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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. 41 journeys so far, 1912 to 1984, 10,869 specimens between them.

23 collectors and expeditions863 days in the field45,357 km between stops5,953 photographed specimens

Charles N. Forbes

5 islands of the United States · Jun – Dec 1917

Charles N. Forbes across 5 islands of the United States, June – December 1917

1,777 specimens · 29 stops · 163 days · 2,815 km

Charles N. Forbes

3 islands of the United States · Mar – Jul 1920

Charles N. Forbes in Maui, Oʻahu and Lānaʻi, March – July 1920

1,158 specimens · 58 stops · 128 days · 1,111 km

Charles N. Forbes

6 islands of the United States · Jun – Sep 1919

Charles N. Forbes across 6 islands of the United States, June – September 1919

1,048 specimens · 28 stops · 88 days · 422 km

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.

Maui and Oʻahu · Feb – Jul 1920

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Maui and Oʻahu, February – July 1920

658 specimens · 47 stops · 176 days · 1,222 km

Harold St.John

Maui and Oʻahu · Aug – Nov 1945

Harold St.John in Maui and Oʻahu, August – November 1945

369 specimens · 21 stops · 107 days · 649 km

Walter M. Giffard

Maui and Hawaiʻi Island · May – Aug 1918

Walter M. Giffard in Maui and Hawaiʻi Island, May – August 1918

593 specimens · 33 stops · 110 days · 136 km

Elwood Curtin Zimmerman

Kauaʻi and Maui · Jun – Aug 1937

Elwood Curtin Zimmerman in Kauaʻi and Maui, June – August 1937

575 specimens · 25 stops · 78 days · 481 km

Yoshio KondoKay Kondo

3 islands · Jul – Aug 1946

Yoshio KondoKay Kondo in Maui, Hawaiʻi Island and Chichi-Jima, July – August 1946

326 specimens · 23 stops · 54 days · 465 km

A.L.M. Mitchell

Maui and Oʻahu · Jul – Sep 1945

A.L.M. Mitchell in Maui and Oʻahu, July – September 1945

333 specimens · 17 stops · 63 days · 423 km

Edward Yataro Hosaka

4 islands · Jun – Sep 1936

Edward Yataro Hosaka across 4 islands, June – September 1936

232 specimens · 37 stops · 84 days · 4 km

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.

Oʻahu and Maui · Dec 1928 – Feb 1929

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Oʻahu and Maui, December 1928 – February 1929

244 specimens · 12 stops · 88 days · 650 km

Wayne C. Gagne

4 islands of the United States · Jan – Nov 1970

Wayne C. Gagne across 4 islands of the United States, January – November 1970

150 specimens · 60 stops · 305 days · 3,577 km

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.

Oʻahu and Maui · Sep 1919 – Jan 1920

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Oʻahu and Maui, September 1919 – January 1920

201 specimens · 28 stops · 133 days · 556 km

Philip Hunter Timberlake

Maui and Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Aug 1919

Philip Hunter Timberlake in Maui and Hawaiʻi Island, July – August 1919

229 specimens · 22 stops · 51 days · 448 km

Edward Yataro Hosaka

Hawaiʻi Island and Maui · May – Jun 1938

Edward Yataro Hosaka in Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, May – June 1938

174 specimens · 15 stops · 26 days · 58 km

Owen Bryant

Maui · Feb – Apr 1932

Owen Bryant in Maui, February – April 1932

216 specimens · 15 stops · 62 days

Joseph F. Rock

3 islands of the United States · Jan – Mar 1912

Joseph F. Rock in Hawaiʻi Island, Maui and Oʻahu, January – March 1912

133 specimens · 13 stops · 71 days · 136 km

Otto Herman Swezey

4 islands of the United States · Jul – Oct 1921

Otto Herman Swezey across 4 islands of the United States, July – October 1921

185 specimens · 22 stops · 99 days · 1,113 km

Joseph F. Rock

3 islands of the United States · Jul – Sep 1918

Joseph F. Rock in Maui, Hawaiʻi Island and Molokaʻi, July – September 1918

168 specimens · 8 stops · 67 days · 409 km

Edward Yataro Hosaka

Maui and Hawaiʻi Island · Jan – Feb 1937

Edward Yataro Hosaka in Maui and Hawaiʻi Island, January – February 1937

114 specimens · 14 stops · 28 days · 447 km

G.R. Ewart III

Maui and Oʻahu · Dec 1928 – Jan 1929

G.R. Ewart III in Maui and Oʻahu, December 1928 – January 1929

136 specimens · 7 stops · 38 days · 247 km

Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss

4 islands of the United States · Oct – Dec 1947

Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss across 4 islands of the United States, October – December 1947

188 specimens · 15 stops · 40 days · 52 km

Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss

Maui · Mar – May 1967

Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss in Maui, March – May 1967

96 specimens · 17 stops · 62 days · 301 km

Otto Herman Swezey

Maui and Molokaʻi · Dec 1928 – Feb 1929

Otto Herman Swezey in Maui and Molokaʻi, December 1928 – February 1929

130 specimens · 11 stops · 61 days · 104 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.