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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. 64 journeys so far, 1910 to 1999, 21,641 specimens between them.

35 collectors and expeditions1,240 days in the field156,697 km between stops18,233 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

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

Otto Degener

5 islands of the United States · Jan – Aug 1928

Otto Degener across 5 islands of the United States, January – August 1928

748 specimens · 74 stops · 209 days · 1,716 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

Carl Skottsberg

6 islands of the United States · Jun – Oct 1938

Carl Skottsberg across 6 islands of the United States, June – October 1938

776 specimens · 47 stops · 106 days · 2,822 km

Lucy May Cranwell

6 islands of the United States · May – Oct 1938

Lucy May Cranwell across 6 islands of the United States, May – October 1938

734 specimens · 51 stops · 146 days · 3,245 km

Otto Degener

5 islands of the United States · Mar – Aug 1926

Otto Degener across 5 islands of the United States, March – August 1926

607 specimens · 71 stops · 177 days · 3,068 km

Gerrit Parmele Wilder

3 islands of the United States · Jul 1930 – Jun 1931

Gerrit Parmele Wilder in Oʻahu, Laysan and Molokaʻi, July 1930 – June 1931

435 specimens · 74 stops · 343 days · 5,041 km

Harold St.John

4 islands of the United States · Sep 1931 – Mar 1932

Harold St.John across 4 islands of the United States, September 1931 – March 1932

481 specimens · 30 stops · 167 days · 1,433 km

Yoshio KondoKay Kondo

8 islands · Jul – Oct 1934

Yoshio KondoKay Kondo across 8 islands, July – October 1934

620 specimens · 10 stops · 91 days · 1,948 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 – Aug 1912

Charles N. Forbes across 4 islands of the United States, June – August 1912

567 specimens · 12 stops · 44 days · 287 km

Clarence H. Cooke Jr.

Molokaʻi · 5–20 Feb 1919

Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Molokaʻi, 5–20 February 1919

655 specimens · 9 stops · 16 days · 64 km

Clarence H. Cooke Jr.

Molokaʻi · Jul – Aug 1912

Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Molokaʻi, July – August 1912

589 specimens · 9 stops · 32 days · 196 km

Clarence H. Cooke Jr.

Maui and Molokaʻi · May – Jun 1915

Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Maui and Molokaʻi, May – June 1915

671 specimens · 5 stops · 20 days · 131 km

Alastair M. Adamson

Molokaʻi and Kauaʻi · May – Jul 1928

Alastair M. Adamson in Molokaʻi and Kauaʻi, May – July 1928

468 specimens · 12 stops · 50 days · 321 km

Maxwell S. Doty

11 islands · Sep 1953 – Aug 1954

Maxwell S. Doty across 11 islands, September 1953 – August 1954

309 specimens · 40 stops · 315 days · 78,333 km

Clarence H. Cooke Jr.

4 islands of the United States · Jan – Mar 1913

Clarence H. Cooke Jr. across 4 islands of the United States, January – March 1913

422 specimens · 10 stops · 45 days · 815 km

C.F. Mant

Molokaʻi and Oʻahu · May – Aug 1919

C.F. Mant in Molokaʻi and Oʻahu, May – August 1919

294 specimens · 22 stops · 93 days · 568 km

Pils

4 islands · Jan – Mar 1913

Pils across 4 islands, January – March 1913

362 specimens · 13 stops · 54 days · 1,100 km

Charles N. Forbes

3 islands of the United States · Jan – Apr 1915

Charles N. Forbes in Molokaʻi, Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, January – April 1915

353 specimens · 21 stops · 65 days · 233 km

Judd

Molokaʻi · 5–20 Feb 1919

Judd in Molokaʻi, 5–20 February 1919

474 specimens · 8 stops · 16 days · 87 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

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.