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. 14 journeys so far, 1970 to 1979, 1,238 specimens between them.
8 collectors and expeditions283 days in the field15,397 km between stops387 photographed specimens
14 journeys match
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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
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
Judson Linsley Gressitt
Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Nov 1971
Judson Linsley Gressitt in Hawaiʻi Island, July – November 1971147 specimens · 14 stops · 131 days · 6,218 km
Steven L. Montgomery
Hawaiʻi Island and Lānaʻi · Jun – Aug 1971
Steven L. Montgomery in Hawaiʻi Island and Lānaʻi, June – August 197163 specimens · 16 stops · 77 days · 235 km
Steven L. Montgomery
Kauaʻi and Oʻahu · May – Sep 1970
Steven L. Montgomery in Kauaʻi and Oʻahu, May – September 197052 specimens · 23 stops · 107 days · 763 km
R. Burkhart
the United States · Jun – Jul 1975
R. Burkhart in the United States, June – July 1975100 specimens · 12 stops · 34 days
John W. Beardsley
the United States · 15–29 Jun 1976
John W. Beardsley in the United States, 15–29 June 197698 specimens · 7 stops · 15 days
Wayne C. Gagne
4 islands of the United States · Nov 1972 – Jan 1973
Wayne C. Gagne across 4 islands of the United States, November 1972 – January 197340 specimens · 11 stops · 63 days · 1,004 km
Francis G. Howarth
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · May – Jul 1976
Francis G. Howarth in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, May – July 197667 specimens · 11 stops · 70 days · 230 km
Wayne C. Gagne
3 islands of the United States · May – Aug 1971
Wayne C. Gagne in Lānaʻi, Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, May – August 197149 specimens · 12 stops · 85 days · 509 km
J. Nishioka
the United States · Jul – Sep 1977
J. Nishioka in the United States, July – September 197755 specimens · 13 stops · 55 days
Judson Linsley Gressitt
New Caledonia · Jan – Mar 1972
Judson Linsley Gressitt in New Caledonia, January – March 197251 specimens · 14 stops · 81 days · 1,654 km
Gordon M. Nishida
Oʻahu · Jun – Aug 1977
Gordon M. Nishida in Oʻahu, June – August 197748 specimens · 6 stops · 75 days
Steven L. Montgomery
Maui · Sep – Oct 1979
Steven L. Montgomery in Maui, September – October 197950 specimens · 5 stops · 13 days
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.