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. 15 journeys so far, 1960 to 1969, 2,285 specimens between them.
2 collectors and expeditions454 days in the field133,670 km between stops2,057 photographed specimens
15 journeys match
Otto Degener
5 islands of the United States · Jun – Sep 1963
Otto Degener across 5 islands of the United States, June – September 1963301 specimens · 31 stops · 92 days · 1,016 km
Isa Degener
5 islands of the United States · Jun – Sep 1963
Isa Degener across 5 islands of the United States, June – September 1963281 specimens · 31 stops · 92 days · 1,019 km
Otto Degener
6 islands · Dec 1968 – Feb 1969
Otto Degener across 6 islands, December 1968 – February 1969258 specimens · 29 stops · 52 days · 41,268 km
Isa Degener
6 islands · Dec 1968 – Feb 1969
Isa Degener across 6 islands, December 1968 – February 1969230 specimens · 30 stops · 52 days · 41,268 km
Otto Degener
6 islands · Apr – Sep 1964
Otto Degener across 6 islands, April – September 1964168 specimens · 57 stops · 146 days · 10,662 km
Isa Degener
6 islands · Apr – Sep 1964
Isa Degener across 6 islands, April – September 1964153 specimens · 55 stops · 146 days · 10,662 km
Otto Degener
4 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1961
Otto Degener across 4 islands of the United States, June – July 1961153 specimens · 22 stops · 54 days · 560 km
Otto Degener
4 islands · Nov – Dec 1960
Otto Degener across 4 islands, November – December 1960150 specimens · 23 stops · 43 days · 12,274 km
Isa Degener
4 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1961
Isa Degener across 4 islands of the United States, June – July 1961147 specimens · 22 stops · 54 days · 560 km
Isa Degener
4 islands · Nov – Dec 1960
Isa Degener across 4 islands, November – December 1960102 specimens · 20 stops · 40 days · 12,274 km
Otto Degener
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · Feb – May 1961
Otto Degener in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, February – May 196171 specimens · 15 stops · 76 days · 1,137 km
Otto Degener
Oʻahu · Feb – May 1962
Otto Degener in Oʻahu, February – May 196260 specimens · 18 stops · 103 days · 319 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
Isa Degener
Lānaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island · Jan – Feb 1964
Isa Degener in Lānaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island, January – February 196477 specimens · 8 stops · 27 days · 247 km
Isa Degener
Oʻahu · Mar – May 1962
Isa Degener in Oʻahu, March – May 196246 specimens · 10 stops · 50 days · 319 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.