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
Anderson Gessler
Moorea and Huahine · Sep – Oct 1934
Anderson Gessler in Moorea and Huahine, September – October 193498 specimens · 2 stops · 7 days · 149 km
Ronald A. Englund
Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · Feb – Jun 1998
Ronald A. Englund in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, February – June 199848 specimens · 21 stops · 119 days · 459 km
David A. Walker
Oʻahu · 4–27 Jul 1947
David A. Walker in Oʻahu, 4–27 July 194765 specimens · 3 stops · 24 days · 251 km
Alex B. Anderson
Pearl and Hermes Atoll and Nihoa · 1–6 Apr 1927
Alex B. Anderson in Pearl and Hermes Atoll and Nihoa, 1–6 April 192799 specimens · 2 stops · 6 days · 1,490 km
Erling Christophersen
Oʻahu · Mar – Apr 1930
Erling Christophersen in Oʻahu, March – April 193053 specimens · 4 stops · 37 days
George F. Arnemann
Kauaʻi and Maui · May – Jun 1946
George F. Arnemann in Kauaʻi and Maui, May – June 194679 specimens · 2 stops · 27 days · 338 km
Harold St.John
Oʻahu · 10–31 Mar 1935
Harold St.John in Oʻahu, 10–31 March 193565 specimens · 3 stops · 22 days
Tsing-Chao Maa
3 countries · Aug – Dec 1958
Tsing-Chao Maa in Malaysia, Singapore and Papua New Guinea, August – December 195850 specimens · 16 stops · 111 days · 7,301 km
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo
Oʻahu · Jul – Aug 1939
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo in Oʻahu, July – August 193978 specimens · 2 stops · 27 days · 25 km
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Alfred F. Judd Jr
3 islands · Feb – Mar 1926
Alfred F. Judd Jr in Tutuila, Lānaʻi and Ofu, February – March 192643 specimens · 6 stops · 46 days · 4,276 km
Donald Anderson
Oʻahu · 5–14 Feb 1939
Donald Anderson in Oʻahu, 5–14 February 193989 specimens · 2 stops · 10 days · 23 km
George Butler
Laysan · 20–24 Jul 1959
George Butler in Laysan, 20–24 July 1959193 specimens · 2 stops · 5 days
D. Cmc Jr.
3 islands · 1–17 Jun 1923
D. Cmc Jr. in Nihoa, Mokumanamana and Lisianski, 1–17 June 192350 specimens · 5 stops · 17 days · 1,520 km
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo
Oʻahu · Feb – Mar 1951
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo in Oʻahu, February – March 195153 specimens · 4 stops · 23 days
Erling Christopherson
Upolu · 5–15 Aug 1929
Erling Christopherson in Upolu, 5–15 August 192968 specimens · 3 stops · 11 days · 8 km
Hans George Hornbostel
Tinian · 1–23 May 1924
Hans George Hornbostel in Tinian, 1–23 May 192477 specimens · 2 stops · 23 days
George F. Arnemann
Kauaʻi and Maui · Jul – Aug 1946
George F. Arnemann in Kauaʻi and Maui, July – August 194659 specimens · 3 stops · 25 days · 422 km
George F. Arnemann
Guadalcanal Island · 10–16 Feb 1966
George F. Arnemann in Guadalcanal Island, 10–16 February 196660 specimens · 4 stops · 7 days · 78 km
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C.S. Dole
Kauaʻi · 1–19 Jul 1909
C.S. Dole in Kauaʻi, 1–19 July 190963 specimens · 3 stops · 19 days · 110 km
Johnson Randall
Enewetak Atoll and Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Aug 1983
Johnson Randall in Enewetak Atoll and Hawaiʻi Island, July – August 198367 specimens · 9 stops · 35 days · 4,844 km
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
Oʻahu · 1–21 Apr 1929
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Oʻahu, 1–21 April 192952 specimens · 5 stops · 21 days · 429 km
Rokuro Yamaguchi
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · Aug – Sep 1940
Rokuro Yamaguchi in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, August – September 194075 specimens · 2 stops · 21 days · 319 km
Gunder E. Olson
Maui · Oct – Dec 1936
Gunder E. Olson in Maui, October – December 193654 specimens · 3 stops · 54 days · 37 km
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo
Oʻahu and Aguijan · Jan – Feb 1952
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo in Oʻahu and Aguijan, January – February 195243 specimens · 5 stops · 34 days · 6,123 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.