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. 327 journeys so far, 1960 to 1970, 47,749 specimens between them.
196 collectors and expeditions6,004 days in the field1,569,757 km between stops28,684 photographed specimens
327 journeys match
V.M. Moll
Adi Island and Adi · Feb – Apr 1961
V.M. Moll in Adi Island and Adi, February – April 1961101 specimens · 7 stops · 45 days
Pele Expedition 1963
Oʻahu · 1–26 Jun 1963
Pele Expedition 1963, 1–26 June 1963151 specimens · 3 stops · 26 days · 257 km
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo
4 islands · May – Aug 1962
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo across 4 islands, May – August 196276 specimens · 12 stops · 89 days · 12,838 km
C.H. Lamoureux
5 islands of the United States · 1–14 Sep 1961
C.H. Lamoureux across 5 islands of the United States, 1–14 September 1961109 specimens · 8 stops · 14 days · 1,751 km
Johnson Randall
14 islands · Aug – Nov 1966
Johnson Randall across 14 islands, August – November 1966116 specimens · 21 stops · 89 days · 28,513 km
M.A. Weiner
4 islands · Sep – Oct 1969
M.A. Weiner across 4 islands, September – October 1969108 specimens · 12 stops · 28 days
Maxwell S. Doty
3 islands of the United States · Mar – May 1965
Maxwell S. Doty in Maui, Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, March – May 196599 specimens · 11 stops · 79 days · 1,350 km
W.J. Gilbert
6 islands · Jun – Aug 1963
W.J. Gilbert across 6 islands, June – August 196369 specimens · 15 stops · 62 days · 5,418 km
Dinau Yalikanathea
5 islands · Aug – Sep 1968
Dinau Yalikanathea across 5 islands, August – September 1968124 specimens · 5 stops · 14 days · 1,339 km
Otto Degener
Oʻahu · Feb – May 1962
Otto Degener in Oʻahu, February – May 196260 specimens · 18 stops · 103 days · 319 km
F. Raymond Fosberg
3 islands · Jun – Jul 1963
F. Raymond Fosberg in Borneo, Sarawak and Malaya, June – July 196382 specimens · 12 stops · 20 days
Roy Tsuda
Laysan and Oʻahu · 4–9 Dec 1963
Roy Tsuda in Laysan and Oʻahu, 4–9 December 1963131 specimens · 6 stops · 6 days · 9 km
H. Nurta
Java · Sep – Nov 1962
H. Nurta in Java, September – November 196257 specimens · 20 stops · 64 days
Gerald R. Allen
Enewetak Atoll and Oʻahu · May – Sep 1968
Gerald R. Allen in Enewetak Atoll and Oʻahu, May – September 196893 specimens · 33 stops · 99 days · 4,744 km
G.C.G. Argent
Ireland and Great Britain · Jul – Sep 1966
G.C.G. Argent in Ireland and Great Britain, July – September 196662 specimens · 16 stops · 50 days
Albert C. Smith
Vanua Levu and Taveuni · Apr – May 1969
Albert C. Smith in Vanua Levu and Taveuni, April – May 1969132 specimens · 6 stops · 16 days · 8,079 km
Otto Degener
Lānaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island · Jan – Mar 1964
Otto Degener in Lānaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island, January – March 196488 specimens · 6 stops · 59 days · 85 km
Benjamin C. Stone
6 islands · Jan – Apr 1967
Benjamin C. Stone across 6 islands, January – April 196760 specimens · 16 stops · 68 days · 10,590 km
J.W.P. Parham
Vanua Levu and Taveuni · Apr – May 1969
J.W.P. Parham in Vanua Levu and Taveuni, April – May 1969129 specimens · 6 stops · 16 days · 8,079 km
F. Adair
Tarawa Atoll · Aug – Nov 1967
F. Adair in Tarawa Atoll, August – November 196776 specimens · 19 stops · 93 days
F. Raymond Fosberg
4 islands · Aug – Sep 1961
F. Raymond Fosberg across 4 islands, August – September 196170 specimens · 13 stops · 34 days · 462 km
M. Jacobs
Luzon · Jan – Feb 1968
M. Jacobs in Luzon, January – February 196869 specimens · 15 stops · 28 days · 278 km
George F. Arnemann
Oʻahu · Oct – Dec 1960
George F. Arnemann in Oʻahu, October – December 196086 specimens · 6 stops · 57 days · 450 km
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo
Oʻahu · Oct – Dec 1960
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo in Oʻahu, October – December 196086 specimens · 6 stops · 55 days · 298 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.