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
Donald Anderson
8 islands · Apr – Jun 1950
Donald Anderson across 8 islands, April – June 1950193 specimens · 19 stops · 54 days · 16,195 km
William H. Meinecke
Kauaʻi · Jun – Jul 1927
William H. Meinecke in Kauaʻi, June – July 1927365 specimens · 3 stops · 11 days · 37 km
J.G. McAllister
Oʻahu · Jun – Aug 1930
J.G. McAllister in Oʻahu, June – August 1930169 specimens · 9 stops · 79 days · 599 km
Clarence C.Y. Wong
Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · May – Aug 1951
Clarence C.Y. Wong in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, May – August 1951141 specimens · 13 stops · 114 days · 926 km
McAllister
Oʻahu · Jun – Aug 1930
McAllister in Oʻahu, June – August 1930168 specimens · 9 stops · 79 days · 599 km
T. Cora
Oʻahu · Jun – Aug 1930
T. Cora in Oʻahu, June – August 1930168 specimens · 9 stops · 79 days · 599 km
Harold St.John
5 islands · Jun – Aug 1947
Harold St.John across 5 islands, June – August 1947162 specimens · 13 stops · 63 days · 23,782 km
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Gerrit Parmele Wilder
7 islands · Aug – Sep 1923
Gerrit Parmele Wilder across 7 islands, August – September 1923171 specimens · 15 stops · 36 days · 5,391 km
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
4 islands of the United States · Jul – Sep 1927
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. across 4 islands of the United States, July – September 1927243 specimens · 11 stops · 55 days · 849 km
Robert H. Cowie
5 islands · Feb – Apr 2001
Robert H. Cowie across 5 islands, February – April 2001353 specimens · 8 stops · 44 days · 8,534 km
Edmund J. Meadows
Oʻahu · Mar – Apr 1938
Edmund J. Meadows in Oʻahu, March – April 1938314 specimens · 3 stops · 20 days · 307 km
Peter H. Buck
Aug – Sep 1929
Peter H. Buck, August – September 1929219 specimens · 5 stops · 40 days
Henry E. Crampton
7 islands · Jun – Jul 1928
Henry E. Crampton across 7 islands, June – July 1928198 specimens · 8 stops · 18 days · 1,618 km
Charles Montague Cooke Jr. 7 Others
3 islands · Sep – Oct 1934
Charles Montague Cooke Jr. 7 Others in Raiatea, Moorea and Tahiti, September – October 1934311 specimens · 3 stops · 18 days · 225 km
Erling Christophersen
3 islands · Oct 1924 – Jan 1925
Erling Christophersen in Oʻahu, Tutuila and Hawaiʻi Island, October 1924 – January 1925126 specimens · 16 stops · 85 days · 17,725 km
Wray Harris
3 islands of Samoa · Jul – Aug 1937
Wray Harris in Upolu, Tutuila and Olosega, July – August 1937284 specimens · 3 stops · 32 days · 258 km
Joseph E. Alicata
Oʻahu · Nov 1935 – Mar 1936
Joseph E. Alicata in Oʻahu, November 1935 – March 193697 specimens · 29 stops · 106 days · 1,315 km
F. Raymond Fosberg
Oʻahu and Molokaʻi · Feb – Apr 1948
F. Raymond Fosberg in Oʻahu and Molokaʻi, February – April 1948132 specimens · 15 stops · 71 days · 524 km
Charles N. Forbes
Oʻahu · Jan – May 1917
Charles N. Forbes in Oʻahu, January – May 1917140 specimens · 12 stops · 95 days · 453 km
Patrick V. Kirch
Niuatoputapu Island · Aug – Nov 1976
Patrick V. Kirch in Niuatoputapu Island, August – November 1976154 specimens · 20 stops · 100 days
Ted E. should Be D. Dranga
6 islands · 1–24 May 1923
Ted E. should Be D. Dranga across 6 islands, 1–24 May 1923157 specimens · 12 stops · 24 days · 3,034 km
Richard Pearson
Dec 1962 – Jan 1963
Richard Pearson, December 1962 – January 1963187 specimens · 7 stops · 18 days
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr.
Oʻahu · Sep – Nov 1934
Edwin Horace Bryan Jr. in Oʻahu, September – November 1934152 specimens · 11 stops · 64 days · 289 km
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Academy Of Natural Sciences
8 islands · Jul – Aug 1955
Academy Of Natural Sciences across 8 islands, July – August 1955131 specimens · 12 stops · 52 days · 290 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.