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. 8 journeys so far, 1961 to 1968, 1,722 specimens between them.
6 collectors and expeditions207 days in the field37,601 km between stops1,352 photographed specimens
8 journeys match
Derral R. Herbst
7 islands of the United States · Jan – Sep 1968
Derral R. Herbst across 7 islands of the United States, January – September 1968615 specimens · 67 stops · 243 days · 5,686 km
C.R. Long
29 islands · Aug – Nov 1964
C.R. Long across 29 islands, August – November 1964467 specimens · 49 stops · 103 days · 19,051 km
S. Carlquist
14 islands · Jun – Oct 1966
S. Carlquist across 14 islands, June – October 1966208 specimens · 55 stops · 112 days · 6,722 km
C.H. Lamoureux
5 islands of the United States · 1–14 Sep 1961
C.H. Lamoureux across 5 islands of the United States, 1–14 September 1961109 specimens · 8 stops · 14 days · 1,751 km
Roy Tsuda
Laysan and Oʻahu · 4–9 Dec 1963
Roy Tsuda in Laysan and Oʻahu, 4–9 December 1963131 specimens · 6 stops · 6 days · 9 km
John W. Beardsley
Laysan and Nihoa · Jun – Jul 1962
John W. Beardsley in Laysan and Nihoa, June – July 1962105 specimens · 6 stops · 31 days · 1,046 km
C.H. Lamoureux
3 islands · 12–17 Aug 1964
C.H. Lamoureux in Kure Atoll, Midway Atoll and Laysan, 12–17 August 196445 specimens · 4 stops · 6 days · 111 km
C.H. Lamoureux
Oʻahu and Laysan · Oct – Nov 1961
C.H. Lamoureux in Oʻahu and Laysan, October – November 196142 specimens · 3 stops · 13 days · 3,225 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.