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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. 12 journeys so far, 1902 to 2002, 4,373 specimens between them.

9 collectors and expeditions265 days in the field32,681 km between stops2,847 photographed specimens

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12 journeys match

Wayne N. Takeuchi

11 islands · Oct 1987 – Sep 1988

Wayne N. Takeuchi across 11 islands, October 1987 – September 1988

947 specimens · 78 stops · 332 days · 6,730 km

K. Shultz

9 islands · Sep – Oct 2002

K. Shultz across 9 islands, September – October 2002

1,025 specimens · 13 stops · 25 days · 2,876 km

K.A. Peyton

9 islands · Sep – Oct 2002

K.A. Peyton across 9 islands, September – October 2002

979 specimens · 13 stops · 25 days · 2,876 km

S. Carlquist

14 islands · Jun – Oct 1966

S. Carlquist across 14 islands, June – October 1966

208 specimens · 55 stops · 112 days · 6,722 km

Derral R. Herbst

10 islands · Jun – Jul 1980

Derral R. Herbst across 10 islands, June – July 1980

210 specimens · 14 stops · 48 days · 1,684 km

Derral R. Herbst

8 islands · Jun – Jul 1988

Derral R. Herbst across 8 islands, June – July 1988

379 specimens · 14 stops · 29 days · 1,696 km

Wayne N. Takeuchi

8 islands · Jun – Jul 1980

Wayne N. Takeuchi across 8 islands, June – July 1980

200 specimens · 12 stops · 29 days · 1,582 km

Ralph C. DeFelice

Oʻahu and Midway Atoll · Aug – Nov 1997

Ralph C. DeFelice in Oʻahu and Midway Atoll, August – November 1997

180 specimens · 3 stops · 78 days · 4,219 km

C.H. Lamoureux

4 islands · 6–17 Dec 1962

C.H. Lamoureux across 4 islands, 6–17 December 1962

93 specimens · 6 stops · 12 days

William Alanson Bryan

5 islands · Jul – Aug 1902

William Alanson Bryan across 5 islands, July – August 1902

51 specimens · 8 stops · 32 days · 4,185 km

H.W. Frings

Midway Atoll · 1–16 Apr 1962

H.W. Frings in Midway Atoll, 1–16 April 1962

56 specimens · 3 stops · 16 days

C.H. Lamoureux

3 islands · 12–17 Aug 1964

C.H. Lamoureux in Kure Atoll, Midway Atoll and Laysan, 12–17 August 1964

45 specimens · 4 stops · 6 days · 111 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.