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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. 31 journeys so far, 1910 to 1920, 11,322 specimens between them.

11 collectors and expeditions578 days in the field21,961 km between stops8,367 photographed specimens

Charles N. Forbes

5 islands of the United States · Jun – Dec 1917

Charles N. Forbes across 5 islands of the United States, June – December 1917

1,777 specimens · 29 stops · 163 days · 2,815 km

Charles N. Forbes

6 islands of the United States · May – Jul 1915

Charles N. Forbes across 6 islands of the United States, May – July 1915

1,032 specimens · 49 stops · 79 days · 992 km

Charles N. Forbes

6 islands of the United States · Jun – Sep 1919

Charles N. Forbes across 6 islands of the United States, June – September 1919

1,048 specimens · 28 stops · 88 days · 422 km

John Colburn Bridwell

Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island · Jan – Aug 1917

John Colburn Bridwell in Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, January – August 1917

831 specimens · 28 stops · 193 days · 1,209 km

Charles N. Forbes

3 islands of the United States · Feb – Jun 1910

Charles N. Forbes in Maui, Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, February – June 1910

446 specimens · 29 stops · 120 days · 1,746 km

Charles N. Forbes

5 islands of the United States · Sep – Dec 1916

Charles N. Forbes across 5 islands of the United States, September – December 1916

451 specimens · 23 stops · 106 days · 1,301 km

Charles N. Forbes

5 islands of the United States · Jan – Jun 1912

Charles N. Forbes across 5 islands of the United States, January – June 1912

459 specimens · 19 stops · 151 days · 981 km

John August Kusche

Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island · Jan – Jun 1919

John August Kusche in Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island, January – June 1919

682 specimens · 35 stops · 142 days · 450 km

Charles N. Forbes

4 islands of the United States · Jun – Aug 1912

Charles N. Forbes across 4 islands of the United States, June – August 1912

567 specimens · 12 stops · 44 days · 287 km

Clarence H. Cooke Jr.

4 islands of the United States · Jan – Mar 1913

Clarence H. Cooke Jr. across 4 islands of the United States, January – March 1913

422 specimens · 10 stops · 45 days · 815 km

Charles N. Forbes

3 islands of the United States · Jan – Apr 1915

Charles N. Forbes in Molokaʻi, Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, January – April 1915

353 specimens · 21 stops · 65 days · 233 km

Charles N. Forbes

Maui and Oʻahu · Nov – Dec 1919

Charles N. Forbes in Maui and Oʻahu, November – December 1919

310 specimens · 20 stops · 39 days · 614 km

Charles N. Forbes

4 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1913

Charles N. Forbes across 4 islands of the United States, June – July 1913

406 specimens · 8 stops · 38 days · 774 km

Charles N. Forbes

5 islands of the United States · Feb – Apr 1913

Charles N. Forbes across 5 islands of the United States, February – April 1913

309 specimens · 8 stops · 60 days · 556 km

Charles N. Forbes

4 islands of the United States · Jan – Jun 1916

Charles N. Forbes across 4 islands of the United States, January – June 1916

175 specimens · 26 stops · 156 days · 2,894 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 1910

246 specimens · 9 stops · 65 days · 763 km

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

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

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

Charles N. Forbes

Oʻahu · Jan – May 1917

Charles N. Forbes in Oʻahu, January – May 1917

140 specimens · 12 stops · 95 days · 453 km

Charles N. Forbes

Oʻahu · Oct – Nov 1914

Charles N. Forbes in Oʻahu, October – November 1914

109 specimens · 5 stops · 37 days

John Colburn Bridwell

Maui and Oʻahu · Aug – Sep 1918

John Colburn Bridwell in Maui and Oʻahu, August – September 1918

124 specimens · 6 stops · 32 days · 69 km

Clarence H. Cooke Jr.

Molokaʻi and Kauaʻi · Mar – Apr 1914

Clarence H. Cooke Jr. in Molokaʻi and Kauaʻi, March – April 1914

105 specimens · 4 stops · 25 days · 343 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.