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
Brenda Bishop
3 islands of the United States · 3–18 Aug 1963
Brenda Bishop in Molokaʻi, Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, 3–18 August 196349 specimens · 2 stops · 16 days · 50 km
Zaca Exp
Tutuila and Savaii · 1–25 Oct 1936
Zaca Exp in Tutuila and Savaii, 1–25 October 193646 specimens · 2 stops · 25 days · 207 km
D'Alte A. Welch
Hawaiʻi Island · Dec 1935 – Jan 1936
D'Alte A. Welch in Hawaiʻi Island, December 1935 – January 193656 specimens · 2 stops · 6 days · 87 km
Erling Christophersen
Tutuila and Upolu · 24–29 Jun 1931
Erling Christophersen in Tutuila and Upolu, 24–29 June 193153 specimens · 3 stops · 6 days · 145 km
Alice T. Cooke
Maui · 25–29 May 1915
Alice T. Cooke in Maui, 25–29 May 191555 specimens · 2 stops · 5 days · 38 km
and Mrs. Murnan
Oʻahu · 15–19 Mar 1948
and Mrs. Murnan in Oʻahu, 15–19 March 194854 specimens · 2 stops · 5 days · 154 km
George F. Arnemann
Kauaʻi · 19–23 Jan 1948
George F. Arnemann in Kauaʻi, 19–23 January 194854 specimens · 2 stops · 5 days · 39 km
Anthony Polansky
Oʻahu · Jan – Feb 1964
Anthony Polansky in Oʻahu, January – February 196445 specimens · 2 stops · 18 days
W. Harry Lange
Saipan · Mar – Apr 1948
W. Harry Lange in Saipan, March – April 194847 specimens · 2 stops · 33 days · 126 km
George F. Arnemann
Kauaʻi · 2–22 May 1948
George F. Arnemann in Kauaʻi, 2–22 May 194843 specimens · 2 stops · 21 days
Ben Olivera
Oʻahu · May – Jun 1917
Ben Olivera in Oʻahu, May – June 191743 specimens · 2 stops · 19 days · 157 km
Elwood Curtin Zimmerman
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · Jan – Feb 1935
Elwood Curtin Zimmerman in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, January – February 193542 specimens · 4 stops · 21 days · 179 km
Elwood Curtin Zimmerman
Oʻahu · 9–28 May 1943
Elwood Curtin Zimmerman in Oʻahu, 9–28 May 194374 specimens · 2 stops · 20 days
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo
Mangareva · May – Jun 1934
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo in Mangareva, May – June 193444 specimens · 2 stops · 12 days · 4 km
Edmund J. Meadows
Oʻahu · 14–24 Sep 1941
Edmund J. Meadows in Oʻahu, 14–24 September 194143 specimens · 2 stops · 11 days · 33 km
Elwood Curtin Zimmerman
Oʻahu · 11–20 Nov 1934
Elwood Curtin Zimmerman in Oʻahu, 11–20 November 193463 specimens · 3 stops · 10 days
Clarence H. Cooke Jr.
Palmyra Atoll · 1–28 Jul 1913
Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Palmyra Atoll, 1–28 July 191342 specimens · 2 stops · 28 days · 893 km
Ditlev Due Thaanum
4 islands · 1–13 Oct 1911
Ditlev Due Thaanum across 4 islands, 1–13 October 191143 specimens · 2 stops · 13 days · 198 km
George F. Arnemann
Oʻahu · Nov – Dec 1951
George F. Arnemann in Oʻahu, November – December 195141 specimens · 2 stops · 8 days · 129 km
Natives
Guadalcanal Island · 13–17 Feb 1966
Natives in Guadalcanal Island, 13–17 February 196642 specimens · 2 stops · 5 days · 21 km
Grace Burgess Grace Burgess
Hawaiʻi Island · 1–11 Jun 1947
Grace Burgess Grace Burgess in Hawaiʻi Island, 1–11 June 194740 specimens · 2 stops · 11 days · 5,621 km
Anthony C. Robinson
Upolu and Savaii · 20–24 Jun 1994
Anthony C. Robinson in Upolu and Savaii, 20–24 June 199459 specimens · 3 stops · 5 days · 92 km
Robert H. Cowie
Hawaiʻi Island · 17–30 May 1999
Robert H. Cowie in Hawaiʻi Island, 17–30 May 199946 specimens · 3 stops · 14 days
Alfred Make
3 islands · Feb – Mar 1971
Alfred Make in Marotiri Isles, Rapa Island and Rapa, February – March 197143 specimens · 3 stops · 10 days
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.