 2 stops · 19 days · 38 km
Keith D.P. Wilson
Oʻahu and Kauaʻi · Mar – May 1952
Keith D.P. Wilson in Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, March – May 195242 specimens · 5 stops · 64 days · 509 km
Keith D.P. Wilson
Kauaʻi and Maui · Dec 1952 – Jan 1953
Keith D.P. Wilson in Kauaʻi and Maui, December 1952 – January 195345 specimens · 7 stops · 11 days · 997 km
H.W.S. Hansen
Kauaʻi · 7–23 Sep 1955
H.W.S. Hansen in Kauaʻi, 7–23 September 195543 specimens · 5 stops · 17 days
Johnson Randall
Wake Island · 6–12 Jun 1953
Johnson Randall in Wake Island, 6–12 June 195380 specimens · 7 stops · 7 days
Tsing-Chao Maa
Buka Island · Sep 1959 – Mar 1960
Tsing-Chao Maa in Buka Island, September 1959 – March 196045 specimens · 10 stops · 169 days
Larry W. Quate
Malaysia and the United States · Jul – Aug 1958
Larry W. Quate in Malaysia and the United States, July – August 195853 specimens · 9 stops · 60 days
Joseph F. Rock
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · 1–15 Feb 1956
Joseph F. Rock in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, 1–15 February 195645 specimens · 4 stops · 15 days · 509 km
Arthur Greenwell
Hawaiʻi Island · 15–19 Feb 1952
Arthur Greenwell in Hawaiʻi Island, 15–19 February 195262 specimens · 3 stops · 5 days
E.Y. Dawson
Palmyra Atoll · 1–20 Oct 1958
E.Y. Dawson in Palmyra Atoll, 1–20 October 195853 specimens · 5 stops · 20 days
M.L. Lohman
Oʻahu · Jan – Mar 1950
M.L. Lohman in Oʻahu, January – March 195041 specimens · 9 stops · 41 days · 462 km
Ignacia Benevente
Rota and Saipan · 20–26 Jun 1952
Ignacia Benevente in Rota and Saipan, 20–26 June 195265 specimens · 2 stops · 7 days · 128 km
W.A. Gosline
Wake Island and Hawaiʻi Island · 7–19 Jun 1953
W.A. Gosline in Wake Island and Hawaiʻi Island, 7–19 June 195364 specimens · 6 stops · 13 days · 8,708 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.