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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. 207 journeys so far, 1892 to 1995, 45,170 specimens between them.

63 collectors and expeditions3,387 days in the field312,272 km between stops19,870 photographed specimens

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

Steven L. Montgomery

3 islands of the United States · May – Sep 1979

Steven L. Montgomery in Molokaʻi, Hawaiʻi Island and Lānaʻi, May – September 1979

268 specimens · 35 stops · 100 days · 1,207 km

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

John W. Beardsley

the United States · Aug – Oct 1964

John W. Beardsley in the United States, August – October 1964

636 specimens · 10 stops · 38 days

Robert Cyril Layton Perkins

the United States · May – Oct 1893

Robert Cyril Layton Perkins in the United States, May – October 1893

344 specimens · 23 stops · 154 days

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

Walter M. Giffard

Jan – May 1910

Walter M. Giffard, January – May 1910

428 specimens · 11 stops · 122 days

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

Walter M. Giffard

the United States · Nov 1907 – May 1908

Walter M. Giffard in the United States, November 1907 – May 1908

338 specimens · 17 stops · 175 days

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

Otto Herman Swezey

Maui · Jul – Nov 1918

Otto Herman Swezey in Maui, July – November 1918

300 specimens · 17 stops · 120 days

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

Robert Cyril Layton Perkins

Hawaiʻi Island · Jun – Sep 1892

Robert Cyril Layton Perkins in Hawaiʻi Island, June – September 1892

367 specimens · 10 stops · 76 days

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.