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. 151 journeys so far, 1970 to 1980, 18,640 specimens between them.
73 collectors and expeditions2,191 days in the field372,839 km between stops14,651 photographed specimens
151 journeys match
Seymour H. Sohmer
Sri Lanka and Oʻahu · Oct – Dec 1975
Seymour H. Sohmer in Sri Lanka and Oʻahu, October – December 1975936 specimens · 26 stops · 44 days
Derral R. Herbst
12 islands · Dec 1971 – Aug 1972
Derral R. Herbst across 12 islands, December 1971 – August 1972634 specimens · 53 stops · 263 days · 25,096 km
Maxwell S. Doty
16 islands · Aug – Dec 1971
Maxwell S. Doty across 16 islands, August – December 1971737 specimens · 34 stops · 101 days · 25,154 km
Seymour H. Sohmer
Sri Lanka and Pahang · Sep – Dec 1973
Seymour H. Sohmer in Sri Lanka and Pahang, September – December 1973672 specimens · 28 stops · 94 days
R.L. Stemmermann
28 islands · Nov 1977 – Feb 1978
R.L. Stemmermann across 28 islands, November 1977 – February 1978620 specimens · 70 stops · 102 days · 20,526 km
Derral R. Herbst
5 islands of the United States · Feb – Oct 1975
Derral R. Herbst across 5 islands of the United States, February – October 1975345 specimens · 58 stops · 242 days · 4,870 km
William J. Hoe
Maui · Jun – Jul 1975
William J. Hoe in Maui, June – July 1975534 specimens · 15 stops · 36 days · 351 km
Derral R. Herbst
4 islands of the United States · Jun – Nov 1971
Derral R. Herbst across 4 islands of the United States, June – November 1971289 specimens · 38 stops · 153 days · 2,219 km
Derral R. Herbst
5 islands of the United States · Jan – May 1976
Derral R. Herbst across 5 islands of the United States, January – May 1976285 specimens · 26 stops · 108 days · 1,983 km
Paul K. Higashino
Hawaiʻi Island and Maui · Jun – Aug 1977
Paul K. Higashino in Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, June – August 1977290 specimens · 18 stops · 83 days · 260 km
F. Raymond Fosberg
10 islands · Oct – Dec 1978
F. Raymond Fosberg across 10 islands, October – December 1978361 specimens · 27 stops · 68 days · 79,655 km
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Steven L. Montgomery
3 islands of the United States · May – Sep 1979
Steven L. Montgomery in Molokaʻi, Hawaiʻi Island and Lānaʻi, May – September 1979268 specimens · 35 stops · 100 days · 1,207 km
Elbert L. Little Jr.
6 islands of the United States · Aug – Sep 1976
Elbert L. Little Jr. across 6 islands of the United States, August – September 1976271 specimens · 23 stops · 52 days · 1,816 km
Paul K. Higashino
Hawaiʻi Island and Molokaʻi · Jun – Jul 1974
Paul K. Higashino in Hawaiʻi Island and Molokaʻi, June – July 1974290 specimens · 17 stops · 46 days · 517 km
T.R. Herat
Hawaiʻi Island · Jun – Jul 1974
T.R. Herat in Hawaiʻi Island, June – July 1974290 specimens · 16 stops · 46 days · 75 km
R.L. Stemmermann
3 islands of the United States · May – Aug 1979
R.L. Stemmermann in Molokaʻi, Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, May – August 1979252 specimens · 25 stops · 94 days · 1,167 km
W. Teraoka
4 islands · Apr 1979 – Mar 1980
W. Teraoka across 4 islands, April 1979 – March 1980183 specimens · 58 stops · 348 days · 23,334 km
K. Eliezer
Sri Lanka · Oct – Nov 1973
K. Eliezer in Sri Lanka, October – November 1973309 specimens · 11 stops · 43 days
R. Herat
Hawaiʻi Island · Jun – Jul 1974
R. Herat in Hawaiʻi Island, June – July 1974247 specimens · 15 stops · 46 days · 75 km
Derral R. Herbst
5 islands · Aug – Dec 1974
Derral R. Herbst across 5 islands, August – December 1974178 specimens · 27 stops · 126 days · 1,297 km
William J. Hoe
Maui · May – Jun 1976
William J. Hoe in Maui, May – June 1976257 specimens · 13 stops · 38 days · 162 km
Derral R. Herbst
4 islands of the United States · Feb – May 1973
Derral R. Herbst across 4 islands of the United States, February – May 1973186 specimens · 22 stops · 93 days · 1,628 km
Paul K. Higashino
Maui · Jun – Aug 1976
Paul K. Higashino in Maui, June – August 1976229 specimens · 12 stops · 68 days · 162 km
Wayne C. Gagne
4 islands of the United States · Jan – Nov 1970
Wayne C. Gagne across 4 islands of the United States, January – November 1970150 specimens · 60 stops · 305 days · 3,577 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.