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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. 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

M.D. Hoyle

the United States · Mar – Jun 1977

M.D. Hoyle in the United States, March – June 1977

192 specimens · 14 stops · 86 days

G.S. Mizuno

Maui · Jun – Aug 1976

G.S. Mizuno in Maui, June – August 1976

214 specimens · 9 stops · 68 days · 130 km

Derral R. Herbst

4 islands of the United States · Jun – Aug 1970

Derral R. Herbst across 4 islands of the United States, June – August 1970

140 specimens · 25 stops · 72 days · 674 km

D. Afualo

Oʻahu · Feb – Apr 1975

D. Afualo in Oʻahu, February – April 1975

141 specimens · 19 stops · 60 days · 312 km

Paul K. Higashino

Maui and Hawaiʻi Island · Jun – Jul 1975

Paul K. Higashino in Maui and Hawaiʻi Island, June – July 1975

158 specimens · 12 stops · 52 days · 377 km

Paul K. Higashino

Molokaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island · May – Aug 1979

Paul K. Higashino in Molokaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island, May – August 1979

138 specimens · 22 stops · 72 days · 976 km

R. Herat

Oʻahu and Kauaʻi · Jun – Aug 1973

R. Herat in Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, June – August 1973

129 specimens · 14 stops · 78 days · 254 km

T.R. Herat

Oʻahu and Kauaʻi · Jun – Aug 1973

T.R. Herat in Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, June – August 1973

129 specimens · 14 stops · 78 days · 254 km

William J. Hoe

Maui · 1–9 Jun 1977

William J. Hoe in Maui, 1–9 June 1977

207 specimens · 9 stops · 9 days · 138 km

K.E. Schlech

Oʻahu · Jun – Jul 1979

K.E. Schlech in Oʻahu, June – July 1979

124 specimens · 17 stops · 50 days

J. Raynal

7 islands · Jun – Aug 1973

J. Raynal across 7 islands, June – August 1973

117 specimens · 29 stops · 79 days · 4,474 km

Paul K. Higashino

4 islands of the United States · Jan – May 1977

Paul K. Higashino across 4 islands of the United States, January – May 1977

104 specimens · 19 stops · 118 days · 802 km

Derral R. Herbst

3 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 1973

Derral R. Herbst in Maui, Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, July – August 1973

122 specimens · 12 stops · 44 days · 1,166 km

T.R. Herat

Oʻahu · 11–29 Aug 1972

T.R. Herat in Oʻahu, 11–29 August 1972

120 specimens · 13 stops · 19 days · 268 km

Seymour H. Sohmer

3 islands of the United States · May – Jul 1970

Seymour H. Sohmer in Kauaʻi, Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, May – July 1970

111 specimens · 13 stops · 60 days · 1,246 km

R.C. Gardner

6 islands of the United States · Jan – Feb 1974

R.C. Gardner across 6 islands of the United States, January – February 1974

89 specimens · 24 stops · 54 days · 1,081 km

L.K. Croft

Hawaiʻi Island · Jun – Aug 1977

L.K. Croft in Hawaiʻi Island, June – August 1977

123 specimens · 7 stops · 56 days

R.J. Baker

Oʻahu and Kauaʻi · Apr – Jun 1975

R.J. Baker in Oʻahu and Kauaʻi, April – June 1975

114 specimens · 10 stops · 66 days

G.W. Gillett

4 islands · Jul – Sep 1970

G.W. Gillett across 4 islands, July – September 1970

94 specimens · 13 stops · 74 days · 5,743 km

Derral R. Herbst

6 islands of the United States · Jul – Sep 1978

Derral R. Herbst across 6 islands of the United States, July – September 1978

97 specimens · 10 stops · 65 days · 2,116 km

L. Yoshida

Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Sep 1979

L. Yoshida in Kauaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island, July – September 1979

111 specimens · 6 stops · 79 days · 1,711 km

B. Kimura

4 islands of the United States · Jun – Aug 1978

B. Kimura across 4 islands of the United States, June – August 1978

85 specimens · 15 stops · 50 days · 598 km

Judson Linsley Gressitt

Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Nov 1971

Judson Linsley Gressitt in Hawaiʻi Island, July – November 1971

147 specimens · 14 stops · 131 days · 6,218 km

ESP Field Crew

Hawaiʻi Island and Kauaʻi · Jul – Oct 1979

ESP Field Crew, July – October 1979

105 specimens · 7 stops · 94 days · 1,846 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.