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. 47 journeys so far, 1960 to 1969, 10,180 specimens between them.
33 collectors and expeditions890 days in the field287,635 km between stops6,243 photographed specimens
47 journeys match
Ernani Meñez
50 islands · Jun – Sep 1960
Ernani Meñez across 50 islands, June – September 19602,317 specimens · 38 stops · 100 days · 40,857 km
Johnson Randall
25 islands · Mar – Dec 1968
Johnson Randall across 25 islands, March – December 19681,676 specimens · 99 stops · 261 days · 106,577 km
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo
22 islands · Jun – Dec 1968
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo across 22 islands, June – December 1968642 specimens · 45 stops · 180 days · 13,960 km
Johnson Randall
6 islands of Chile · Jan – Mar 1969
Johnson Randall across 6 islands of Chile, January – March 1969503 specimens · 38 stops · 78 days · 8,647 km
Pele Expedition 1963
Oʻahu and Maui · Feb – May 1963
Pele Expedition 1963, February – May 1963327 specimens · 17 stops · 99 days · 1,151 km
George F. Arnemann
4 islands · Aug – Sep 1966
George F. Arnemann across 4 islands, August – September 1966345 specimens · 19 stops · 39 days · 2,425 km
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo
4 islands · Aug – Sep 1966
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo across 4 islands, August – September 1966345 specimens · 19 stops · 39 days · 2,425 km
John Q. Burch or John B. Burch
11 islands · Sep – Nov 1966
John Q. Burch or John B. Burch across 11 islands, September – November 1966264 specimens · 12 stops · 52 days · 1,201 km
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo
13 islands · Feb – Jun 1966
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo across 13 islands, February – June 1966155 specimens · 40 stops · 141 days · 4,507 km
Mary Eleanor King
Jan – Mar 1964
Mary Eleanor King, January – March 1964179 specimens · 17 stops · 52 days
Pele Expedition: Sulu Sea
Jan – Mar 1964
Pele Expedition: Sulu Sea, January – March 1964179 specimens · 17 stops · 52 days
Kazue Ozaki
Oʻahu · Oct – Dec 1963
Kazue Ozaki in Oʻahu, October – December 1963347 specimens · 9 stops · 75 days · 292 km
Richard Pearson
Dec 1962 – Jan 1963
Richard Pearson, December 1962 – January 1963187 specimens · 7 stops · 18 days
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo
Lānaʻi and Oʻahu · Feb – Apr 1961
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo in Lānaʻi and Oʻahu, February – April 1961141 specimens · 11 stops · 50 days · 429 km
Luke Seli
Vatoa · Oct – Nov 1968
Luke Seli in Vatoa, October – November 1968163 specimens · 7 stops · 17 days
Gordon Allan Samuelson
5 islands of New Zealand · Sep – Oct 1962
Gordon Allan Samuelson across 5 islands of New Zealand, September – October 196285 specimens · 27 stops · 58 days · 9,986 km
Pele Expedition 1961-1962
Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · Feb – May 1962
Pele Expedition 1961-1962, February – May 196299 specimens · 10 stops · 99 days · 472 km
SEATO Medical Research Lab
Jul 1965 – Mar 1966
SEATO Medical Research Lab, July 1965 – March 196654 specimens · 41 stops · 239 days
C.M. Pat Burgess
May – Jun 1960
C.M. Pat Burgess, May – June 196082 specimens · 17 stops · 50 days
Carl Masaru Yoshimoto
4 islands · Jan – Mar 1963
Carl Masaru Yoshimoto across 4 islands, January – March 196387 specimens · 19 stops · 39 days · 7,539 km
Alan J. Kohn
Jan – May 1964
Alan J. Kohn, January – May 196458 specimens · 25 stops · 106 days
James E. Norton
Jan – May 1964
James E. Norton, January – May 196458 specimens · 25 stops · 106 days
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo
Oʻahu and Molokaʻi · Jul – Aug 1961
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo in Oʻahu and Molokaʻi, July – August 1961147 specimens · 3 stops · 44 days · 187 km
Pele Expedition 1963
Oʻahu · 1–26 Jun 1963
Pele Expedition 1963, 1–26 June 1963151 specimens · 3 stops · 26 days · 257 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.