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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. 21 journeys so far, 1911 to 1962, 8,332 specimens between them.

10 collectors and expeditions426 days in the field32,577 km between stops6,875 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 · May – Jul 1915

Charles N. Forbes across 6 islands of the United States, May – July 1915

1,032 specimens · 49 stops · 79 days · 992 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

Charles N. Forbes

5 islands of the United States · Sep – Dec 1916

Charles N. Forbes across 5 islands of the United States, September – December 1916

451 specimens · 23 stops · 106 days · 1,301 km

Charles N. Forbes

5 islands of the United States · Jan – Jun 1912

Charles N. Forbes across 5 islands of the United States, January – June 1912

459 specimens · 19 stops · 151 days · 981 km

Charles N. Forbes

4 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1913

Charles N. Forbes across 4 islands of the United States, June – July 1913

406 specimens · 8 stops · 38 days · 774 km

Charles N. Forbes

5 islands of the United States · Feb – Apr 1913

Charles N. Forbes across 5 islands of the United States, February – April 1913

309 specimens · 8 stops · 60 days · 556 km

Charles N. Forbes

4 islands of the United States · Jan – Jun 1916

Charles N. Forbes across 4 islands of the United States, January – June 1916

175 specimens · 26 stops · 156 days · 2,894 km

Pele Expedition 1959

3 islands · Jul – Aug 1959

Pele Expedition 1959, July – August 1959

286 specimens · 6 stops · 33 days · 617 km

Glen W. Russ

Hawaiʻi Island and Lānaʻi · Jun – Oct 1927

Glen W. Russ in Hawaiʻi Island and Lānaʻi, June – October 1927

140 specimens · 26 stops · 123 days · 55 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

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

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

George F. Arnemann

4 islands · Jan – Feb 1947

George F. Arnemann across 4 islands, January – February 1947

145 specimens · 4 stops · 22 days · 256 km

Yoshio KondoKay Kondo

4 islands · May – Aug 1962

Yoshio KondoKay Kondo across 4 islands, May – August 1962

76 specimens · 12 stops · 89 days · 12,838 km

Edward Yataro Hosaka

3 islands of the United States · 4–26 Apr 1939

Edward Yataro Hosaka in Maui, Hawaiʻi Island and Lānaʻi, 4–26 April 1939

69 specimens · 14 stops · 23 days · 337 km

George F. Arnemann

Oʻahu and Lānaʻi · Mar – Apr 1961

George F. Arnemann in Oʻahu and Lānaʻi, March – April 1961

83 specimens · 5 stops · 39 days · 265 km

Edward Yataro Hosaka

5 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 1931

Edward Yataro Hosaka across 5 islands of the United States, July – August 1931

82 specimens · 6 stops · 24 days · 1,149 km

Alfred F. Judd Jr

3 islands · Feb – Mar 1926

Alfred F. Judd Jr in Tutuila, Lānaʻi and Ofu, February – March 1926

43 specimens · 6 stops · 46 days · 4,276 km

Ditlev Due Thaanum

4 islands · 1–13 Oct 1911

Ditlev Due Thaanum across 4 islands, 1–13 October 1911

43 specimens · 2 stops · 13 days · 198 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.