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. 12 journeys so far, 1950 to 1960, 1,844 specimens between them.
2 collectors and expeditions284 days in the field35,286 km between stops1,428 photographed specimens
12 journeys match
Otto Degener
5 islands of the United States · Dec 1951 – Apr 1952
Otto Degener across 5 islands of the United States, December 1951 – April 1952648 specimens · 45 stops · 108 days · 1,141 km
Otto Degener
6 islands · Jun 1950 – Jan 1951
Otto Degener across 6 islands, June 1950 – January 1951256 specimens · 41 stops · 236 days · 2,367 km
Otto Degener
3 islands · Feb – Sep 1959
Otto Degener in Maui, Oʻahu and Molokaʻi, February – September 1959214 specimens · 48 stops · 242 days · 2,169 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
Otto Degener
Lānaʻi and Oʻahu · Jul – Aug 1957
Otto Degener in Lānaʻi and Oʻahu, July – August 1957107 specimens · 9 stops · 52 days · 554 km
Otto Degener
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · Aug – Oct 1955
Otto Degener in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, August – October 195581 specimens · 12 stops · 49 days · 219 km
Isa Degener
Maui and Oʻahu · May – Sep 1959
Isa Degener in Maui and Oʻahu, May – September 195969 specimens · 27 stops · 123 days · 591 km
Isa Degener
Lānaʻi and Oʻahu · Jul – Aug 1957
Isa Degener in Lānaʻi and Oʻahu, July – August 195795 specimens · 7 stops · 26 days · 398 km
Otto Degener
4 islands · Jan – Feb 1958
Otto Degener across 4 islands, January – February 195884 specimens · 20 stops · 41 days · 13,268 km
Isa Degener
4 islands · Jan – Feb 1958
Isa Degener across 4 islands, January – February 195879 specimens · 20 stops · 41 days · 13,268 km
Isa Degener
Kauaʻi · Sep – Oct 1955
Isa Degener in Kauaʻi, September – October 195559 specimens · 10 stops · 31 days · 126 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 196044 specimens · 6 stops · 85 days · 321 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.