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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

Harold E. Parks

5 islands · May – Jun 1926

Harold E. Parks across 5 islands, May – June 1926

333 specimens · 7 stops · 32 days · 1,859 km

Pele Expedition: Sulu Sea

Jan – Mar 1964

Pele Expedition: Sulu Sea, January – March 1964

179 specimens · 17 stops · 52 days

Mary Eleanor King

Jan – Mar 1964

Mary Eleanor King, January – March 1964

179 specimens · 17 stops · 52 days

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.

Oʻahu and Maui · Sep 1919 – Jan 1920

Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Oʻahu and Maui, September 1919 – January 1920

201 specimens · 28 stops · 133 days · 556 km

Glen W. Russ

Hawaiʻi Island and Lānaʻi · Jun – Oct 1927

Glen W. Russ in Hawaiʻi Island and Lānaʻi, June – October 1927

140 specimens · 26 stops · 123 days · 55 km

H.A. Pilsbry

4 islands of the United States · Jan – Mar 1913

H.A. Pilsbry across 4 islands of the United States, January – March 1913

189 specimens · 13 stops · 56 days · 1,191 km

Stokes

Rapa · Jun – Oct 1921

Stokes in Rapa, June – October 1921

174 specimens · 12 stops · 143 days · 1,215 km

Ted E. should Be D. Dranga

4 islands · Dec 1925 – Jan 1926

Ted E. should Be D. Dranga across 4 islands, December 1925 – January 1926

365 specimens · 3 stops · 39 days · 8,285 km

John August Kusche

Kauaʻi · Apr – Jun 1920

John August Kusche in Kauaʻi, April – June 1920

360 specimens · 10 stops · 68 days · 63 km

J. Manson Valentine

3 islands of Fiji · Jul 1937 – Jan 1938

J. Manson Valentine in Viti Levu, Taveuni and Ovalau, July 1937 – January 1938

131 specimens · 28 stops · 185 days · 23,764 km

H.B. Baker

Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · Aug – Sep 1935

H.B. Baker in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, August – September 1935

316 specimens · 4 stops · 28 days · 429 km

Rokuro Yamaguchi

Oʻahu · Jan – Feb 1936

Rokuro Yamaguchi in Oʻahu, January – February 1936

354 specimens · 3 stops · 36 days · 291 km

Walter M. Giffard

Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · Jun – Jul 1928

Walter M. Giffard in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, June – July 1928

299 specimens · 4 stops · 31 days · 87 km

Clarence H. Cooke Jr.

Molokaʻi · 8–13 Mar 1916

Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Molokaʻi, 8–13 March 1916

433 specimens · 3 stops · 6 days · 8 km

Mrs. J.F.G. Stokes

Rapa · Jun – Oct 1921

Mrs. J.F.G. Stokes in Rapa, June – October 1921

171 specimens · 9 stops · 143 days · 946 km

Judson Linsley Gressitt

6 islands · Aug – Dec 1957

Judson Linsley Gressitt across 6 islands, August – December 1957

131 specimens · 30 stops · 113 days · 9,370 km

F. Raymond Fosberg

Oʻahu · Dec 1934 – Mar 1935

F. Raymond Fosberg in Oʻahu, December 1934 – March 1935

148 specimens · 16 stops · 95 days · 731 km

Clarence H. Cooke Jr.

Molokaʻi · Feb – Mar 1915

Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Molokaʻi, February – March 1915

275 specimens · 4 stops · 42 days · 51 km

Philip Hunter Timberlake

Maui and Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Aug 1919

Philip Hunter Timberlake in Maui and Hawaiʻi Island, July – August 1919

229 specimens · 22 stops · 51 days · 448 km

Clarence H. Cooke Jr.

Kauaʻi · Sep – Oct 1922

Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Kauaʻi, September – October 1922

348 specimens · 3 stops · 21 days · 35 km

Robert L. Usinger

Lānaʻi and Kauaʻi · Nov 1935 – Jan 1936

Robert L. Usinger in Lānaʻi and Kauaʻi, November 1935 – January 1936

221 specimens · 10 stops · 53 days · 259 km

Edward Yataro Hosaka

Hawaiʻi Island and Maui · May – Jun 1938

Edward Yataro Hosaka in Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, May – June 1938

174 specimens · 15 stops · 26 days · 58 km

Stanley Ball

7 islands · Nov 1924 – Jan 1925

Stanley Ball across 7 islands, November 1924 – January 1925

174 specimens · 14 stops · 43 days · 3,291 km

Kazue Ozaki

Oʻahu · Oct – Dec 1963

Kazue Ozaki in Oʻahu, October – December 1963

347 specimens · 9 stops · 75 days · 292 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.