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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

Marie Catherine Neal

Hawaiʻi Island · Jun – Jul 1922

Marie Catherine Neal in Hawaiʻi Island, June – July 1922

82 specimens · 8 stops · 18 days

Mrs. P.H. Buck

Oct – Nov 1929

Mrs. P.H. Buck, October – November 1929

113 specimens · 3 stops · 52 days

Rokuro Yamaguchi

Oʻahu · Oct – Nov 1935

Rokuro Yamaguchi in Oʻahu, October – November 1935

151 specimens · 2 stops · 27 days · 16 km

Clarence H. Cooke Jr.

Molokaʻi and Kauaʻi · Mar – Apr 1914

Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Molokaʻi and Kauaʻi, March – April 1914

105 specimens · 4 stops · 25 days · 343 km

Pacific Entomological Survey

Nuku Hiva · May – Jun 1931

Pacific Entomological Survey, May – June 1931

105 specimens · 4 stops · 24 days · 6 km

R.K. von Holt

Oʻahu · Sep – Oct 1912

R.K. von Holt in Oʻahu, September – October 1912

106 specimens · 4 stops · 21 days · 289 km

Alex B. Anderson

3 islands · Sep – Oct 1934

Alex B. Anderson in Raiatea, Moorea and Taha'A, September – October 1934

126 specimens · 3 stops · 17 days · 211 km

C.F. Mant

Oʻahu · Nov 1918 – Jan 1919

C.F. Mant in Oʻahu, November 1918 – January 1919

92 specimens · 4 stops · 59 days · 255 km

Erling Christophersen

Oʻahu · Apr – May 1932

Erling Christophersen in Oʻahu, April – May 1932

111 specimens · 4 stops · 12 days · 308 km

Derral R. Herbst

Kauaʻi and Maui · Nov 1972 – Feb 1973

Derral R. Herbst in Kauaʻi and Maui, November 1972 – February 1973

58 specimens · 11 stops · 79 days · 768 km

R.R. Whitten

Maui · 1–27 Aug 1929

R.R. Whitten in Maui, 1–27 August 1929

108 specimens · 7 stops · 27 days · 20 km

Carolene Charley

Kauaʻi · 14–19 Jun 1914

Carolene Charley in Kauaʻi, 14–19 June 1914

140 specimens · 3 stops · 6 days · 64 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

C.H. C. Hoyt

Oʻahu · Aug – Nov 1952

C.H. C. Hoyt in Oʻahu, August – November 1952

89 specimens · 12 stops · 81 days · 134 km

Tuifaa

Tau and Ofu · Feb – Mar 1926

Tuifaa in Tau and Ofu, February – March 1926

155 specimens · 2 stops · 12 days · 21 km

AF Judd 3rd

Tau and Ofu · Feb – Mar 1926

AF Judd 3rd in Tau and Ofu, February – March 1926

155 specimens · 2 stops · 12 days · 21 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

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.

5 islands · Mar – Jun 1915

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. across 5 islands, March – June 1915

58 specimens · 9 stops · 75 days · 11,034 km

Amy Suehiro

Oʻahu · Sep – Nov 1932

Amy Suehiro in Oʻahu, September – November 1932

81 specimens · 5 stops · 46 days

William H. Meinecke

Kauaʻi · 23–28 Dec 1926

William H. Meinecke in Kauaʻi, 23–28 December 1926

170 specimens · 2 stops · 6 days · 32 km

Edward Yataro Hosaka

Hawaiʻi Island · 11–19 Jun 1941

Edward Yataro Hosaka in Hawaiʻi Island, 11–19 June 1941

127 specimens · 3 stops · 9 days · 165 km

Gerrit Parmele Wilder

7 islands · Jun – Aug 1925

Gerrit Parmele Wilder across 7 islands, June – August 1925

52 specimens · 22 stops · 65 days · 10,586 km

Judson Linsley Gressitt

New Guinea · Aug – Dec 1958

Judson Linsley Gressitt in New Guinea, August – December 1958

67 specimens · 26 stops · 110 days · 956 km

Edward Y. Hosaka

Saipan and Tinian · Jun – Jul 1946

Edward Y. Hosaka in Saipan and Tinian, June – July 1946

137 specimens · 2 stops · 22 days · 188 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.