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
530 journeys match
Tuatoko
Rotuma · 1–26 Aug 1938
Tuatoko in Rotuma, 1–26 August 1938106 specimens · 3 stops · 26 days · 1,107 km
J.P.E. Morrison
4 islands · Feb – Jul 1946
J.P.E. Morrison across 4 islands, February – July 194641 specimens · 17 stops · 153 days · 2,863 km
Charles N. Forbes
3 islands of the United States · Oct 1910 – Jan 1911
Charles N. Forbes in Oʻahu, Maui and Kauaʻi, October 1910 – January 191148 specimens · 16 stops · 97 days · 1,320 km
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo
Oʻahu · Jul – Aug 1940
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo in Oʻahu, July – August 1940132 specimens · 2 stops · 23 days · 53 km
F.O. Heine
Oʻahu · Feb – Mar 1933
F.O. Heine in Oʻahu, February – March 193385 specimens · 4 stops · 33 days · 154 km
Robert L. Usinger
Oʻahu · Feb – May 1936
Robert L. Usinger in Oʻahu, February – May 193662 specimens · 9 stops · 83 days · 6,521 km
P. Drucker
Oʻahu · Jul – Aug 1951
P. Drucker in Oʻahu, July – August 195199 specimens · 3 stops · 29 days · 122 km
Tsing-Chao Maa
4 countries · May – Sep 1959
Tsing-Chao Maa across 4 countries, May – September 195977 specimens · 16 stops · 102 days
Dennis M. Devaney
8 islands · Feb – Mar 1971
Dennis M. Devaney across 8 islands, February – March 197190 specimens · 13 stops · 41 days · 1,684 km
Jacob Zimmerman
Viti Levu · Jul – Aug 1938
Jacob Zimmerman in Viti Levu, July – August 1938121 specimens · 3 stops · 6 days · 107 km
O.L. Smith
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · Sep – Oct 1921
O.L. Smith in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, September – October 192183 specimens · 4 stops · 31 days · 186 km
G. George D. Peterson
4 islands of the Northern Mariana Islands · May – Jun 1952
G. George D. Peterson across 4 islands of the Northern Mariana Islands, May – June 195286 specimens · 4 stops · 23 days · 62 km
Otto Herman Swezey
Molokaʻi · 1–23 Dec 1925
Otto Herman Swezey in Molokaʻi, 1–23 December 1925122 specimens · 4 stops · 23 days · 4 km
Judson Linsley Gressitt
4 islands · May – Jul 1959
Judson Linsley Gressitt across 4 islands, May – July 195951 specimens · 14 stops · 64 days · 2,073 km
Derral R. Herbst
Aug – Sep 1963
Derral R. Herbst, August – September 196375 specimens · 5 stops · 24 days · 80 km
Charles K. Barry
Aug – Sep 1963
Charles K. Barry, August – September 196375 specimens · 5 stops · 24 days · 80 km
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
Kauaʻi · Jul – Aug 1940
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Kauaʻi, July – August 194074 specimens · 8 stops · 11 days
Marie Catherine Neal
Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Aug 1927
Marie Catherine Neal in Hawaiʻi Island, July – August 192756 specimens · 9 stops · 32 days · 77 km
Otto Herman Swezey
Maui and Oʻahu · Mar – May 1924
Otto Herman Swezey in Maui and Oʻahu, March – May 192464 specimens · 6 stops · 65 days · 228 km
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss
4 islands · Jan – Feb 1962
Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss across 4 islands, January – February 196257 specimens · 12 stops · 30 days · 22,109 km
Peter Char P.C.
Oʻahu · Jul – Aug 1961
Peter Char P.C. in Oʻahu, July – August 196184 specimens · 3 stops · 43 days · 274 km
James Lester Allen
Oʻahu · Jul – Aug 1948
James Lester Allen in Oʻahu, July – August 194855 specimens · 7 stops · 48 days · 420 km
Jane Lathrop Winne
Oʻahu · 21–28 Dec 1932
Jane Lathrop Winne in Oʻahu, 21–28 December 1932131 specimens · 2 stops · 8 days · 154 km
Ted E. should Be D. Dranga
3 islands · 1–6 Apr 1927
Ted E. should Be D. Dranga in Pearl and Hermes Atoll, Nihoa and Maui, 1–6 April 1927147 specimens · 2 stops · 6 days · 1,490 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.