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. 76 journeys so far, 1904 to 2003, 25,212 specimens between them.
38 collectors and expeditions1,648 days in the field181,468 km between stops20,025 photographed specimens
76 journeys match
Acad. Of Nat. Sci. Philadelphia
Maui · Jan – Mar 1957
Acad. Of Nat. Sci. Philadelphia in Maui, January – March 1957239 specimens · 27 stops · 45 days
R. Tucker Abbott
Maui · Jan – Mar 1957
R. Tucker Abbott in Maui, January – March 1957239 specimens · 27 stops · 45 days
Charles N. Forbes
5 islands of the United States · Feb – Apr 1913
Charles N. Forbes across 5 islands of the United States, February – April 1913309 specimens · 8 stops · 60 days · 556 km
Ted E. should Be D. Dranga
3 islands · May – Jul 1925
Ted E. should Be D. Dranga in Maui, Kahoʻolawe and Pearl and Hermes Atoll, May – July 1925281 specimens · 9 stops · 53 days · 270 km
F.G. Smith
4 islands of the United States · Jan – May 1929
F.G. Smith across 4 islands of the United States, January – May 1929185 specimens · 19 stops · 110 days · 1,335 km
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
Oʻahu and Maui · Dec 1928 – Feb 1929
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Oʻahu and Maui, December 1928 – February 1929244 specimens · 12 stops · 88 days · 650 km
Charles N. Forbes
5 islands of the United States · Jun – Sep 1910
Charles N. Forbes across 5 islands of the United States, June – September 1910246 specimens · 9 stops · 65 days · 763 km
L.A. Thurston L.A. ThurstonL.A. Thurston
3 islands · May – Jul 1925
L.A. Thurston L.A. ThurstonL.A. Thurston in Maui, Kahoʻolawe and Pearl and Hermes Atoll, May – July 1925240 specimens · 9 stops · 53 days · 276 km
Pele Expedition 1959
3 islands · Jul – Aug 1959
Pele Expedition 1959, July – August 1959286 specimens · 6 stops · 33 days · 617 km
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
Oʻahu and Maui · Sep 1919 – Jan 1920
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Oʻahu and Maui, September 1919 – January 1920201 specimens · 28 stops · 133 days · 556 km
H.A. Pilsbry
4 islands of the United States · Jan – Mar 1913
H.A. Pilsbry across 4 islands of the United States, January – March 1913189 specimens · 13 stops · 56 days · 1,191 km
Ted E. should Be D. Dranga
4 islands · Dec 1925 – Jan 1926
Ted E. should Be D. Dranga across 4 islands, December 1925 – January 1926365 specimens · 3 stops · 39 days · 8,285 km
Philip Hunter Timberlake
Maui and Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Aug 1919
Philip Hunter Timberlake in Maui and Hawaiʻi Island, July – August 1919229 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 1938174 specimens · 15 stops · 26 days · 58 km
Harold St.John
5 islands · Jun – Aug 1947
Harold St.John across 5 islands, June – August 1947162 specimens · 13 stops · 63 days · 23,782 km
Ted E. should Be D. Dranga
6 islands · 1–24 May 1923
Ted E. should Be D. Dranga across 6 islands, 1–24 May 1923157 specimens · 12 stops · 24 days · 3,034 km
L.A. Thurston L.A. ThurstonL.A. Thurston
4 islands · 1–15 Dec 1925
L.A. Thurston L.A. ThurstonL.A. Thurston across 4 islands, 1–15 December 1925351 specimens · 2 stops · 15 days · 4,142 km
Owen Bryant
Maui · Feb – Apr 1932
Owen Bryant in Maui, February – April 1932216 specimens · 15 stops · 62 days
Otto Herman Swezey
4 islands of the United States · Jul – Oct 1921
Otto Herman Swezey across 4 islands of the United States, July – October 1921185 specimens · 22 stops · 99 days · 1,113 km
Marie Catherine Neal
4 islands · Jul – Aug 1933
Marie Catherine Neal across 4 islands, July – August 1933137 specimens · 9 stops · 33 days · 17,135 km
Ruth D. Svihla
Maui and Oʻahu · Jun – Aug 1935
Ruth D. Svihla in Maui and Oʻahu, June – August 1935176 specimens · 15 stops · 69 days · 191 km
G.R. Ewart III
Maui and Oʻahu · Dec 1928 – Jan 1929
G.R. Ewart III in Maui and Oʻahu, December 1928 – January 1929136 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 1947188 specimens · 15 stops · 40 days · 52 km
L.A. Thurston L.A. ThurstonL.A. Thurston
6 islands · 14–24 May 1923
L.A. Thurston L.A. ThurstonL.A. Thurston across 6 islands, 14–24 May 1923135 specimens · 8 stops · 11 days · 2,027 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.