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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. 127 journeys so far, 1911 to 1990, 33,890 specimens between them.

46 collectors and expeditions2,469 days in the field304,170 km between stops19,870 photographed specimens

David Timmins Fullaway

4 islands of the United States · Feb – Mar 1930

David Timmins Fullaway across 4 islands of the United States, February – March 1930

477 specimens · 5 stops · 42 days · 259 km

John W. Beardsley

Hawaiʻi Island · 13–30 Jun 1966

John W. Beardsley in Hawaiʻi Island, 13–30 June 1966

715 specimens · 12 stops · 18 days

Walter M. Giffard

Hawaiʻi Island · Jun – Aug 1927

Walter M. Giffard in Hawaiʻi Island, June – August 1927

248 specimens · 25 stops · 60 days · 184 km

Robert L. Usinger

Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · Jun – Nov 1935

Robert L. Usinger in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, June – November 1935

378 specimens · 27 stops · 135 days · 641 km

Walter M. Giffard

Hawaiʻi Island · Feb – Aug 1911

Walter M. Giffard in Hawaiʻi Island, February – August 1911

344 specimens · 19 stops · 170 days

Clarence H. Cooke Jr.

Kauaʻi and Molokaʻi · Jun – Jul 1914

Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Kauaʻi and Molokaʻi, June – July 1914

303 specimens · 7 stops · 37 days · 413 km

William H. Meinecke

Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island · Jun – Aug 1925

William H. Meinecke in Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island, June – August 1925

271 specimens · 8 stops · 60 days · 622 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

Alfred F. Judd Jr

Molokaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Aug 1925

Alfred F. Judd Jr in Molokaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island, July – August 1925

242 specimens · 11 stops · 60 days · 237 km

Donald Anderson

Oʻahu · May – Jul 1937

Donald Anderson in Oʻahu, May – July 1937

404 specimens · 3 stops · 67 days · 90 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

Clarence H. Cooke Jr.

3 islands of the United States · 1–19 Jun 1923

Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Nihoa, Mokumanamana and Kauaʻi, 1–19 June 1923

307 specimens · 8 stops · 19 days · 786 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

Steven L. Montgomery

9 islands of French Polynesia · Jul – Oct 1988

Steven L. Montgomery across 9 islands of French Polynesia, July – October 1988

277 specimens · 18 stops · 73 days · 10,669 km

John August Kusche

Kauaʻi · Apr – Jun 1920

John August Kusche in Kauaʻi, April – June 1920

360 specimens · 10 stops · 68 days · 63 km

Walter M. Giffard

Hawaiʻi Island · Jan – Jun 1912

Walter M. Giffard in Hawaiʻi Island, January – June 1912

272 specimens · 19 stops · 145 days

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

Clarence H. Cooke Jr.

Kauaʻi · Sep – Oct 1922

Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Kauaʻi, September – October 1922

348 specimens · 3 stops · 21 days · 35 km

Robert L. Usinger

Lānaʻi and Kauaʻi · Nov 1935 – Jan 1936

Robert L. Usinger in Lānaʻi and Kauaʻi, November 1935 – January 1936

221 specimens · 10 stops · 53 days · 259 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

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.

4 islands of the United States · Jul – Sep 1927

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. across 4 islands of the United States, July – September 1927

243 specimens · 11 stops · 55 days · 849 km

Charles N. Forbes

Oʻahu · Jan – May 1917

Charles N. Forbes in Oʻahu, January – May 1917

140 specimens · 12 stops · 95 days · 453 km

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.

Oʻahu · Sep – Nov 1934

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Oʻahu, September – November 1934

152 specimens · 11 stops · 64 days · 289 km

Yoshio KondoKay Kondo

Lānaʻi and Oʻahu · Feb – Apr 1961

Yoshio KondoKay Kondo in Lānaʻi and Oʻahu, February – April 1961

141 specimens · 11 stops · 50 days · 429 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.