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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. 530 journeys so far, 1882 to 2003, 205,265 specimens between them.

230 collectors and expeditions9,713 days in the field2,446,348 km between stops172,106 photographed specimens

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530 journeys match

Clarence H. Cooke Jr.

Kauaʻi · 6–18 Jul 1907

Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Kauaʻi, 6–18 July 1907

251 specimens · 3 stops · 13 days · 22 km

Gordon Allan Samuelson

5 islands of New Zealand · Sep – Oct 1962

Gordon Allan Samuelson across 5 islands of New Zealand, September – October 1962

85 specimens · 27 stops · 58 days · 9,986 km

Harold E. Parks

Rarotonga · May – Jul 1929

Harold E. Parks in Rarotonga, May – July 1929

115 specimens · 17 stops · 69 days

Marie Catherine Neal

4 islands · Jul – Aug 1933

Marie Catherine Neal across 4 islands, July – August 1933

137 specimens · 9 stops · 33 days · 17,135 km

J.R. Le B. Tomlin Ex Jens M. Ostergaard

Oʻahu · Jul – Aug 1924

J.R. Le B. Tomlin Ex Jens M. Ostergaard in Oʻahu, July – August 1924

104 specimens · 14 stops · 48 days · 869 km

Ruth D. Svihla

Maui and Oʻahu · Jun – Aug 1935

Ruth D. Svihla in Maui and Oʻahu, June – August 1935

176 specimens · 15 stops · 69 days · 191 km

David F. Grether

5 islands · Jul – Aug 1946

David F. Grether across 5 islands, July – August 1946

121 specimens · 10 stops · 38 days · 37,731 km

Edward Yataro Hosaka

Hawaiʻi Island · Dec 1931 – Jan 1932

Edward Yataro Hosaka in Hawaiʻi Island, December 1931 – January 1932

154 specimens · 8 stops · 14 days · 67 km

Stokes

4 islands · Jan – Mar 1921

Stokes across 4 islands, January – March 1921

105 specimens · 11 stops · 81 days · 1,733 km

Mrs. J.F.G. Stokes

4 islands · Jan – Mar 1921

Mrs. J.F.G. Stokes across 4 islands, January – March 1921

105 specimens · 11 stops · 81 days · 1,733 km

Clarence H. Cooke Jr.

Hawaiʻi Island and Molokaʻi · 1–11 Oct 1911

Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Hawaiʻi Island and Molokaʻi, 1–11 October 1911

168 specimens · 7 stops · 11 days · 311 km

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.

14 islands · Jul – Sep 1938

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. across 14 islands, July – September 1938

131 specimens · 17 stops · 49 days · 11,700 km

G.R. Ewart III

Maui and Oʻahu · Dec 1928 – Jan 1929

G.R. Ewart III in Maui and Oʻahu, December 1928 – January 1929

136 specimens · 7 stops · 38 days · 247 km

D'Alte A. Welch

Kauaʻi · 1–28 Sep 1931

D'Alte A. Welch in Kauaʻi, 1–28 September 1931

260 specimens · 2 stops · 28 days · 67 km

Erling Christophersen

3 islands · Dec 1931 – Feb 1932

Erling Christophersen in Tutuila, Oʻahu and Upolu, December 1931 – February 1932

148 specimens · 8 stops · 47 days · 8,662 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

Pele Expedition 1961-1962

Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · Feb – May 1962

Pele Expedition 1961-1962, February – May 1962

99 specimens · 10 stops · 99 days · 472 km

Clarence C.Y. Wong

Yap and Gagil-Tamil · Jan – Mar 1948

Clarence C.Y. Wong in Yap and Gagil-Tamil, January – March 1948

307 specimens · 2 stops · 67 days · 871 km

Varnum Dennis Phillip Spicer

Kiritimati and Oʻahu · 1–17 Jun 1943

Varnum Dennis Phillip Spicer in Kiritimati and Oʻahu, 1–17 June 1943

266 specimens · 2 stops · 17 days · 2,184 km

Gerrit Parmele Wilder

3 islands · Jul – Dec 1926

Gerrit Parmele Wilder in Moorea, Tahiti and Penrhyn Atoll, July – December 1926

77 specimens · 29 stops · 145 days · 451 km

Otto Herman Swezey

6 islands · Jul – Sep 1923

Otto Herman Swezey across 6 islands, July – September 1923

95 specimens · 15 stops · 64 days · 824 km

MacDonald

5 islands · May – Jun 1934

MacDonald across 5 islands, May – June 1934

151 specimens · 5 stops · 26 days · 1,342 km

Yoshio KondoKay Kondo

Oʻahu · Mar – Jun 1946

Yoshio KondoKay Kondo in Oʻahu, March – June 1946

124 specimens · 6 stops · 65 days · 506 km

Judd

Molokaʻi · 8–13 Mar 1916

Judd in Molokaʻi, 8–13 March 1916

301 specimens · 2 stops · 6 days · 4 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.