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. 49 journeys so far, 1922 to 1982, 9,513 specimens between them.
2 collectors and expeditions1,504 days in the field310,794 km between stops7,838 photographed specimens
49 journeys match
Otto Degener
5 islands of Fiji · Nov 1940 – Jul 1941
Otto Degener across 5 islands of Fiji, November 1940 – July 19411,263 specimens · 59 stops · 237 days · 15,888 km
Otto Degener
5 islands of the United States · Jan – Aug 1928
Otto Degener across 5 islands of the United States, January – August 1928748 specimens · 74 stops · 209 days · 1,716 km
Otto Degener
5 islands of the United States · Mar – Aug 1926
Otto Degener across 5 islands of the United States, March – August 1926607 specimens · 71 stops · 177 days · 3,068 km
Otto Degener
5 islands of the United States · Jun – Oct 1927
Otto Degener across 5 islands of the United States, June – October 1927581 specimens · 60 stops · 136 days · 1,266 km
Otto Degener
5 islands of the United States · Dec 1951 – Apr 1952
Otto Degener across 5 islands of the United States, December 1951 – April 1952648 specimens · 45 stops · 108 days · 1,141 km
Otto Degener
6 islands of the United States · Apr – Sep 1949
Otto Degener across 6 islands of the United States, April – September 1949517 specimens · 50 stops · 133 days · 1,742 km
Otto Degener
5 islands of the United States · Jun – Sep 1963
Otto Degener across 5 islands of the United States, June – September 1963301 specimens · 31 stops · 92 days · 1,016 km
Otto Degener
Oʻahu · Oct 1935 – May 1936
Otto Degener in Oʻahu, October 1935 – May 1936271 specimens · 32 stops · 220 days · 1,020 km
Otto Degener
6 islands · Jun 1950 – Jan 1951
Otto Degener across 6 islands, June 1950 – January 1951256 specimens · 41 stops · 236 days · 2,367 km
Isa Degener
5 islands of the United States · Jun – Sep 1963
Isa Degener across 5 islands of the United States, June – September 1963281 specimens · 31 stops · 92 days · 1,019 km
Otto Degener
3 islands · Feb – Sep 1959
Otto Degener in Maui, Oʻahu and Molokaʻi, February – September 1959214 specimens · 48 stops · 242 days · 2,169 km
Otto Degener
6 islands · Dec 1968 – Feb 1969
Otto Degener across 6 islands, December 1968 – February 1969258 specimens · 29 stops · 52 days · 41,268 km
Isa Degener
6 islands · Dec 1968 – Feb 1969
Isa Degener across 6 islands, December 1968 – February 1969230 specimens · 30 stops · 52 days · 41,268 km
Otto Degener
6 islands · Apr – Sep 1964
Otto Degener across 6 islands, April – September 1964168 specimens · 57 stops · 146 days · 10,662 km
Isa Degener
6 islands · Apr – Sep 1964
Isa Degener across 6 islands, April – September 1964153 specimens · 55 stops · 146 days · 10,662 km
Otto Degener
4 islands · Dec 1949 – May 1950
Otto Degener across 4 islands, December 1949 – May 1950142 specimens · 27 stops · 159 days · 1,031 km
Otto Degener
Oʻahu and Maui · May – Sep 1935
Otto Degener in Oʻahu and Maui, May – September 1935146 specimens · 27 stops · 112 days · 990 km
Otto Degener
4 islands · Jun – Dec 1922
Otto Degener across 4 islands, June – December 1922113 specimens · 48 stops · 194 days · 3,540 km
Otto Degener
4 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1961
Otto Degener across 4 islands of the United States, June – July 1961153 specimens · 22 stops · 54 days · 560 km
Otto Degener
4 islands · Nov – Dec 1960
Otto Degener across 4 islands, November – December 1960150 specimens · 23 stops · 43 days · 12,274 km
Isa Degener
4 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1961
Isa Degener across 4 islands of the United States, June – July 1961147 specimens · 22 stops · 54 days · 560 km
Otto Degener
3 islands of the United States · Oct 1948 – Apr 1949
Otto Degener in Maui, Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, October 1948 – April 1949115 specimens · 24 stops · 160 days · 1,125 km
Otto Degener
5 islands · Aug – Oct 1981
Otto Degener across 5 islands, August – October 1981122 specimens · 26 stops · 41 days · 26,632 km
Isa Degener
5 islands · Aug – Oct 1981
Isa Degener across 5 islands, August – October 1981115 specimens · 26 stops · 41 days · 26,632 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.