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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. 200 journeys so far, 1909 to 2001, 73,789 specimens between them.

82 collectors and expeditions3,830 days in the field1,081,699 km between stops58,729 photographed specimens

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

H.A. Pilsbry

4 islands of the United States · Jan – Mar 1913

H.A. Pilsbry across 4 islands of the United States, January – March 1913

189 specimens · 13 stops · 56 days · 1,191 km

H.B. Baker

Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · Aug – Sep 1935

H.B. Baker in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, August – September 1935

316 specimens · 4 stops · 28 days · 429 km

Rokuro Yamaguchi

Oʻahu · Jan – Feb 1936

Rokuro Yamaguchi in Oʻahu, January – February 1936

354 specimens · 3 stops · 36 days · 291 km

Walter M. Giffard

Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · Jun – Jul 1928

Walter M. Giffard in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, June – July 1928

299 specimens · 4 stops · 31 days · 87 km

F. Raymond Fosberg

Oʻahu · Dec 1934 – Mar 1935

F. Raymond Fosberg in Oʻahu, December 1934 – March 1935

148 specimens · 16 stops · 95 days · 731 km

Kazue Ozaki

Oʻahu · Oct – Dec 1963

Kazue Ozaki in Oʻahu, October – December 1963

347 specimens · 9 stops · 75 days · 292 km

J.G. McAllister

Oʻahu · Jun – Aug 1930

J.G. McAllister in Oʻahu, June – August 1930

169 specimens · 9 stops · 79 days · 599 km

Clarence C.Y. Wong

Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · May – Aug 1951

Clarence C.Y. Wong in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, May – August 1951

141 specimens · 13 stops · 114 days · 926 km

T. Cora

Oʻahu · Jun – Aug 1930

T. Cora in Oʻahu, June – August 1930

168 specimens · 9 stops · 79 days · 599 km

McAllister

Oʻahu · Jun – Aug 1930

McAllister in Oʻahu, June – August 1930

168 specimens · 9 stops · 79 days · 599 km

Harold St.John

5 islands · Jun – Aug 1947

Harold St.John across 5 islands, June – August 1947

162 specimens · 13 stops · 63 days · 23,782 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

Edmund J. Meadows

Oʻahu · Mar – Apr 1938

Edmund J. Meadows in Oʻahu, March – April 1938

314 specimens · 3 stops · 20 days · 307 km

Erling Christophersen

3 islands · Oct 1924 – Jan 1925

Erling Christophersen in Oʻahu, Tutuila and Hawaiʻi Island, October 1924 – January 1925

126 specimens · 16 stops · 85 days · 17,725 km

Joseph E. Alicata

Oʻahu · Nov 1935 – Mar 1936

Joseph E. Alicata in Oʻahu, November 1935 – March 1936

97 specimens · 29 stops · 106 days · 1,315 km

F. Raymond Fosberg

Oʻahu and Molokaʻi · Feb – Apr 1948

F. Raymond Fosberg in Oʻahu and Molokaʻi, February – April 1948

132 specimens · 15 stops · 71 days · 524 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

Donald Anderson

Oʻahu and Molokaʻi · May – Jul 1933

Donald Anderson in Oʻahu and Molokaʻi, May – July 1933

238 specimens · 3 stops · 54 days · 137 km

Yoshio KondoKay Kondo

Oʻahu · Mar – Apr 1948

Yoshio KondoKay Kondo in Oʻahu, March – April 1948

164 specimens · 7 stops · 37 days · 934 km

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.

3 islands of the United States · Jun – Sep 1928

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Kauaʻi, Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, June – September 1928

168 specimens · 15 stops · 81 days · 1,078 km

Donald Anderson

Oʻahu · Jul – Sep 1940

Donald Anderson in Oʻahu, July – September 1940

225 specimens · 3 stops · 64 days · 160 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.