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. 10 journeys so far, 1933 to 1969, 4,595 specimens between them.
2 collectors and expeditions212 days in the field192,705 km between stops4,068 photographed specimens
10 journeys match
Donald Anderson
22 islands · Aug 1949 – Mar 1950
Donald Anderson across 22 islands, August 1949 – March 19501,249 specimens · 70 stops · 211 days · 151,545 km
Donald Anderson
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · 7–31 Dec 1937
Donald Anderson in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, 7–31 December 19371,115 specimens · 8 stops · 25 days · 391 km
W.G. Anderson William G. Anderson Jr.
5 islands of the United States · Jun – Aug 1964
W.G. Anderson William G. Anderson Jr. across 5 islands of the United States, June – August 1964424 specimens · 20 stops · 65 days · 2,387 km
Donald Anderson
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · Nov 1933 – Jan 1934
Donald Anderson in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, November 1933 – January 1934483 specimens · 10 stops · 53 days · 825 km
Donald Anderson
Oʻahu · Feb – Apr 1940
Donald Anderson in Oʻahu, February – April 1940392 specimens · 5 stops · 81 days · 410 km
Donald Anderson
Oʻahu · May – Jul 1937
Donald Anderson in Oʻahu, May – July 1937404 specimens · 3 stops · 67 days · 90 km
Donald Anderson
Oʻahu · 1–15 Apr 1938
Donald Anderson in Oʻahu, 1–15 April 1938318 specimens · 2 stops · 15 days · 153 km
Donald Anderson
Oʻahu · Apr – May 1959
Donald Anderson in Oʻahu, April – May 195979 specimens · 18 stops · 59 days · 252 km
Donald Anderson
6 islands · Aug – Nov 1969
Donald Anderson across 6 islands, August – November 196942 specimens · 15 stops · 94 days · 36,629 km
Donald Anderson
Oʻahu · 5–14 Feb 1939
Donald Anderson in Oʻahu, 5–14 February 193989 specimens · 2 stops · 10 days · 23 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.