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
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Gerrit Parmele Wilder
3 islands of French Polynesia · Aug – Dec 1932
Gerrit Parmele Wilder in Makatea, Tahiti and Moorea, August – December 1932218 specimens · 23 stops · 120 days · 1,308 km
Clarence H. Cooke Jr.
Kauaʻi and Molokaʻi · Jun – Jul 1914
Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Kauaʻi and Molokaʻi, June – July 1914303 specimens · 7 stops · 37 days · 413 km
F.G. Smith
4 islands of the United States · Jan – May 1929
F.G. Smith across 4 islands of the United States, January – May 1929185 specimens · 19 stops · 110 days · 1,335 km
William H. Meinecke
Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island · Jun – Aug 1925
William H. Meinecke in Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island, June – August 1925271 specimens · 8 stops · 60 days · 622 km
Welche
Oʻahu · Aug – Oct 1935
Welche in Oʻahu, August – October 1935298 specimens · 6 stops · 69 days · 257 km
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
Oʻahu and Maui · Dec 1928 – Feb 1929
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Oʻahu and Maui, December 1928 – February 1929244 specimens · 12 stops · 88 days · 650 km
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Alfred F. Judd Jr
Molokaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Aug 1925
Alfred F. Judd Jr in Molokaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island, July – August 1925242 specimens · 11 stops · 60 days · 237 km
Robert H. Cowie
Tutuila and Hawaiʻi Island · 3–16 Mar 1998
Robert H. Cowie in Tutuila and Hawaiʻi Island, 3–16 March 1998511 specimens · 12 stops · 14 days
C.F. Mant
Oʻahu · May – Jul 1918
C.F. Mant in Oʻahu, May – July 1918224 specimens · 12 stops · 58 days · 1,248 km
John Q. Burch or John B. Burch
11 islands · Sep – Nov 1966
John Q. Burch or John B. Burch across 11 islands, September – November 1966264 specimens · 12 stops · 52 days · 1,201 km
Donald Anderson
Oʻahu · May – Jul 1937
Donald Anderson in Oʻahu, May – July 1937404 specimens · 3 stops · 67 days · 90 km
Rachel Benson
Oʻahu · May – Aug 1930
Rachel Benson in Oʻahu, May – August 1930219 specimens · 10 stops · 100 days · 618 km
Ted E. should Be D. Dranga
Kauaʻi · Nov – Dec 1926
Ted E. should Be D. Dranga in Kauaʻi, November – December 1926268 specimens · 8 stops · 40 days · 192 km
John E. Hoffmeister
Viti Levu · May – Aug 1928
John E. Hoffmeister in Viti Levu, May – August 1928190 specimens · 15 stops · 96 days
Ralph C. DeFelice
Oʻahu and Molokaʻi · 2–19 Nov 1999
Ralph C. DeFelice in Oʻahu and Molokaʻi, 2–19 November 1999722 specimens · 5 stops · 18 days · 118 km
Charles N. Forbes
5 islands of the United States · Jun – Sep 1910
Charles N. Forbes across 5 islands of the United States, June – September 1910246 specimens · 9 stops · 65 days · 763 km
L.A. Thurston L.A. ThurstonL.A. Thurston
3 islands · May – Jul 1925
L.A. Thurston L.A. ThurstonL.A. Thurston in Maui, Kahoʻolawe and Pearl and Hermes Atoll, May – July 1925240 specimens · 9 stops · 53 days · 276 km
F. Raymond Fosberg
Oʻahu · May – Jul 1935
F. Raymond Fosberg in Oʻahu, May – July 1935176 specimens · 19 stops · 77 days · 308 km
Clarence H. Cooke Jr.
3 islands of the United States · 1–19 Jun 1923
Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Nihoa, Mokumanamana and Kauaʻi, 1–19 June 1923307 specimens · 8 stops · 19 days · 786 km
Alastair M. Adamson
Tahiti and Moorea · Oct – Dec 1928
Alastair M. Adamson in Tahiti and Moorea, October – December 1928203 specimens · 15 stops · 49 days · 153 km
Donald Anderson
Molokaʻi and Oʻahu · 8–27 Aug 1933
Donald Anderson in Molokaʻi and Oʻahu, 8–27 August 1933377 specimens · 4 stops · 20 days · 170 km
Pele Expedition 1959
3 islands · Jul – Aug 1959
Pele Expedition 1959, July – August 1959286 specimens · 6 stops · 33 days · 617 km
Clarence H. Cooke Jr.
Kauaʻi · Sep – Oct 1930
Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Kauaʻi, September – October 1930323 specimens · 5 stops · 23 days · 140 km
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo
13 islands · Feb – Jun 1966
Yoshio KondoKay Kondo across 13 islands, February – June 1966155 specimens · 40 stops · 141 days · 4,507 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.